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Sending good karma to Jack Herer.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

   Around late 1990, I attended part of the annual NORML conference, in Washington, D.C., which was a much smaller event than today. I was very taken by Paul Krassner's talking about Abbie Hoffman, and got belly laughs from his jokes; was told that Hunter Thompson's no-show was Hunter Thompson being Hunter Thompson; and felt less isolated on such important issues as drug law reform when, unknowingly, I was a few months away from leaving the life of corporate law to defending indigent clients with the Maryland Public Defender's Office.    Not long thereafter, I attended a pro-pot rally in Lafayette Park, shortly before Gulf War I started. There, I was captivated by Jack Herer of The Emperor Wears No Clothes fame. Whether or not some of Jack's claims were unsubstantiated about marijuana being the planet-saving plant, his optimism was infectious, and I caught on to his discussion about marijuana enabling medical users to regulate dosage by stopping at the point where they feel relief...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on September 13, 2009 (boomark / email).