Marijuana Prohibition Fundamentally Wrong
“Oh, that’s bad! No, that’s good.”
Sometimes things happen that at first seem bad, but as things unfold, they have good results. Other times it is the other way around. This summer 2010 is one of those times where we are perched to witness big changes. We just don’t know which arenas will take the biggest toll. In many ways, it is widely inclusive. So many things are connected. One thing leads to another.
The astrological cycles are throbbing in with change and growth and that means letting go in some places. Our country is about to experience wide spread challenges that push our American ingenuity and resourcefulness. We can only be sure that we haven’t even begun the deepest level of transformation. The themes are personal rights versus Government controls, survival of small business versus big corporations, and the defense of a clean and healthy environment.
The last two weeks of July, leading into the first two weeks of August is perhaps the first big wave of energy. The dynamics of power and authority will be running strong in response to the swelling frustration of the people who are struggling in this dry economic climate.
It is interesting to keep in mind the factors that first brought our country to fight for independence and freedom. They were partly about imperialism, partly about economics, and a large part to do with the spirit of self-determination. The Founding Fathers defined a Republic intended to protect personal rights. They spelled out the pursuit of happiness.
As our country and legal system have developed, we have allowed our government to become a body of wealthy, self-important people who have taken advantage of a complacent collective body of the governed. Sometimes Congress passes laws covertly, or by a clever campaign of disinformation, skewing the relative truth to the financial benefit of a small group/corporation/family. Add to that the advancement of military protection to continue the heritage of imperialism for the advantage of the wealthy.
We have come to a place that could push Americans to face the need to protect their rights and their Constitution. It is time to stand up for the things we consider our basic rights and to change the laws that are fundamentally wrong.
Specifically, the Marijuana Prohibition is an example of a law that the public has accepted overtly, but this has otherwise forced people to lie, to hide, and to be covert about their participation and enjoyment of something that is natural, relaxing, and organic. The law passed August 2, 1937 was a coup of citizen’s rights for the financial gain of the government by way of its then new Drug Enforcement Agency, the self-aggrandizement of the agency chief, and the benefit of certain textile manufacturers. The widely grown and available, (not to mention useful and beneficial) hemp plant became the dreaded drug, marijuana. The spin-masters painted a dramatic and fearful picture of marijuana and its influences to sell the concept to the largely unaware public. What was a non-issue to the population became a moneymaking issue for the government. The result has put thousands of good people in jail for possession of a “dangerous drug.” In the last 70 years, the myths about marijuana have been busted, but not the law!
Last week, here on the Big Island, Federal agents and local police raided the THC Ministries and the home of its founder, Roger Christi, along with 13 others connected to him. Perhaps Roger Christi, who has been the outspoken advocate for legalization of marijuana for decades, is the perfect candidate to fight this unjust law and bring it down!
This is a major drama. Astrologically, it is quite timely. Roger’s own nativity connects to both the USA chart and the Marijuana Prohibition chart. The arrest chart is like the activating agent. The major astrological patterns will bring this topic out as it addresses the hot summer themes of ‘personal rights versus Government controls, survival of small business versus big corporations, and the defense of a clean and healthy environment.’
The Marijuana Prohibition is fundamentally wrong and it should be repealed. In this intense time astrologically, it is possible that when transiting Uranus, planet of freedom, revolution and independence crosses the Saturn, planet of authority, regulations, and old traditions, of the Prohibition chart, the topic of repealing this law stands a chance. This August, 2010 is the first nudge to this possibility. The full impact will build through 2011, completing in June, near Roger’s birthday.
We know that the Feds don’t play fair. They present falsehoods and build cases on created images. They want to display Roger as a major drug kingpin at the Federal level. Roger has been the honest, peaceful advocate of legal hemp in all its best forms for years. He is NOT the big drug lord they are trying to present. The world will be watching as they make an example of him. He needs community support.
So for Roger Christi and the other Big Island growers, and smokers everywhere, this arrest could be that scenario of “Oh, that’s bad!…No! that’s good!” With good community support for legal change, we will all benefit.
Repeal the Marijuana Prohibition