Marijuana is illegal in the United States so you should not grow it, smoke it, or sell it.

But let’s add common sense into the mix. Should someone who grows it be considered a terrorist? Seriously, does growing marijuana mean you are also involved in terrorist activity? While I’m sure that there are terrorists who also grow marijuana, I’m not sure that all those who grow marijuana are also making bombs, planning to kill the president, or planning to do anything remotely close to something that can be considered “terrorism”.

Our government says yes - growing marijuana amounts to domestic terrorism. Jake Mitchell of Boxing Lesson, an Austin area Band, just got sent to jail for 60 months for growing marijuana. The government has added ‘naro-terrorist’ as a label to his crimes.

Here’s an excerpt from their publicist:

Jake Mitchell, drummer for The Boxing Lesson and most importantly, a dear friend, will be put in Federal jail at the beginning of Sept for some marijuana growing charges. What makes this story unique and
what has enraged every single one of our close friends, is that Jake has been branded by our government as a Terrorist under the Patriot Act. In fact, they have thrown the Narco-Terrorist tag on him. What this does legally for a defendant is mind blowing in terms of the new laws waged against them. If you are branded a terrorist, your wife doesn’t get spousal protections and will go to jail. If you are branded a terrorist, each party involved in the crime gets full responsibility for the scope of the crime. Then there are strict sentencing minimums. And remember we are talking about Marijuana here.

The war on drugs has failed. We, the people, MUST kick our government into gear, make our elected officials see that the war is a failure, and legalize marijuana.

If you don’t like what your government is doing, change your government. I may be a bit idealistic here, but I’d like to believe that our government works for us, not against us. We are putting way too many people in jail for possession/growing marijuana, and it’s stupid.

Here’s the original blog here I found this information: Austin Sound