Man presents bag of homegrown weed to Kansas legislators

Esau Freeman, with Kansas for Change, Inc., caused quite a stir when he presented a bag of homegrown weed to a group of Kansas state legislators at a public forum in Wichita...

I appreciate you staying late.

I possess in this bag a quarter-ounce of a variety of weed that grows in Kansas.

I'm gonna set it right here.

I would like you to know that I'm currently under the influence of what is in this bag.

I would also like you guys to consider very clearly supporting SB 9.

I earlier wrote a letter to Mitch Holmes, and he sent back an email to me,

which I have forwarded to every one of you, and I hope that you take the time to read it.

He talks about the fact that you cannot make medicine. For the purpose of medicine.

You as legislators don't have that option. And I agree.

What I'm asking you to do is to read SP 0 and understand that

we want you to stop the forfeiture laws, we would like you to stop incarcerating our citizens,

and we would like this drug war thing to be over.

It's not a moral issue.

The moral part of the issue is that we are breaking up families.

Thank you very much for your time this evening, and by the way...

I'll just let you know. These are dandelion greens.

So, sorry! You're not able to write me a ticket.

But, I want you to think for a minute about your reaction when you thought that

I laid a bag of marijuana here, and how you felt inside, and how you judge people for that.

So please, thank you. Take that home.