This is the story of my ordeal with Freevibe!
Well it all started out with my letter to Seventeen. They printed this ad from Freevibe. Which happens to be one of the most prominent in distributers of marijuana related propaganda. So I wrote to Seventeen shaking my finger at them for publishing such a silly advertisement. No response yet. So I decided to visit Freevibes site to get to the root of the problem. There I was shocked by how they portrayed such an innocent plant. As if it was Satan and like the root of all evil. So I submitted the following post:

Cute site. Loved that little scenario cartoon. Anyways, I find that this site tends to overlook one of the worst afflictions this world suffers from: human stupidity. From what I have read, you tend to blame weed for everything. Like it's the root of all evil. It's not the weeds fault that someone was driving under the influence. That person was stupid enough to go out and drive. You can't blame the weed for that. You're not even supposed to be driving when taking perfectly legal Tylenol.
Also how you say that weed is a gateway drug. This only applies to people who have dependant sort of personalities in the first place. Sooner or later they're going to find something. From my experience, weed has actual stopped me from wanting to do other drugs. It has also made me stop drinking. Again, from experience, weed does nothing to you compared to alcohol.
Oh yes, I  also urge many of the contributor's of this site to learn to spell. I thought  the "dumb potheads" were supposed to be illiterate.
So yes, I submitted that but when I came back to check on any responses, I couldn't find it. So I read their policies/ rules on posts:


FREEVIBE MESSAGE BOARD POLICY
If you are in middle school or high school, this site is for you! If you are an adult, there are so many places to discuss the important issues surrounding drug use and abuse on the Internet - leave these boards for actual teens.
Freevibe will put up all posts that do not conflict with the guidelines below. All posts are from real teens who have real issues that they want to discuss. The only reason your post wouldn't go up is if:
-You blatantly promote the use of substances that are illegal or unhealthy for minors.
-You include crude or obscene language-if you can't say it on MTV or UPN or FOX,   you shouldn't say it here. Asterisks may be substituted for profanities in otherwise good  posts.
-Your post contains information that has nothing to do with the topics being discussed   or which doesn't make sense at all.
-You promote, suggest violence or slander any social group.
-Your post is clearly written by someone beyond Freevibe's age group.
-Your post contains e-mail, phone or other contact information. These may be replaced with asterisks.

Note:
If there is a post that doesn't fit within these guidelines, it is up to the moderator to use his or her best judgment based on their training.

RUMORS
Many messages contain rumors and other misleading info. In these cases, the Freevibe board moderator will post the message but also add our two cents with:
Facts taken directly from the "Lowdown" area, with the URL provided.
Information taken directly from the National Institute on Drug Abuse or another reliable source, with either a specific acknowledgement or the URL provided.
We will always sign our posts "Freevibe", so you'll know it's from the moderator.

Messages will be kept on the message board for 60 days.


I had included my e-mail in that post so I submitted it again... sans e-mail. Checked back again to see if they had put it up. Nope. There is no "foul" language or the blatant promotion of "substances that are illegal". So I decided to actually write to them...
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