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Marijuana Lobby Grows in Sophistication (After you smoke a joint, I do Too!)
FOX News ^ | Friday, January 28, 2005 | By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Posted on 02/01/2005 10:22:25 AM PST by .cnI redruM

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1 posted on 02/01/2005 10:22:26 AM PST by .cnI redruM
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To: .cnI redruM

Actually, when you come right down to it, it makes no sense putting young and healthy folks in jail for an herb that makes them feel better. Flame resistant suit ON.


2 posted on 02/01/2005 10:25:13 AM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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If that were all the slacker spice did, you'd have a good point there.


3 posted on 02/01/2005 10:26:37 AM PST by .cnI redruM (The Iraqis voted. The insurgency lost. Tell the DU it's over.)
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Nor is it making us safer by incarcerating sick people who use it so they can keep the medications that battle cancer and other ailments in their systems. It is the very best nausea medication in existence.


4 posted on 02/01/2005 10:30:12 AM PST by bigfootbob
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As long as we tolerate legal alcohol, anti-marijuana policy is pure hypocrisy.


5 posted on 02/01/2005 10:30:32 AM PST by thoughtomator (How do you say Berkeley California in Aramaic?)
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"... said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project"

It is the stated goal of the Marijuana Policy Project to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Oh yeah, and medical use.

6 posted on 02/01/2005 10:30:37 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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The medicinal angle is so disingenuous it's laughable.

If these guys had the brains or guts to argue for legalization on the merits, maybe somebody would listen to them.


7 posted on 02/01/2005 10:31:51 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (...fly Eagles fly...)
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I'm inclined to agree - seems victimless to me. Worst case, they screw themselves up. Whose problem is that? Not mine. The war on drugs seems to be a war against gene pool chlorine. Lets let em all do whatever they want. Some kid gets stoned, falls asleep, eats a brownie, end of story. Some idiot smokes crack and starves to death - his fault. We don't need those kind of idiots in the world - let the world dispose of them by allowing them to destroy themselves. Little Malthusian, but sensible.
8 posted on 02/01/2005 10:32:19 AM PST by Banach-Tarski (Get US out of the UN)
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As long as we tolerate legal alcohol, anti-marijuana policy is pure hypocrisy.

So you think we should make alcohol illegal?

9 posted on 02/01/2005 10:32:25 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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Nor is it making us safer to incarcerate people who smoke to relax and enjoy life.


10 posted on 02/01/2005 10:33:40 AM PST by TigersEye (Intellectuals only exist if you think they do.)
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>>>Actually, when you come right down to it, it makes no sense putting young and healthy folks in jail for an herb that makes them feel better. Flame resistant suit ON.

Agreed. Yeah, it makes you a slacker, and 95% of the people who smoke it through college realize they have a life to live and grow up (alcohol having the same effect), but there is no reason to ban a naturally occuring plant. Or consider it more dangerous then cocaine.

Get the meth labs!


11 posted on 02/01/2005 10:35:06 AM PST by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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Next, The Prescription Drug Panderation Act will buy me more of that 'medicinal" $h!t.

Welcome to the pharmocracy.

12 posted on 02/01/2005 10:35:17 AM PST by tacticalogic
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Nope, I think we should legalize every non-synthetic intoxicant, for practical purposes, economic purposes, and out of respect for the Word of God (Genesis 1:26-30).


13 posted on 02/01/2005 10:35:46 AM PST by thoughtomator (How do you say Berkeley California in Aramaic?)
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The medical angle is actually quite legit, but only for a very small number (I think) who can have their chronic nausea and symptoms reduced.

The other 90 percent of the 'pot lobby' is just plain about recreational use, no doubt about it. However it's evident that people are going to use it, and locking everybody up is not going to solve it. If we spent half the money on drug education and assistance programs that we spend on prosecuting the WOSD, we'd be better off.

14 posted on 02/01/2005 10:35:51 AM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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Not that I'm for legalization of Pot. But if it helps people who have cancer then by all means let them have it. That ain't gonna happen though because drug companies can't see a way to make a profit from something that can be grown naturally....


15 posted on 02/01/2005 10:36:08 AM PST by Hu Gadarn (Millions for Defense not one cent in Tribute)
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To: Banach-Tarski

>>>>I'm inclined to agree - seems victimless to me. Worst case, they screw themselves up. Whose problem is that? Not mine. The war on drugs seems to be a war against gene pool chlorine. Lets let em all do whatever they want. Some kid gets stoned, falls asleep, eats a brownie, end of story. Some idiot smokes crack and starves to death - his fault. We don't need those kind of idiots in the world - let the world dispose of them by allowing them to destroy themselves. Little Malthusian, but sensible.

Taking safety tabs and instructions off of products would help too.


16 posted on 02/01/2005 10:37:00 AM PST by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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Maybe alcohol should be made illegal. It is a terribly addictive and destructive drug.


17 posted on 02/01/2005 10:37:37 AM PST by TBall
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Cocaine'll take care of that nasal congestion in a heartbeat!
18 posted on 02/01/2005 10:38:28 AM PST by .cnI redruM (The Iraqis voted. The insurgency lost. Tell the DU it's over.)
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19 posted on 02/01/2005 10:38:51 AM PST by itsamelman (“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
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When you consider all the prescriptions for drugs people take for just that reason, you'd be hard pressed to find a logical argument against your proposition.


20 posted on 02/01/2005 10:39:28 AM PST by bigfootbob
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