Posted on 08/12/2017 9:52:25 PM PDT by WilliamIII
STFU Cory.
He’s a liar and a coward.
He just lost the election.
This is why I never give the Colorado GOP a dime. They’re lost.
I skimmed the article and didn’t see him call it Crash Terrorism. I think it’d be good if that phrase catches on - because Crash Terrorism is basically ISIS.
Too many drunk and drugged drivers in the DC area have killed, maimed and injured dozens, if not score of people in the last year alone.
People have been mowed down at bus stops, will stopped on the side of the road due to mechanical problems (including several police offices (the bridge near my house in named after one such officer), kids on their way to and from home re school, and people just eating at sidewalk eateries.
In many cases, marijuana was found in their blood tests and often in their cars (sometimes along with PCP, heroin, meth, etc).
My good friend and editor was horribly killed by a drunk driver. Vince was only 32, an Army veteran, and good guy. He was pinned in his seat by the wheel which had been rammed into his stomach/chest. The paramedics and firemen could NOT get him out of his seat before he died.
The drunk driver got 5 years, a precedent sentence at that time (early 80’s), and I wrote regional column on this roughly entitled “Don’t Let His Death Go To Waste”.
I don’t want any drugged up person on the streets, esp. in a car or truck.
I’m not against medical marijuana, used under a control program, but there are too many unstable, mentally ill, or filled with some kind of rage, who can and have “gone off” to the point that they killed someone or got killed themselves.
Enough is enough. If you can use the stuff responsibly in a controlled environment, fine, but street-level marijuana can kill you or the user, or both.
I died from cardiac arrest 8 years ago but was brought back by fast medical treatment. I’ve got a disabled wife to take care of, plus 3 grandchildren including a new son-in-law (combat veteran of Iraq and Bosnia; my son fought in Iraq).
I don’t want some irresponsible shithead to take me or anyone out. My life is valuable, as is those of other potential victims. We need the “right to live” as much, if not more, than some fool’s “right” to use drugs or drink too much.
Controlled responsible “use” is one thing. Generally uncontrolled drug usage is a threat to everyone, including yourself.
I’ve known several people who have died of drug misuse. Their lives were wasted, their potential unfulfilled. To allow this to happen is a national disgrace.
I stand with the President in his efforts to curb the misuse of legitimate drugs as well as regarding illegal drugs.
We only go round once (or in my case, twice) but the basic philosophy still remains the same, “A life is a terrible thing to waste”.
Too many drunk and drugged drivers in the DC area have killed, maimed and injured dozens, if not score of people in the last year alone.
Driving while incapacitated by anything is a terrible wrong and needs to be come down on hard. But we haven't seen drunk driving as sufficient reason to (again) ban alcohol - rightly so, in my view.
If you can use the stuff responsibly in a controlled environment, fine [...] I’ve known several people who have died of drug misuse. Their lives were wasted, their potential unfulfilled. To allow this to happen is a national disgrace.
I can't see any way of preventing such misuse while also respecting the right to use responsibly in a controlled environment. And since we (rightly, in my view) don't ban alcohol, tobacco, or fatty foods to prevent people cutting short their lives with those products, I can't see how we can ethically take the opposite stance toward marijuana.
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