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That would totally privatize the behavior!
I’m buying stock in Nabisco(Oreos).
A new income source for the states, DUIP convictions once they have the test. Lots of issues of second hand smoke, for real this time. How about this? Let’s legalize it one day a year - election day.
America also needs more parents stoned all the time so they cannot properly raise, feed and protect their children.
If you want to smoke pot, go to a foreign country where it's legal and leave responsible Americans to deal soberly with their problems without having to contend with a bunch of irresponsible and narcissistic potheads who never grew up.
This is incredible bullshit to be pushing at a time when America has profound economic problems and needs all hands on deck to soberly deal with our many serious problems.
Poor, Dr. Paul, he’ll do anything to try to please a liberal, it seems. I think he likes all the attention.
The DemocRATS are pulling out all the stops in their efforts to win elections. Keep ‘em high and stupid!!! They won’t notice how screwed up the country is!
I wrote Barney.F three times today letting him know I HATE this idea, it’ll make life even mire insane for children and those of us who don’t use drugs or smoke. I live in his district - he should be used to my complaining by now. This is over the top tho.
I wrote Barney.F three times today letting him know I HATE this idea, it’ll make life even mire insane for children and those of us who don’t use drugs or smoke. I live in his district - he should be used to my complaining by now. This is over the top tho.
The USA bus is going over the cliff at 90 miles an hour, and this is the best thing the Congress can do with their time?
Every Conservative *should* be for this.
There’s a very good reason why they call it ‘dope’.
Weed appears to be an amazingly recession-proof industry, much like tobacco and alcohol. Good or bad, I think this is another area where the Fed has no business. It is a matter best left to the individual states.
As for me, I’ve got much better things to do and worry about.
Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Relating to Traffic in or Possession of Drugs Such as LSD October 25, 1968
In addition to these important new steps, I called for a concentrated drive to cope with the growing problem of narcotics and dangerous drugs.
Nixon was 4 years behind Johnson and the War on Drugs sounds so much better than "a concentrated drive".
A quote posted on another thread (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2739813/posts?page=27#27 )seems appropriate, here, since we are talking about the “War on Drugs.” I know that Mencken was flawed, but truth is truth, and he was right in this case.
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H. L. Mencken
I prefer C. S. Lewis:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Truth will out,
I’ve been watching this debate for 2 decades. Here’s a simple personal observation: peers who still smoke herb are generally NOT attuned to politics, policy, rhetoric and calm debate. It seems to hurt their heads. Sorry.
This makes them perfect targets for simplistic, mob-targeted messages. The most dangerous aspect of the drug culture in America is that it created a huge block of uncritical voters. Just try introducing “new information” an any sticky topic to someone who took too much acid back in the day. Their eyes glaze over immediately.