Posted on 02/01/2005 10:22:25 AM PST by .cnI redruM
WASHINGTON — Pot. Cannabis. Hemp. Weed. Grass.
The herb takes many names. But in the nation’s capital, where the marijuana lobby (search) was once the recreational diversion of Playboy Magazine's Hugh Hefner, pro-pot special interest groups have crystallized the divergent issues behind the plant and gained a seemingly unified voice.
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"It’s a no-brainer. It makes no sense putting old and sick folks in jail for an herb that makes them feel better," said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project (search), which was established in 1995 by Rob Kampia, a former mainstay at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the first pro-pot lobby in Washington, D.C.
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Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Only when it acts like one. The way you want it.
No, I don't oppose the people setting standards for society.
People always set standards for society. You want a small group with guns to set them. You confuse government with society. It's just one of the thousands of things you are confused about.
Feeling helpless today?
Actually I feel great. Just another day showing how authoritarian Taliban types like you are hyperventilating over your loss of power since your liberal friends were turned out in greater numbers in the last election.
And here I thought you did.
Again, you were wrong. That's a habit for you.
But, it appears that you're willing to set aside your principles just to get your precious drugs legalized.
My principles remain intact. And you are the drug user, not me. I have never used an illegal substance in my life. You on the other hand have been a heavy user.
No problem, says Protagoras. Just please make drugs legal AGAIN. And respect my human rights.
Oooh. You are an anarchist, aren't you?
Ah. What were you looking under, "drugs, regulation of"?
Well, the U.S. Constitution isn't that specific. Sorry.
I never said they didn't have the power. You made that up. You lied, again.
I say they don't have the LEGITIMATE power to do so. There is no LEGITIMATE power to usurp rights.
Oooh. You are an anarchist, aren't you?
Not in the least. Government is legitimate and necessary. But not all things they do are.
The state in which you live does not have to protect your so-called "right" to smoke dope. Where did you ever come up with that one?
The tenth amendment is quite specific. Sorry
The ninth amendment is quite specific. Sorry
A dubious statemet coming from someone who says their only interest in pot is making sure their kids never smoke it, and that they don't have any scruples about what they'll do to make that happen.
The state where I live is supposed to defend all my rights. And I don't smoke dope, never have. You on the other hand, a heavy user, should know.
The state in which you live does not have to protect your so-called "right" to NOT ALLOW SOMEONE TO smoke dope. Where did you ever come up with that so-called right?
Who's talking about usurping rights? I'm saying that the states do not have to protect your rights beyond life, liberty, and property (plus those incorporated by the 14th amendment).
Drugs ain't one of them.
Like Louie Armstrong a long term pot smoker.
Now you're acting silly.
Eventually, yes; but I also think prudence dictates that we start by relegalizing marijuana and see what we learn from that.
Quite.
And anyone who can read knows precisely what they say, to say otherwise is acting silly.
Now you're acting silly.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states" is well specified.
I am. You want to usurp mine. I say no. You want to do so, come get me. I'll stop you. You know that. You are a coward, therefore, you enlist government thugs to come for you. It's simple.
I'm saying that the states do not have to protect your rights beyond life, liberty, and property (plus those incorporated by the 14th amendment).
Liberty, correct. Damn, for a druggie, you finally got one right.
Drugs ain't one of them.
Of course all substances and activities which do not usurp your rights are one of them.
On the other hand, you assert some bizarre made up "right" to regulate my non rights violating behavior. You cite the children, like your hero Hillary.
Nobody ever died from a marijuana overdose (unlike alcohol).
WRONG!
The state where you live is required to protect those rights outlined in the state constitution (plus those forced on them by the 14th amendment). That's it.
Now, if you don't like those limited protected rights, you may move to another state.
Got something to add to the thread, or are you just here to disrupt?
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