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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A community may decide that the plants are too accessible by children.
BWAAAHAAHAA!!! THAT was a good one!
Daly, Democrats, liberals. High crime, high prices, gun control...you get what you vote for. Or what dead people vote for. 8^0
What would change, other than we would have people out and about getting high in addition to getting drunk?
This is a good thing?
It's not just the FDA, although federal regulations do set the requirements, but they don't charge a half million bucks for drug approval. It just costs that much or more to do the R&D for approval. For the gooberment it's more about control than money. They can get plenty of money right out of the general fund.
OH NO!!!! Please don't tell the hall monitors on me!!!!!
LOL
Ya know, when YOU start by calling people druggies and YOU start saying people have sobered up and all that nonsense, YOU get what you give.
This whole thing is in the smoky back room, where all your threads end up, so no one cares. You "never say one way or the other" for a reason.
If you don't want to be challenged on your drug use, you should stop implying that others who disagree with you use them. Grow up, act like an adult, and you will get treated like one. But every single time you make any comment about other people using drugs, I will point out your past use. Every single time.
I am saying most Fights especially in the Bars that are on every street corner and in every city are caused by to people indulging in to much Alcohol.
Pot Smokers are not the cause of the multitude of social problems caused by Addiction to Alcohol No Comparrison.
Growing up in a family where Alcohol was a problem I wished my Dad would of smoked Pot, it would of been a much happier household...
Marijuana is simply not in the same category as hard drugs.
Should be legal and regulated.
If so, A community may decide that certain people should be slaves.
While I doubt the accuracy of your contention it has no bearing on the time period I was referring to. That statement was completely accurate.
I can't speak for Chicago in any time period, I'll give you that. I lived in Aurora Colorado. $25 per tab is ridiculous in the Sixties. That would be equivalent to about $200 - $300 now. You could buy a ski lift ticket for $8 in '72.
I have never seen a person high on pot get belligerent. I have seen many, many drunk people get aggressive.
Exactly!
The Social Problems have always come from Alcoholism and Hard Drugs Legal and illegal
The Social Problems have always come from people who use them. The substances do different things. The people are looking for a certain feeling. The people are responsible for what they do. Blaming the substances is to transfer that responsibility.
The part I don't understand is how the legalization of marijuana will make those drunken brawls go away.
If the legalization of marijuana will have no effect on that behavior (it won't), then why bring it up?
Unless you're trying to make the point that people will switch from drinking alcohol to smoking pot. Are you saying that? And what makes you think that?
I've said it before. I've known scotch drinkers and beer drinkers that won't even switch brands, much less switch to smoked marijuana.
I'm sure they might. That has nothing to do with my statement. I was contrasting the relative difficulty of growing pot (weed) outdoors vs. home distilling of liquor.
Carry on.
Don't.
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