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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

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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To: Hi Heels

No, it's a good thing no one lit up a bong and carelessly tossed the match.


41 posted on 02/01/2005 10:52:16 AM PST by .cnI redruM (The Iraqis voted. The insurgency lost. Tell the DU it's over.)
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To: .cnI redruM
There is a lot of history behind these laws that gets swept under the rug because of the popular appeal of recreational drug use.

There's a lot of history behind them that gets swept under the rug because of the popular appeal of prohibition, too.

42 posted on 02/01/2005 10:54:07 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: .cnI redruM

I am in no way advocating the legalization of substances such as cocaine or heroin or the like. Mary Jane may fall into a different league IMO.

My main point was and remains that due to the enormous sums of money being made by those that have the 'ears' of the lawmakers the war on drugs and the tax system, both areas in need of serious change/improvement, will stay as they are.


43 posted on 02/01/2005 10:54:39 AM PST by Dad2Angels
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To: .cnI redruM

OK cue the usual arguments from the usual participants. This is much like the Global Warming debate... a little bit of data, correlations that some insist show causation and arguments tainted with more passion than reason. But hey, argue away... if it feels good do it, ain't nobody's business but your own.


44 posted on 02/01/2005 10:54:45 AM PST by rhombus
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To: tallhappy
The world revolves around them and their longing to get stoned.

This statement is consistent with the disconnect between jackbooters and conservatives.

45 posted on 02/01/2005 10:54:45 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: .cnI redruM

I don't disagree in the slightest. However, it is a severe error of logic (not to mention ignorance of history) to propose a prohibition as a solution to that problem. As you note, alcoholics can inflict just as much pain on those around them as can heroin addicts - yet we do NOT arrest massive numbers of alcoholics, except where they commit other crimes as well. We did, once; it proved to be a total failure with consequences worse than the behavior that spurred the policy; and we would be fools to ignore that experience in similar cases.


46 posted on 02/01/2005 10:56:17 AM PST by thoughtomator (How do you say Berkeley California in Aramaic?)
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To: .cnI redruM
No, it's a good thing no one lit up a bong and carelessly tossed the match.

You watch a lot of television, don't you?

47 posted on 02/01/2005 10:56:42 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Ok, so let's see if we can produce a better definition of fascist than "Anyone who disagrees with my point of view to the right thereof."
48 posted on 02/01/2005 10:56:57 AM PST by .cnI redruM (The Iraqis voted. The insurgency lost. Tell the DU it's over.)
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To: .cnI redruM
Ok, so let's see if we can produce a better definition of fascist than "Anyone who disagrees with my point of view to the right thereof."

In English, please.

49 posted on 02/01/2005 10:57:42 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Mcirrus

You smoke opium every 4-6 months?

The Afghan warlords are heroin suppliers, not pot.


50 posted on 02/01/2005 10:57:43 AM PST by dmz
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To: Hemingway's Ghost; .cnI redruM

depends on if it was blotter or not, I suppose.....


51 posted on 02/01/2005 10:58:26 AM PST by Hi Heels (Naked Mole Rats. Find them. Squish them. Feel the crunch.)
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To: rhombus
This is much like the Global Warming debate... a little bit of data, correlations that some insist show causation and arguments tainted with more passion than reason. But hey, argue away... if it feels good do it, ain't nobody's business but your own.

Hey Rhombus, put down that damn bong, ya hippie!

52 posted on 02/01/2005 10:58:37 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: robertpaulsen

Recreation is bad??


53 posted on 02/01/2005 10:59:00 AM PST by stuartcr
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To: Sender
At the federal level, half the WOD money is spent on anti-drug advertising and treatment programs (54.5% demand), and the other half on drug interdiction at the borders and overseas eradication efforts (45.5% supply).
54 posted on 02/01/2005 10:59:30 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

>>>You watch a lot of television, don't you?

I guess you're too busy fighting the munchies.


55 posted on 02/01/2005 10:59:49 AM PST by .cnI redruM (The Iraqis voted. The insurgency lost. Tell the DU it's over.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Hey Rhombus, put down that damn bong, ya hippie!

Ah Hemingway you Bogart, I knew you couldn't resist this thread. Live free or die, brother.

56 posted on 02/01/2005 11:01:43 AM PST by rhombus
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To: robertpaulsen

Why is relaxing and enjoying life, against the law?


57 posted on 02/01/2005 11:03:01 AM PST by stuartcr
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To: AppyPappy

"So you think we should make alcohol illegal?"

It was such a smashing success last time it was tried... why not? </sarcasm


58 posted on 02/01/2005 11:03:22 AM PST by monday
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To: thoughtomator

As a co-alcoholic, wife of a sober alcoholic 18 years, my two cents:

Alcohol is as dangerous as most drugs; in fact, in my husband's detox classes we learned that the alcoholism and heroin addiction are the two strongest addictions.

So I consider alcohol just as dangerous.

HOWEVER, our politicians need their booze, so alcohol will always be legal.


59 posted on 02/01/2005 11:04:29 AM PST by peacebaby ("...please refrain from impugning my integrity." Dr. Condoleezza Rice, 1/18/05)
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To: .cnI redruM
I guess you're too busy fighting the munchies.

Come on, my friend. If you're a real drug warrior, surely you can argue the merits of your position a bit better than this. This is plain childish.

60 posted on 02/01/2005 11:04:42 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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