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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No, it's a good thing no one lit up a bong and carelessly tossed the match.
There's a lot of history behind them that gets swept under the rug because of the popular appeal of prohibition, too.
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.
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.
This statement is consistent with the disconnect between jackbooters and conservatives.
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.
You watch a lot of television, don't you?
In English, please.
You smoke opium every 4-6 months?
The Afghan warlords are heroin suppliers, not pot.
depends on if it was blotter or not, I suppose.....
Hey Rhombus, put down that damn bong, ya hippie!
Recreation is bad??
>>>You watch a lot of television, don't you?
I guess you're too busy fighting the munchies.
Ah Hemingway you Bogart, I knew you couldn't resist this thread. Live free or die, brother.
Why is relaxing and enjoying life, against the law?
"So you think we should make alcohol illegal?"
It was such a smashing success last time it was tried... why not? </sarcasm
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.
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.
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