Posted on 02/28/2017 6:20:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will try to adopt "responsible policies" for enforcement of federal anti-marijuana laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday, adding that he believes violence surrounds sales and use of the drug in the U.S.
In a meeting with reporters, Sessions said the department was reviewing an Obama administration Justice Department memo that gave states flexibility in passing marijuana laws.
"Experts are telling me there's more violence around marijuana than one would think," Sessions said....
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That’s how I feel about it. Thanks.
It’s worked out about as well on the war on poverty.
My grandfather would call them BUMs.
You get to decide what people do with their freedom? Guess again.
I haven’t seen too many destroy themselves with weed, though it seems to have some bad effects over a long time.
I have seen alcohol use destroy a great many. It doesn’t seem to be a “gateway drug”. Maybe because it is legal.
When my money is paying for their food and housing yes. Freedom also involves being self supporting and not a drag on every other working member os society.
Except that I can go and buy it at a store if I wish.
MJ is not a gateway drug. That claim is patently false and fake fake fake. Marijuana does not cause you to use Heroin, or Meth, or LSD, or Cocaine.
Smoking a doobie IS medicine. It’s a PROVEN EFFECTIVE MEDICINE.
You know where dispensaries get their marijuana? Usually local growers. Not violent drug cartels.
Your loved ones have a higher chance of getting in a car accident, or hit by a drunk driver, then getting harmed by marijuana or someone using marijuana.
LOL at “using marijuana removes the actors’ responsibility context from the equation”.
It would be funny if you were satirizing, but you certainly believe your diarrhea of the mouth.
And there will be a sudden surge of people in all 50 states with medical problems they never had before. My stepson had an aunt in Caliornia years ago that had medical marijuana for a non-existent medical condition that was so hooked on the stuff she smoked it from the time she woke til she went to sleep (she did this even when he visited her and didnt tell me about it for years; his fav aunt who spoiled him). Her "marijuana medical treatment" resulted in her getting COPD and dying a horrible death having to depend on carrying an oxygen tank with her everywhere she went.
In reality, we have not fought a war to win it in a very long time.
It’s helpful to step away from the reflexive libertarian reaction to drugs and consider if our soldiers had to fight in theater using the same rules as law enforcement. Enemy combatants go to a short time out and re-enter the theater as scores of parasitic lawyers rush all over the battlefield to make sure the rules of engagement make it very difficult to accomplish the mission.
We have drug courts, drug rehab programs, drug counseling, kids programs, social workers, probation workers, prisons, probation, prosecutors, defense attorneys, the courts, huge retailers (why does Nike make everything in red or blue?), and even nations (yep, countries) who rely on the status quo of drugs for their paychecks.
Yet, most days here on FR, the brunt of the blame is placed on the police. Why is that? We are told the problem is the war itself - not the drugs. As if legalizing it all would all of a sudden fill drug blighted communities with rainbows, unicorns, taxpayers, and nice citizens. Maybe legalizing it would fix the other societal ills we now pay for - bad teeth, bad livers, kidney failure, poor parenting, etc etc etc.
You are right - the war on poverty is a joke for many of the same reasons. In either war our battle plan is lacking and nobody with half a brain thinks we are winning, but we must change the conversation to acknowledge that what we are doing is not working in most areas - drugs, poverty, out-of-wedlock births, STD’s, education, and the list goes on and on.
We are only presented with one answer it seems - more money and more of the same failed policies.
Let them turn into Rubber-heads!
Just don’t come to John Q. Taxpayer to support your
drug Doped up Scrambled Brain!
Fools that they are!
You are about there my friend, keep toking- your employer ( if legit) will be happy for you.... Already forfeiting your 2A rights, actions have consequences. I know you can find other research that supports your position as well-just follow their credentials.
The neat thing is you indeed have the freedom to violate laws at whatever level you choose- just be patient and humble when you find yourself on the other side of the social compact-and I hope the best for you.
I’ll ignore you from now on, though;as your mind is as closed as mine on this topic and we won’t reach consensus.
Blessings
My experience too. I grew up with several guys from elementary all the way to high chool. Many of them started doing the stuff in 7th grade and later became drug dealers and serious users of other drugs; everything from speed to heroin and cocaine. They looked like death warmed over. They also have lengthy criminal records now (I checked their records to see what had become of them. Many had drug possession with intent to distribute, drug paraphernalia, but also had other crimes like burglary, trespassing (often filed when they are caught on prooperty before they have a chance to burglarize it, DWI / DUI, etc...
So do I think marijuana is harmless? No. Not everyone can handle it and take care of their business. It does make a lot of its users lethargic, apathetic, and difficult for hem to function at heir jobs. In Colorado, the users have trashed their cities and don't seem to care about cleaning up after themselves. So there are definitely negative aspects to contend with if you legalize it in your state.
My experience too. I grew up with several guys from elementary all the way to high chool. Many of them started doing the stuff in 7th grade and later became drug dealers and serious users of other drugs; everything from speed to heroin and cocaine. They looked like death warmed over. They also have lengthy criminal records now (I checked their records to see what had become of them. Many had drug possession with intent to distribute, drug paraphernalia, but also had other crimes like burglary, trespassing (often filed when they are caught on prooperty before they have a chance to burglarize it, DWI / DUI, etc...
So do I think marijuana is harmless? No. Not everyone can handle it and take care of their business. It does make a lot of its users lethargic, apathetic, and difficult for them to function at their jobs. In Colorado, the users have trashed their cities and don't seem to care about cleaning up after themselves. So there are definitely negative aspects to contend with if you legalize it in your state.
You are right. Although I don’t have a problem with marijuana especially for medical purposes, and I think the drug companies are behind not legalizing medical marijuana because they would lose so much money. They should focus more on the harder drugs. I’ve seen first hand how meth can turn a normal person into a violent criminal, and heroin overdoses are off the roof. I don’t blame the police, but what we are doing now isn’t working.
I know all our drugs don’t come from Mexico, but a lot of them do. Getting rid of and protecting our border from the cartels is a good start. If I was president I would tell the corrupt Mexican government if they don’t get rid of the cartels I’ll come down and do it myself. A Mexican official recently blamed Americans for buying the drugs.
If it weren't for the taxes and all of the politicians that are addicted to it don't think it would be...
defer on the first statement- what you haven’t seen isn’t proof of a negative.
Agreed on the second. Alcohol is a fiend as well-expensive and dangerous to many.
My perspective on this whole topic is that if everything were legal, then taking the life of someone who kills/maims a loved one via their drunk or drugged actions ought to be too- what we are all saying is that we want to be in a state of nature/war with our neighbor rather than in a state of society.... Aren’t we?
Really?
It will take 38 States to force federal law on any issue. With 35 Republican Gov’s it may be a long time coming on this issue.
> Hard to believe alcohol is legal
If it weren’t for the taxes and all of the politicians that are addicted to it don’t think it would be...
A little research shows the scam it really is... Prohibition ended in 1933 and Marijuana was made illegal in the US in 1937... How did we survive all those years as a country and flourish with the evil weed legal?
Either we are a free country or we are not. I say legalize a natural plant that God provided for us or make alcohol illegal again... either way works for me, anything else is sheer hypocrisy.
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