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To: me_a_republican
Your opinion is obvious. I was told long ago that if we had known as much about alcohol as we do today, probation would have never been done away with. I hate to bust your bubble but there are meny health reasons not to use the drug. The main one for me is that the person smoking this crap always gets blasted,(drunk on his ass) there is no part way. I would look for alcohol to be outlawed before pot is lawful.
32 posted on
07/29/2008 9:16:27 PM PDT by
Peacekeeper357
(God provided food for every bird but he didn't put it in their nest.)
To: me_a_republican
Your opinion is obvious. I was told long ago that if we had known as much about alcohol as we do today, probation would have never been done away with. I hate to bust your bubble but there are meny health reasons not to use the drug. The main one for me is that the person smoking this crap always gets blasted,(drunk on his ass) there is no part way. I would look for alcohol to be outlawed before pot is lawful.
33 posted on
07/29/2008 9:16:34 PM PDT by
Peacekeeper357
(God provided food for every bird but he didn't put it in their nest.)
To: me_a_republican
Making pot “legal” wouldn’t do a damn thing except make more laws against using it. So you think “legal” pot would be OK? “Now that weed is legal, I can get high anywhere!” Wrong. You would be arrested for public intoxication just like booze. “I can grow my own and sell it and make thousands!”. Wrong! Government regulations and TAXES!!! “I can take weed anywhere and light up!” Wrong! Smoking weed in a public place won’t be tolerated. Second hand TH and high would be considered an infringement on others rights not to smoke weed. If public places ban tobacco smoking...don’t you think they would ban pot too?? Smoking pot while driving? Don’t make me laugh!
34 posted on
07/29/2008 9:17:24 PM PDT by
Coffee200am
("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
To: me_a_republican
Also....growing your own may infringe on the territory of the Mexican drug gangs in the US. Making money on pot is their job, not yours. .....I don't think you would want this to happen to you...
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41 posted on
07/29/2008 9:26:57 PM PDT by
Coffee200am
("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
To: me_a_republican
What are the best reasons or arguments you can think of to keep marijuana illegal? Lemme tell you why people should smoke pot...it's because....ummmm....I forgot, man...
-Bob Bitchin
42 posted on
07/29/2008 9:29:13 PM PDT by
GOPyouth
("Change that works for Him!")
To: me_a_republican; darkwing104; Darksheare; darkangel; Lady Jag
44 posted on
07/29/2008 9:30:55 PM PDT by
Old Sarge
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: me_a_republican
If you make it legal, ther’d be no reason to go to Dead concerts ?
To: me_a_republican
I think it should be legal for adults to grow it and use it. I worry greatly, however, about it falling into the hands of teens and younger kids.
To: me_a_republican
What are the best reasons or arguments you can think of to keep marijuana illegal?
Other than the number of farmers who would go out of business when the crop that's really paying the bills drops in value I can't think of any.
50 posted on
07/29/2008 9:42:16 PM PDT by
CtBigPat
To: me_a_republican
Here is the postion to take. Seems very clear.
“Things being as they are, and people as they are, there is no way to prevent somebody, somewhere, from concluding that ``NATIONAL REVIEW favors drugs.’’ We don’t; we deplore their use; we urge the stiffest feasible sentences against anyone convicted of selling a drug to a minor. But that said, it is our judgment that the war on drugs has failed, that it is diverting intelligent energy away from how to deal with the problem of addiction, that it is wasting our resources, and that it is encouraging civil, judicial, and penal procedures associated with police states. We all agree on movement toward legalization, even though we may differ on just how far.”
“WE ARE speaking of a plague that consumes an estimated $75 billion per year of public money, exacts an estimated $70 billion a year from consumers, is responsible for nearly 50 per cent of the million Americans who are today in jail, occupies an estimated 50 per cent of the trial time of our judiciary, and takes the time of 400,000 policemen — yet a plague for which no cure is at hand, nor in prospect. “
57 posted on
07/29/2008 10:03:59 PM PDT by
BJungNan
To: me_a_republican
It causes black jazz musicians to crave white wimmin.
59 posted on
07/29/2008 10:11:53 PM PDT by
Rudder
To: me_a_republican
What are the Best reasons/arguments to keep marijuana illegal?Pauly Shore.
To: me_a_republican
I know from your join date that you may be new to this forum and all but one thing you need to know is that a lot of the posters here respond with out reading the articles. It would help if you posted an excerpt, if allowed by copy write laws.
It has not always been this way here, posters used to read articles and not just the headline/title before responding. Now some here just seem to want to be the first to post something back. Makes for too long of threads and too many closed minds. I lurked for 3 years (1997 or 1998) before I logged on.
62 posted on
07/29/2008 10:23:17 PM PDT by
BBell
To: me_a_republican
63 posted on
07/29/2008 10:25:26 PM PDT by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
To: me_a_republican
64 posted on
07/29/2008 10:35:26 PM PDT by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: me_a_republican
It’s entirely too much fun.
65 posted on
07/29/2008 10:39:56 PM PDT by
wildbill
( FR---changing history by erasing it from memory.)
To: me_a_republican
The number 1 reason is people would smoke it in public and offend my nose. It stinks so bad it makes tobacco smell nice in comparison.
That said it shouldn’t be illegal, just keep it in your mom’s basement.
66 posted on
07/29/2008 10:53:59 PM PDT by
Impy
(Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
To: me_a_republican
Because if it is kept illegal it allows the Lib’s something more to whine about.
69 posted on
07/29/2008 11:29:30 PM PDT by
SledgeCS
(Build the fence. Deport the Illegals. Sell all their assets to cover the cost.)
[T]he war on drugs has failed, that it is diverting intelligent energy away from how to deal with the problem of addiction, that it is wasting our resources, and that it is encouraging civil, judicial, and penal procedures associated with police states.
-- Wm. F. Buckley Jr.
[I]ts purpose is to make criminals out of one in three African-American males, it has succeeded. [I]ts purpose is to create one of the highest crime rates in the world -- and thus to provide permanent fodder for demagogues who decry crime and promise to do something about it -- it is achieving that end. [I]ts purpose is de facto repeal of the Bill of Rights, victory is well in sight. [I]ts purpose is to transfer individual freedom to the central government, it is carrying that off as well as any of our real wars did. [I]ts purpose is to destroy our inner cities by making them war zones, triumph is near.
-- Steven B. Duke. Professor, Yale Law School.
[Some modification by me]
So, let's legalise them under certain restrictions and conditions:
- Any drug charge cannot be plea-bargained away.
- Conviction of a misdemeanor sets consecutive sentences of one or five years additional.
- Conviction of any felony sets consecutive five to twenty-five years additional.
- No parole or "good time" allowances for any drug related sentence.
- No action taken by a victim against a drug or alcohol using criminal shall invoke any penalties against the victim, either civil or criminal. Any level or type of drug or alcohol in the criminal will invoke this shield to the victim.
I would expect the first six months to be fairly bloody, and the number of criminals will vastly be eradicated, then things will settle and we can get back to having a free society without the over-priced, over-bearing LE/Prison drain on our country.
70 posted on
07/30/2008 1:02:25 AM PDT by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: me_a_republican
71 posted on
07/30/2008 1:38:19 AM PDT by
Soliton
(Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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