Grass Roots (58,866 Denver residents voted to legalize pot among them, these moms)

Denver Post ^ | Dec. 27, 2005

[Freedom_no_exceptions]

Steam escaping from WODie ears 3...2...1...

[massgopguy]

Put the word "man" at the end of every sentence.

[NapkinUser]

"among them, these moms."

Who the hell cares?

[mc6809e]

I'm really getting sick of this "but think of the children!" crap preventing me from doing things in a responsible way that some idiot's kid is not going to do in a responsible way.

Parents -- keep your kids out of trouble. Don't take away my freedom because you're scared your kids are going to be stupid.

[Aracelis]

One Denver psychologist, the 46-year-old mother of a young child, smokes because it helps her find "that space that is so about me and not about being a parent."

Yeesh!

• One cannot be an effective/ethical psychologist if he or she uses illegal drugs
• If this broad needs to find "that space that is so about me and not about being a parent", she shouldn't have had a child

No wonder everyone thinks all shrinks are nuts!

[AmericanChef]

-Many of the moms have not disclosed their grass-inhaling secrets to their kids.-

Gee, it used to be the other way around.

[MooseMan]

Fat, high, and stupid is no way to go through life, MOM!

[eyespysomething]

Have a liquor drink, drink a beer, glass of wine, smoke some pot...what's the difference?

[eyespysomething]

Oh, and I was serious.

[dalereed]

Lock them up and throw away the key!

[maestro]

?....58,866 Denver residents voted to legalize... (Mexican-laced-heroin) pot... among them, these moms...?

/NAFTA

[Know your rights]

One cannot be an effective/ethical psychologist if he or she uses illegal drugs

Why not? I see no connection.

[Know your rights]

About 8 percent of people who try it [marijuana] become addicted.

Versus 15% of those who try the deadly legal drug alcohol.

[sassbox]

While I support the decriminalization of marijuana, I do think that people who are still using it well into their 40s and in front of their children are pretty pathetic. At a certain point you just need to outgrow that. It sounds like many of these stoner moms have deeper problems with immaturity (like needing "space" where they don't have to be parents) and their drug use is just a symptom of it.

[AzaleaCity5691]

There is no difference.

The primary reason that marijuana remains illegal is because unlike tobacco or alcohol (ok, not so much alcohol, though most people don't have the expertise to do it) you can produce a private supply very easy on your own premises. That would basically mean, even if someone did try to market it commercially, people could just grow it inside a vegetable market. It would be a hard product to sell legally except in the most densely populated areas (and even then, it's possible to grow the plan inside a non-greenhouse building, if you know what you're doing) and as such, it would be something widely used that gave people enjoyment that the government couldn't adequately (in it's own mind) tax.

That's why marijuana is illegal, it's that simple.

[eyespysomething]

I agree.

[DJ MacWoW]

If theses "Moms" need to puff a magic cigarette to escape reality, they have bigger problems than illegal drugs.

[Wolfie]

ping

[wbill]

the 46-year-old mother of a young child, smokes because it helps her find "that space that is so about me and not about being a parent."

Narcissistic b*tch.

I'm sure that her kid understands...."Mommy can't take care of this right now. She's finding the space that's all about her"