Posted on 11/02/2007 6:22:06 AM PDT by period end of story
LOS ANGELES - Bob Barker famously closed each episode of "The Price Is Right" with a pitch to spay and neuter pets. His successor is taking a stand on a more controversial subject: marijuana. Drew Carey won't tout toking up on "Price," but he defends the use of medical marijuana in a video posted online Thursday on Reason.tv.
"Smell that smell," the 49-year-old comedian says as he walks into a Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary. "That's the smell of freedom."
The video is one of 20 Carey will host for the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit educational group whose ideas "some people call libertarian" and whose mission is to "advance freedom," said president David Nott.
Carey offered to produce brief documentaries on topics ranging from traffic congestion to immigration for the foundation's Web site, Nott said.
"Drew Carey connects with regular people. ... He has a regular guy's look at things, and that's why this seems like a great thing," he said. "We're interested in freedom across the spectrum, and good journalism about these subjects is important in the world of ideas."
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Does that same argument apply to heroin and crack?
I’ll grant you that this is a sensitive subject for me, but I’m really not appreciating your flippant attitude when I speak of the death of my Dad.
After my Ca surgery and subsequent radiation therapy, the doc’s had me loaded with enough Class 4 drugs to snow a moose. That crap lasted for a couple months. I would have been better off with a good bag of herb.
Actually cocaine has multiple legitimate medical uses. In Europe it is still used as a topical anesthetic specifically in eye, nose and throat surgery.
And, no one has been denied legitimate medical use of opiates.
Cheaper too.
I apologise for not expressing myself clearly. I have the deepest sympathy for your position. My “flipant” attitude is addressed to Mr. Paulson whose high dudgeon allows himself no charitable feelings for the suffering of others. As far as I am concerned those who are suffering from maladies beyond the help of the medical establishment should be free to do whatever provides them comfort so long as no harm comes to others for it.
Yes, he does seem to have done rather poorly for himself. So racked by depression that he can't manage a career, fulfilling hobbies, things to believe in.
Just think how much better he'd be doing if he didn't self medicate.
"Look after."
There's something so comforting about the sound of that.
I wonder if the government would think the amount time you spend online pointlessly arguing about marijuana is "healthy?"
Liberals are relying on society being dysfunctional and what better drug to make that happen for them than marijuana.
Marijuana impairs the limbic system which causes complications like memory issues such as remembering things, thinking clearly, and solving problems which quite frankly is exactly the kind of audience that is ideal for the current Democrat debates.
Go out and watch the movie "Knocked UP" if you need a visual. One of the best scenes in the movie is when the main character tells her pothead boyfriend to go screw his bong.
Smoking Dope = Freedom of Speech?
What a load of Soros.
He can fly all over the state and the FAA as no authority. It is only when he has a substantial effect (ie., flying into controlled airspace) that the FAA gets involved.
So my analogy is valid. Actually, excellent.
Wait just a minute. Proposition 215 didn't allow for the "sale" of medical marijuana. Isn't that illegal under California law?
The constant is the question, "Is this separate class of purely local activities beyond the reach of federal power?
In Lopez and Morrison, the answer was "yes". In Gonzales v Raich, the answer was "no".
"In assessing the scope of Congress’ Commerce Clause authority, the Court need not determine whether respondents’ activities, taken in the aggregate, substantially affect interstate commerce in fact, but only whether a “rational basis” exists for so concluding. (e.g., Lopez,514 U. S., at 557). Given the enforcement difficulties that attend distinguishing between marijuana cultivated locally and marijuana grown elsewhere, and concerns about diversion into illicit channels, the Court has no difficulty concluding that Congress had a rational basis for believing that failure to regulate the intrastate manufacture and possession of marijuana would leave a gaping hole in the CSA."
"Also, why is the effectiveness of State law in this relevant (referring to Scalia's opinion)?"
Scalia is saying that Congress does not have to rely on California's promise to limit the distribution of marijuana.
Well, there go my plans for my anti-gravity home.
Of course not.
On a thread debating whether or not medical marijuana should be legal, an anecdotal story of the benefit of medical marijuana is in no way suggesting that it be legalized. How dare we conclude that!
"if someone with a terminal illness feels that it helps them "
First of all, you ignorant moron, not all cancer is terminal. Second, all medical marijuana laws allow for the use by just about anyone, not just those with cancer or those with terminal cancer.
For you to pick out one specific category of user, or worse, one specific user, to make your point is a cheap shot -- and you know it. YOU'RE the one using the sick and dying to support your legalization scam, you disgusting piece of garbage.
You could care less that some cancer patient dies from infection from smoking marijuana. You try to temper that by categorizing all cancer patients as terminal -- hey, they're gonna die anyways, so wtf. Right?
Gosh, with that attitude, what's next? Can we harvest their organs while they're alive since they're gonna die anyways? Can we run some medical experiments on them since they're gonna die anyways?
Are you suggesting that I lied? That I just made something up?
Maybe you should clarify your statement.
Amen
Simply put, paulsen's obssession is unhealthy, by any estimation.
Either he's getting paid, or he is a remarkably lonely person.
Have a nice day!
The war on drugs is combatting "big government?"
Uh huh.
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