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Sarah Palin: Marijuana is a 'minimal problem'
Politico ^ | 6/17/10 | Andy Barr

Posted on 06/17/2010 7:52:51 AM PDT by pissant

Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday night that law enforcement should not focus its energy on the “minimal problem” of marijuana.

Palin made the comment during an appearance on the Fox Business Network with Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

The libertarian Paul said enforcing marijuana restrictions specifically and war on drugs more generally is a “useless battle,” a point Palin somewhat agreed with though she was clear that she does not support legalization.

"If we're talking about pot, I'm not for the legalization of pot,” Palin said. “I think that would just encourage our young people to think that it was OK to go ahead and use it.”

“However I think we need to prioritize our law enforcement efforts,” Palin added. “If somebody's gonna to smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems we have in society.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: commonsense; dopersrights; drugs; lping; maryjane; palin; ronpaul; sarahpalin; wosd
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To: pissant

I’d rather have our police deporting illegal aliens than busting someone smoking a joint in their house.


21 posted on 06/17/2010 8:07:37 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

1/3 of the illegals are here dealing drugs, and using extreme violence to protect their rackets.


22 posted on 06/17/2010 8:08:45 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Pot Smokers usually can’t get off the couch and out of the frig or out from in front of the TV to commit crime.


23 posted on 06/17/2010 8:09:49 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: SJSAMPLE

Asset Forfeiture Run Amok: (oldy but goody)

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/asset-forfeiture-run-amok/#


24 posted on 06/17/2010 8:10:09 AM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
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To: pissant
1/3 of the illegals are here dealing drugs, and using extreme violence to protect their rackets.

You are putting the cart in front of the horse. Make pot legal and there would be no motive to traffic it.

25 posted on 06/17/2010 8:11:37 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Huck

This constitution is for the government of a good and moral people, it is totally inadequate for any other.

The problem isn’t the Constitution,
it’s the rejection of God.

We need a moral resurgence in this country if we are to ever be free again.

2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

and conversely, where the Spirit of the Lord is NOT, there can never be freedom.


26 posted on 06/17/2010 8:12:41 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: BillM
I agree with the Singapore solution for hard drugs, but marijuana is not a hard drug. Ronald Regan's view on the topic was very similar to Sarah's.

I'm not sure I agree with legalizing marijuana, bet I do think the penalty should be something realistic-- such as is applied to underage drinking or using prescription medication for which you don't have a prescription.

27 posted on 06/17/2010 8:13:02 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: pissant

Something legal to grow in your own yard has ZERO value on the black market...

Black markets only thrive when the commodity they trade is is illegal.

Doesnt matter WHAT the commodity is.


28 posted on 06/17/2010 8:13:31 AM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
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To: dfwgator
there are a lot bigger fish to fry out there.

Exactly. It is like the SF City Council debating Israel policy while their city goes bankrupt. There are more important issues at the moment than pot heads.
29 posted on 06/17/2010 8:14:16 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: GonzoGOP

And if they don’t get stoned on pot, they’ll get stoned on alcohol, what are you going to do, ban alcohol? (Hmmm, we tried that once, didn’t quite work out).


30 posted on 06/17/2010 8:15:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allerious; ...
Palin added. “If somebody's gonna to smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems we have in society."

Statements like these keep libertarians like me somewhat encouraged about Palin. There are many things she does 'get'. She needs to learn to stick to one message though, unlike some of the flip-flop RINOs she's backed.



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31 posted on 06/17/2010 8:15:39 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Vigilanteman

“I agree with the Singapore solution”

Serously...do you think the Bill of rights is just a of piece of paper?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law_of_Singapore

Start that shit and you can COUNT on facism here...

And since even a DEATH PENALTY doesnt stop it...what’s next?...excecute their entire family?..their neighors?

Where does that maddness end?

WTF?


32 posted on 06/17/2010 8:18:04 AM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
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To: MrB

“all of the green herbs of the earth are yours” Genisis


33 posted on 06/17/2010 8:19:56 AM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
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To: pissant

If anything, pot should be legal and alcohol should be illegal.


34 posted on 06/17/2010 8:21:13 AM PDT by teenyelliott (www.thewaterrock.com)
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To: Crim

Thanks.
If more and more people were able to focus on the COSTS of the WO(S)D, they’d change their minds.


35 posted on 06/17/2010 8:22:04 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: rarestia

“Once I realized that I had an issue with addiction, I realized that pot was as much a problem as alcohol or caffeine or nicotine.”

Good for you, in seeing your problem was NEVER the pot.

Your an addict, period, whether or not you are entertaining your current addiction(s) at the moment.

Being an addict is not the result of the substance or behavior entertained, addictively. Being an addict is having a personality type and/or obtaining a personality pattern that is prone to addictive behavior. WHICH substance or behavior is irrelevant and NOT the problem.

The “cure” is ALWAYS in deciding to no longer accept the addictive behavior. I hope you keep that lesson with always.


36 posted on 06/17/2010 8:24:33 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Crim

Ditto for the murder of Don Scott.

Probably the worst case I’ve ever heard, because it was an INTENTIONAL scam that ended in the murder of an American citizen by government agents who wanted his land.

http://www.fear.org/scott.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_P._Scott


37 posted on 06/17/2010 8:25:03 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: pissant

“If somebody’s gonna to smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage...”

Does Palin actually think law enforcement efforts in the war on drugs is focused on arresting people with a joint in their living rooms?

Sometimes her views on life are so simplistic I have to shake mmy head.


38 posted on 06/17/2010 8:25:14 AM PDT by Bob J
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To: SJSAMPLE

Everytime a SWAT raid goes bad and someones innocent dog gets shot..or WORSE...and innocent man is gunned down...that lays directly at the feet of the drug war supporters.


39 posted on 06/17/2010 8:25:17 AM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompitence..)
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To: pissant

I think it should not be legal but should be decriminalized like a traffic ticket. I imagine it would generate quite a lot of money and the states could decide how to best use the funds. Selling pot would be another matter....

libby


40 posted on 06/17/2010 8:25:43 AM PDT by libbytarian
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