“America’s longest-serving eschatological bigot”
LOL ! that’s a funny phrase there! :)
It’s stupid and doesn’t make sense anymore.
destroy the cartels largest market. Decriminalize possession.
Significantly reduce violent crime, gang crime, cartel crime.
Make the forests once again safe for people who hike off trail... like me.
I’m sorry Pat, there are enough stoned, drugged, drunk people on the roads I drive as it is.
I think we’ll stick with the IT AIN’T LEGAL, tag.
Totally agree. Decriminalize it. And that’s a former Prosecutor talking.
Pat is getting a bit over the hill, and shows it.
As the West becomes more colonized by Arabs, perhaps we should adopt their cannabis culture.
The liberals in CA loves these laws as they are showered with contributions from the prison guards union
He’s gone from a thoughtful, useful individual to a bumbling senile old fool that needs to just stfu.
I agree. Have always thought it stupid. Had a roommate who smoked MaryJane. he and his friends made regular runs down to Laredo for pot and relaxation. The driver had to settle for second hand smoke, and the highway cops were pretty tolerant. So long as no one was stupid enough to be caught with a joint in the car. He said it was fun, but got more of a jolt out of drinking beer.
The idea that we are more criminal because we have a larger prison population makes no sense. Many nations are so broken that they don’t even have a cohesive legal system, also many countries have very few laws, and others you can buy your freedom.
I agree we need to legalize all drugs. Stop this madness of locking up the drug user. It is like the roaring 20’s prohibition. When booze was illegal it was everywhere and controlled by the mob and lots of killing over territory. Legalize the drugs. Control it tax it and the gangsters will go away or most of them! The drug cartels would go away too! Use the tax money to help people kick the habit. DEA would go away. Less crime there too!
This myth of simple possession pot smokers being tossed into jail at a rapid rate is bullshit.
The ones that get prosecuted plead down and the ones that actually do make it behind bars are the ones with dealer amounts.
The judges won’t even keep dangerous criminals behind bars. Why would they put pot smokers there?
lock up Robertson!!!
Absolutely agree, and I’m not for the legalization of any other currently illegal drug, just MJ.
Amen!
And “Occupy Wall Street” will demand that the CEO’s be imprisoned.
The W.O.D. became the War On Citizens when forfeiture and confiscation laws took affect. It became profitable for LEA's to do raids as they became a revenue source for local and state governments. The name of the game became take it and make them prove they weren't dealing etc. If you had lots of cash on you and got pulled over for speeding or a non functioning light it became an excuse to search and take the money. Sure you might get it back...several years later. This in turn brought corruption to these agencies.
I would go as far as too say the METH Lab issue would disappear almost overnight if legit manufactures were allowed to make it. Actually they do and government schools push it off on our children.
I don't condone the use of POT nor METH for that matter. But one thing we know from history is prohibition is the spawning bed of some of the largest criminal empires our nation has seen. Moonshine and Bootlegging was very profitable in it's day. Did it stop even the legal sale of alcohol? No.
I'll explain that part. During Prohibition to get around the laws companies began selling Tonics or other such alcohol included liquids via door to door sales or in drug stores. Many years ago I used too collect old bottles as a hobby with my dad and an uncle. To find the bottles we would sometimes go into town and dig out old filled up cisterns which had been filled with trash after public water utilities came about in the early 1900's. We could literally tell what era of time we were digging in by the type of bottles we were finding. Most of the ones we dug had lots and lots of medicine bottles near the top LOL. The stuff was about 40-80 proof.
The W.O.D. has gotten way out of hand. The average person can't even buy cold medicine without photo ID and being placed in a "we're watching you" database. That is simply not right. Worse than that is these same agencies are using the W.O.D. to obtain information on all your medications. Had a tooth pulled and given Codeine? They know.
There are no easy answers. But the War On Drugs is being used to justify just about anything these days including invading law abiding persons right to privacy.
Maybe God told Pat to leave the potheads alone. “It’s all cool, man” was the message from on “high”.
Pat Robertson has said some quotable things for both the left and the right. Legalizing marijuana is one of those issues that has converts all over the spectrum.
you don’t have to legalize it right away
i have a sailboat and i’ve always thought about bringing in a ton of Durban Poison
rather have that happen while I can get $4000lb rather than $40lb
know what i mean ;^)