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Meghan McCain Says Yes to Legalizing Marijuana
The Daily Beast ^ | Jun 11, 2012

Posted on 06/12/2012 8:25:41 PM PDT by presidio9

In the new book, America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom, Daily Beast columnist Meghan McCain and comedian Michael Ian Black take a road trip across America and write about their experiences. The excerpt below is from their visit to New Orleans, and what happens after Meghan and Michael light up.

Meghan McCain: -SNIP-

Let me put it right out there. Yes, I have smoked marijuana a few times in the past. The first time was on a trip to Amsterdam in college and I was surprised by how mild of an experience marijuana was (and in my experience still is). It is a plant that makes me mellow and giggly and, quite frankly, tired. Yet, depending on where you are in the United States, smoking is possession, and that is either a misdemeanor or a felony. Split that hair however you want, it’s still a crime.

That being said, I believe that marijuana should be legalized. This is not a decision I have come to quickly or lightly. Over the course of the last four years, in discussions with friends pro and con, I believe the legal ramifications of possessing marijuana are egregious. For one reason, I think it is a substance that does no more damage than alcohol does, and second, if we legalized marijuana in this country and taxed the hell out of it, our economic problems would at least be temporarily helped a great deal. In fact, you could even use the revenue stream to pay for universal health care if you wanted.

Mostly though, I do not completely understand the allure and taboo associated with marijuana. -SNIP-

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: cannabis; drugs; drugwar; libertarians; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; meghanmccain; nomanwilllayher; pot; warondrugs; wod; wodlist; wosd
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To: presidio9

Of course. The only way she can get schtupped is if the guy is stoned.....


21 posted on 06/12/2012 8:42:09 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: Lurker

Looks like she’s had a serious case of the munchies for years.


22 posted on 06/12/2012 8:43:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: presidio9

Countdown to jokes about Meghan having the munchies...


23 posted on 06/12/2012 8:49:43 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: presidio9

She doesn't need pot legalized to get the munchies...

24 posted on 06/12/2012 8:50:40 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: presidio9

She hasn’t supported this before?


25 posted on 06/12/2012 8:52:05 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: Army Air Corps

Countdown to jokes about Meghan having the munchies...


That would explain a lot.


26 posted on 06/12/2012 8:53:08 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: ReformationFan
She hasn’t supported this before?

No, that was probably pot PIE you heard her talking about talking about. Common mistake.

27 posted on 06/12/2012 8:54:57 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9

Indeed. Victoria Jackson did a very accurate impersonation of her-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJY2WF7vomw


28 posted on 06/12/2012 8:57:59 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: Army Air Corps

THERE ARE NO WORDS...

29 posted on 06/12/2012 8:59:45 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (')
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To: presidio9

27 years old and she still hasn’t accomplished anything meaningful in her life. A life wasted - so far. She still has time, but I’m not holding my breath.


30 posted on 06/12/2012 9:03:02 PM PDT by Troublemaker
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To: DarrellZero

Hell, in her case, it might make her smarter.

Almost anything would — including a freaking lobotomy!


31 posted on 06/12/2012 9:04:03 PM PDT by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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To: presidio9

People are sick of taxes! You can’t just make it legal and expect to tax it. People will just grow their own and not be prosecuted. More taxes is the WORST reason to legalize anything, they’ll count the expected increased revenue and spend it on some horrible social program before the first legal joint is rolled!


32 posted on 06/12/2012 9:04:15 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: presidio9
She fat, juicy!
33 posted on 06/12/2012 9:07:20 PM PDT by tumblindice (Our new, happy lives.)
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To: presidio9

Why do we care what this woman thinks?


34 posted on 06/12/2012 9:24:49 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: southern rock

Exactly!

When I see the “regulate/tax it” argument, I realize that things are probably better off as is.


35 posted on 06/12/2012 9:31:10 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Let's name a law after a kid who died because of CAFE standards!)
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To: OrangeHoof

Who needs her when they’ve got William F. Buckley Jr.?


36 posted on 06/12/2012 9:54:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: MacMattico
People are sick of taxes! You can’t just make it legal and expect to tax it.

Sure you can!

California's medical marijuana program collects around $100M per year in taxes on sales of around $1B. Participants may legally grow their own under CA law, yet they're willing to pay $300/oz and more.

37 posted on 06/12/2012 9:55:31 PM PDT by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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To: presidio9

Doesn’t Meghan eat enough Twinkies WITHOUT smoking pot?


38 posted on 06/12/2012 9:59:20 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Why not get fedgov out of regulating intrastate drug policy and let each state decide whether it wants to tax and regulate?


39 posted on 06/12/2012 10:00:50 PM PDT by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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To: doc1019

Why does anyone pay any attention to this little moron? I know the left loves her because she essentially reenforces their policies, but she’s even more worthless than her RINO father.


40 posted on 06/12/2012 10:17:20 PM PDT by cgchief
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