The article said they're considering legalizing pot not cocaine!
Oh wait ... nevermind. ;-)
Posted on 06/25/2012 9:21:35 AM PDT by ex-Texan
In an attempt to lower crime and raise government revenue, Uruguay is planning on legalizing marijuana. Currently, it is legal to possess less than 25 grams of cannabis, but it is illegal to grow or sell it.
If the proposal passes, Uruguay’s government would oversee the growth and distribution of the $75 million business. Buyers would be required to register with the government.
“It’s a fight on both fronts: against consumption and drug trafficking,” said defense minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro. “We think the prohibition of certain drugs is creating more problems for society than the drugs themselves.”
Congress must approve the proposal, but Julio Calzada, secretary-general of the National Drugs Board in Uruguay, thinks there is a good chance it will pass. “We have hopes that legislators from all four parties can support the measure,” he said.
But some marijuana users have a different opinion. “People who consume are not going to buy it from the state,” said marijuana smoker Natalia Pereira. “They’re going to be mistrust buying it from a place where you have to register and they can typecast you.”
Marijuana turns non-Dems into Dems? Have any proof?
Alcohol is mentioned in the Bible and is part of the Western tradition. Pot is alien to all this.
Alcohol is more addictive than pot, and unlike pot can kill you in a single evening of use.
Cannabis was widely known and accepted in the U.S. by the early 20th century; many Americans didn't realize until after it was banned (for supposedly making Mexicans crazy and helping Negro jazz musicians seduce white women) that the now-illegal "marihuana" was the same thing as cannabis.
So is meth which is synthetic
What's wrong with synthetics? Do you take no synthetic medicines? Use no plastics?
and an outright poison
As is alcohol - and as isn't marijuana.
and so is crack cocaine. Why not make (also synthetic) LSD legal!
Why not indeed ... unlike alcohol it's nonaddictive.
You know I’ve smoked a lot of grass
O’ Lord, I’ve popped a lot of pills
But I never touched nothin’
That my spirit could kill
So grass and pills are OK with you?
Everyone knows that legalizing pot will create more Obama voters and more Democrat voters. If you took a poll of pot smokers I am sure they would tell you that at least 70% will be voting for Obama....If they can get their stoned asses to the polls
Then you have some pot heads who are libertarians and a few are conservative I suppose. You are like the gays who want gay marriage and overturn long held Western traditions and religion to promote their perverted anal-centric lifestyles. The pot legalizers and drug legalizers are not content with the traditional intoxicant of Europeans and NE Asians. Alcohol. Instead you ninnies need your 3rd world drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin (poppies)and don’t seem to have much of a problem with synthetics drugs, LSD and methedrine
That is from the song, The Pusher. It is a song, snap out of it.
Oh wait ... nevermind. ;-)
I’ll go out on a limb and predict a sudden spike in tourism from Argentina and Chile.
Maybe politically correct, socialist politicians will follow the dopers down to Uruguay in order to stay with their voting base.
Where's the proof that this number would be larger if pot was legal?
Then you have some pot heads who are libertarians and a few are conservative I suppose. You are like the gays who want gay marriage and overturn long held Western traditions and religion to promote their perverted anal-centric lifestyles.
Bad analogy - homosexual activity, unlike pot, is already legal.
The pot legalizers and drug legalizers are not content with the traditional intoxicant of Europeans
Not everyone enjoys vomiting and hangovers ... go figure. Why should intoxicants be legally limited to "traditional" ones? Should heterosexual sex positions be legally limited to "traditional" ones?
So grass and pills are OK with you?
That is from the song, The Pusher. It is a song, snap out of it.
So you're quoting, without comment, song lyrics you disagree with? Why?
Or maybe the replacement of utopian drug-free fantasies with practical policies will migrate up from Uruguay to the USA.
Just say no to dope. Ever wonder why they call it dope?
Apparently it's because fanatical opposition to it makes FReepers post dopey stuff.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.