Posted on 10/22/2012 9:09:50 AM PDT by Jayster
"There' a rising tide of acceptance of the fact that people are going to smoke marijuana, and it's like the prohibition against alcohol in the 1930s. There's a recognition that perhaps the laws are causing more harm than the drugs themselves," says Rick Steves, author and travel host.
Steves and others attended "The Final Days of Prohibition" conference in downtown Los Angeles in early October. The conference was put on by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and Reason TV was on the scene to ask about the future of marijuana laws in the U.S., particularly in the upcoming election where the states of Oregon, Washington, and Colorado all have marijuana legalization initiatives on the ballot.
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Steves and others attended "The Final Days of Prohibition" conference in downtown Los Angeles in early October. The conference was put on by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and Reason TV was on the scene to ask about the future of marijuana laws in the U.S., particularly in the upcoming election where the states of Oregon, Washington, and Colorado all have marijuana legalization initiatives on the ballot.
About 3 minutes.
Produced by Paul Feine and Zach Weissmueller. Edited by Weissmueller.
Scroll below for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live.
Better yet the automatic execution of any one that uses it!
Socialist and nihilistic cultures have to promote a society with a comatose mind, so they are easily manipulated and too lazy to protest. If it is legal, they can get more young people addicted-—the way they did with alcohol. They can glorify it is commercials and make it desirable—to really young, uneducated kids.
They want drugs-—just like the British pushed opium on the Chinese.
They don’t want sharp minds like the Jefferson/Franklin/Washington/Paine/Lincoln variety. Thinking people are dangerous to totalitarian states-—they need zombies.
There’s certainly a segment of society that seems to think its the single most important issue of all time.
Yes, a murderous, totalitarian government is really what we need.
Just wait until Madison Avenue starts actively promoting it.
De-criminalized is one thing. Legal is a whole ‘nother can of worms.
You can’t be serious.
Isn’t that true about lots of segments of society and their particular issues?
The war on drugs was lost a long time ago. Nevertheless, illegal narcotics are the fuel for a powerful parallel underground economy as well as the day to day law racket. Because of the money, everyone except the duped dopers have a vested interest in the continued prohibition and consequent high prices of narcotics. Marijuana is going to remain illegal in most of the country and in federal law. Politicians, producers, pushers, LEOs and the defense bar all benefit from the status quo.
Marijuana was readily available during their time. Those who preferred to keep a clear mind chose not to use it. Our founding fathers decided that each person was sovereign citizen capable of making that decision on his/her own.
Before, I post this.
I’m against Marijuana and will continue to be.
However, the feds under Obozo and his fast and furious AG, Holder, are cracking down and closing the previously approved MJ clinics/providers out here in California.
Makes one wonder how much money the Mexican Drug Cartel, the Asian drug gangs and our drug lords are contributing to re elect Obozo, Holder and the other Chicago thugs to close down those approved mj providers.
The problem is when the “War on Drugs” infringes on the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
Thereis a reason that the initial prohibition of alcohol took A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, and why less than 100 years later we didn;t need one to declare a “war on drugs” it shows how far the power of the constitution has been eroded by the progressives...
Also because we don’t hold people to their consequences of their actions due to the welfare state, we can make the argument that we can ban things for the “common good”...
Just keep living the Fabian dream Americans...
[ Better yet the automatic execution of any one that uses it! ]
A Police State is a safe state, it is a miserable state, but the commisar will tell you you are safe!
Marijuana was readily available during their time. Those who preferred to keep a clear mind chose not to use it. Our founding fathers decided that each person was sovereign citizen capable of making that decision on his/her own.
NAILED IT!
We should have kept it legal and people who ruined their own lives with it shouldn’t have been bailed out by the government for their horrible life choices using the welfare state.
Stepping over a zonked out druggie on the street is a good lesson to show your kids WHAT drugs do to you.
Washington distilled spirits when he was at Mt. Vernon, and bought *lots* of beer when he was President.
I always say that legalizing drugs would be OK with me -- provided that the safety net and social programs go away first. I'd like a society in which there was a strong incentive to be a responsible, productive person. If you can meet that threshhold AND take drugs, then fine: it's none of my business.
But while my paycheck is skimmed off to pay for programs to benefit people who have spent their lives kicking back in a drug-induced haze and contributing nothing to society -- while I pay for their livlihood, I am not inclined to say: "Your choices are none my business".
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