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Marijuana: A Gift of the Left to America’s Youth: CO and WA already having bad consequences
National Review ^ | 03/12/2013 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 03/12/2013 6:54:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Monty22002
The fine should be insanely destructive to the user. Frankly, I’d say go Singapore on their stupid asses.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

61 posted on 03/12/2013 7:47:03 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Shadow44

Yep, the end goal of the left is just like with guns. Start small, but the end game is total legalization of drugs and total banning of guns. Hell, you have libertarians on here fighting like nuts for half their side. In fact, if given the choice I think most libertarians would rather have their drugs and give up guns. They’re mostly just drug addled frauds.


63 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:11 AM PDT by Monty22002
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To: sr4402

” he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.”

Hogwash... If, as you state that it happened so it must have been foreordained by God, then the immorality that is so rampant must also be foreordained by God.

The Catholic Church rightfully rejects predestination. For predestination to be a valid concept, none of us would have free will or bear any responsibility for our actions.


64 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:13 AM PDT by babygene ( .)
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To: UCANSEE2

you don;t see it but fine ,so be it.


65 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:23 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

Did your sister drink alcohol or smoke cigs first?

I did

41 years ago

Cigarettes

Alcohol

A Darvon

Pot

Some Sedatives

LSD...be wary

Mushrooms and peyote

Quaaludes.....this drug should be given like flouride to middle aged wifeys with ebbing sex drive

Coke..never liked it

And so forth

So do i blame cigarettes?

Worse thing about pot is chronic use makes one procrastinate..

And i hate that


66 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:44 AM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Make out a list of all pro marijuana arguments and then compare that list with the arguments of other marijuana proponents.

Huh?

67 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:46 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Listen and learn.....small grasshopper ......


68 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:53 AM PDT by jimsin ({I reserve the balance of my time})
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To: SeekAndFind
When they did away with alcohol prohibition, did they have alcohol addicts spike up quickly as well?

Alcohol was never prohibited. (It was legal to possess, for instance.) It was made a bit more difficult to get.

69 posted on 03/12/2013 7:49:17 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Not a big fan of that one. I’m for torture for say jihadists and I’m for dp for illegal drug dealers and possibly repeat offender users.


70 posted on 03/12/2013 7:49:23 AM PDT by Monty22002
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To: SeekAndFind

Is it possible that in this case, and the case of prohibition, that there is an appearance of increased use due to the fact that the users are no longer hiding it?


71 posted on 03/12/2013 7:50:25 AM PDT by KEVLAR (Liberty or Death)
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To: Monty22002
if given the choice I think most libertarians would rather have their drugs and give up guns

You opine; you draw conclusions. I would not say you "think."

72 posted on 03/12/2013 7:51:12 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Monty22002

Libertarians /liberals always argue for no Govt when it suits them but when asked if people should be allowed to marry their sister, kids take drugs, no sex age , should people be allowed to take heroin then they can;t answer or have double speak and it’s all because they just want to do what ever they want to do and in this case get high and zone out.

Meanwhile the very same state wants to strip a constitutional right away like guns and self protection.


73 posted on 03/12/2013 7:51:14 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Precisely! What is happening in Washington State is to be expected in the period immediately following the decriminalization. Usage will return to pre-decriminalization levels, or perhaps even lower, within a few years.


74 posted on 03/12/2013 7:51:27 AM PDT by rashley (Rashley)
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To: SeekAndFind

While I don’t like the idea of more people (young or old) consuming mind altering drugs, I also don’t see what gives the state the authority to tell me what I may or may not put into my body.

If I am not sovereign over my own body, then I’m a slave to whomever holds that authority.

Real freedom comes with certain risks and untidiness. People who want a perfect society, want slavery by default.


75 posted on 03/12/2013 7:51:33 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: muir_redwoods; Venturer

They could make suicide legal, but I wouldn’t join in.

Oddly I think that if they made suicide legal, not as many people would do it.


76 posted on 03/12/2013 7:51:37 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Heartlander

Cogent and reasonable

I agree


77 posted on 03/12/2013 7:51:58 AM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: KEVLAR

It’ll be both. When people don’t have to hide it, they’ll use it in your face. Potheads are the biggest dicks about that already. Also, when more people see it and are used to it being normalized, use rates will skyrocket. So for now it’s probably already those hooked on it that are out and about. But it’ll spread like an open wound as well.


78 posted on 03/12/2013 7:52:07 AM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Ok, I used the wrong word. I know they would.


79 posted on 03/12/2013 7:52:39 AM PDT by Monty22002
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To: wardaddy

actally no, she took drugs at age 15 and drank coke with her spliff.
SHe is now a mess, lost her kids, lost her job, and now the Govt, tax payers supports her in England.

She would tell you that she started on weed to be one of the crowd, the in crowd so to speak and regrets having started any drug.

She has been in many detox places and she said many other druggies there have said te same thing.


80 posted on 03/12/2013 7:54:13 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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