Posted on 09/07/2015 1:58:59 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
".....The reform-minded Trump of decades past is a far more attractive figure than his current incarnation, at least in the eyes of the pro-legalization advocates of today.
“Well, I certainly think he had it right in 1990, and what he said then actually seemed to understand the situation,” David Boaz, executive vice president of the libertarian Cato Institute, told The Daily Beast. “My sense is that looking for consistent philosophy or even policies in Donald Trump’s statements is a pretty fruitless exercise.”
Boaz also pointed out that Trump recently voiced his support for medical marijuana, and that when asked about Colorado, the 2016 GOP contender essentially said that states should be able to decide on legalizing recreational weed. “That actually puts him on the liberal wing of Republican presidential candidates in terms of drug policy,” Boaz continued.
“I’m much more surprised that [Trump] ever got it right than I am that he’s getting it wrong now,” Matt Welch, editor in chief of Reason magazine, wrote in an email. “Probably goes to show that if you spend decades just mindlessly and confidently blurting out whatever comes to mind, you’ll eventually hit on the right answer.....”
...“What I’d like to do maybe by bringing it up is cause enough controversy that you get into a dialogue on the issue of drugs so people will start to realize that this is the only answer; there is no other answer,” he said 25 years ago...
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
......”The picture given of the degree of use and resulting problems of cannabis varied amongst people I spoke to. The decriminalisation policy has often been supported on the basis of decreased use and lack of problems in recent years.
However, some youth workers I met did not share this view. They pointed to increased, sometimes excessive use amongst some groups of young people, resulting in problems of inactivity, insecurity, paranoia and lack of motivation. Again in contrast to Britain, there was little evidence of LSD or amphetamine use amongst young people However, cocaine was seen as a growing problem, but there was little concern over crack and the avoidance of a panic reaction over this substance was refreshing.
Other aspects of problematic drug use, especially those falling short of full scale dependence, are not easily tackled. This is of particular relevance to the situation for young people who may be using substances other than opiates, may not be dependent as such and do not see themselves as ‘addicts’. Such young people are not easily catered for within the mainstream Dutch system, making early interyention work difficult. The Dutch have made some inroads in this area, as will be described later, but work with young people who experience drug problems is seen by many of the workers I met as an area that needs urgent development.”.......
Mrs. Will - crawl back into your little Walker cocoon and leave Donald alone - you aren’t changing any minds here. We all know about his past donations - as well as the Republicans he has donated to. It doesn’t get through that thick head of yours that he was and has been a businessman for almost all of his adult life - and neither does it sink in that he lives and builds in mostly Democratic cities - he has told it like it is - the politicians are owned by their donors and that includes your lovely Scott Walker - who is bought and paid for - of course, you know that - being the wife of George Will - a hateful, ugly, little man.
Those exclamation points certainly reveal you’re pissed off at Trump for taking away a talking point, lol.
Boy!
I hit a nerve.
I see you are from New York.
Have you ever donated to a Democrat?
I donated to Guliani and may have donated to Koch, I don’t remember.
Oh, and I remember The Donald from the early 70s when he dated some of the princesses at my all-female college. It was the kind of school where Philip Roth would stand outside drooling over the rich girls with the blond ponytails. Some of them dated The Donald. Hate to break it to you: he didn’t rape them, drug them or admit to being a member of the Communist party or the KKK. They found him quite boring in fact and generally only went out with him a couple of times. That den of iniquity, Maxwell’s Plum, (not Plato’s Retreat) was his stomping ground.
Why don’t you grow up and move on? Your boys has imploded.
I agree with you. This FR member who gives us myriad posts every day bashing Trump has become a parody of obsessive diligence. She is either paid by somebody or has a vendetta against Mr. Trump who, while not perfect, is hardly the anti-Christ.
If Cruz doesn't get the top spot, I could comfortably support Trump.
You're wrong.
I see Trump as a fraud, a liar and a liberal.
After fighting against the Left for so many decades, the very idea of putting this man in the White House is unthinkable to me.
Now, when crimes are committed as a result of drug use, by all means, throw the book at them.
Yes, drug use can lead to crime, but prosecute and punish the crime, not the drug.
Same thing with guns. Prosecute and punish the crime, not the gun.
Donald Trump, as I understand it, is a lifetime teetotaler, never takes drugs, not even a cup of weak tea. I haven't studied his position on drugs but I'm glad he's not talking about bringing back Prohibition or anything like that - despite not imbibing himself.
I’d be very happy with Cruz. I’m enjoying Trump’s run and with some caveats, I’d be happy to see him get the nomination. He’s having a lot of fun and that’s joyful to me in this time of trouble. But there are always sourpusses and Mrs. Grundys around to make life miserable.
I will do my best to read every word here, hoping to come across the passage that will convince me that I need to dump Trump and support Scott Walker.
In the meantime, can you please go find more anti-Trump articles to post?
Just in case this article doesn't do it. Thanks.
I agree with your sarc. It’s just time to stop this nonsense. We watched the first episode of the new Netflix series Narcos last night and it really reminds you of how this whole prohibition thing has been a complete disaster. The violence, the lives lost, the regime corruptions.
The health aspect of this problem will never go away. But we can stop the majority of the violence and reduce the burden of an exploding prison system.
As William F. Buckley said in National Review a few years back...
Just stop it already!
You offer no defense of Trump, instead, faced with having to abandon your integrity, you find it necessary to direct your anger at me.
Personally I am for legalizing the immediate as possible execution of hard drug dealers. Those who peddle poison should die the same way their weak willed customers do
Try ‘em then execution via inert nitrogen gas would be fine. Or a firing squad composed of family members of stupid druggies who have ODed
Hanging will also be an option if they so choose.
She certainly seems to have found a mission in life. I wonder if will she come to realize that she is not convincing anybody.
Whatever the virtues or not of Mr. Trump, he has surely shaken up the formerly moribund GOP nominating process, injecting into it some much-needed fresh blood.
What is there to defend Trump against? Calling for the legalization of drugs? I just got done telling you I agree with that position.
Today’s Donald Trump sounds like your average drug warrior. But it wasn’t too long ago that the real-estate mogul/reality-TV star publicly supported the legalization of drugs in the United States
Does all this remind anyone else of how Mittens reinvented himself as a conservative once he decided to run for the nomination?
Try ‘em then execution
Drug dealers are executed by competitors with no trial - but more always spring up to take their place. You can't execute the law of supply and demand.
What's KOS or DU dug up on Trump?
Oh, your next post you say.
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