Posted on 05/08/2016 7:41:04 AM PDT by pabianice
Massachusetts voters are evenly divided over a proposed ballot question that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but they strongly support another proposed referendum that would allow more charter schools in the state, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll.
Voters also overwhelmingly back legislation that would protect transgender people from discrimination in malls, restaurants, and other public accommodations — and allow people to use the public restroom that matches their gender identity.
Even more popular was a proposed “millionaires’ tax” that would raise rates on residents with annual incomes of $1 million or more. It garnered runaway support in the poll... Support for the question was strongest among younger voters and minorities. Older voters and Republicans were most opposed, although opposition was also strong among women and members of union households... If approved on the November ballot, the measure would allow retail sales beginning in January 2018. It would also permit adults to grow up to 12 plants per household for personal use, which might be a sticking point for voters.
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That is perhaps the dumbest excuse for violent sadism I have ever heard.
Here’s another story. There was a poster on Free Republic by the name of Parmy. Parmy loved to support government violence against his fellow citizens. One day, one of the over fifty thousand SWAT raids per year conducted against civilian homes targeted his house because they had the wrong address - as has happened so many times.
Sadly, Parmy thought it was a burglar and grabbed his gun to protect his family. Pumped full of adrenaline, the SWAT team gunned him down the moment they saw he was armed.
Poor Parmy’s last thought was: “I never thought the government violence I love would be directed against ME!”
You are living in a fantasy.
“But what’s the connection between gays and medical marijuana?
I don’t get it either,
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That’s how a nanny statist might view it, certainly - but thankfully your kind is a beast on its way to extinction.
Not really. Check around.
Maybe you should check around. State after state is loosening and eliminating the draconian regime you support, and public opinion continues to trend against you.
This is not 100% absolutely correct.
Hemp, sometimes called Cannabis ruderalis, contains components that have value.
It is not just the THC that gives people relief from their pain and afflictions. there are many components, called terpenes, that have legitimate value.
Myrcine, Linalol, b-Caryophylene, Pinene, and others are all terpenes that have medical value and also occur in other plants.
For instance, Linalool is the component in Lavender that makes it relaxing.
Breeders have successfully interbred cannabis with hemp on purpose to bring out certain traits, the most obvious and useful being the autoflowering characteristic found in ruderalis strains.
The difference is large. The conflation comes because many people have both drugs in their system at the time of the accident.
Absolutely true, and evidence of higher level thinking.
thank you for your kind words, good sir
Thought you might be interested in what is happening due to pot here in Washington State.
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Stoned Drivers Are Killing More and More Innocent Victims
Cully Stimson / @cullystimson / May 12, 2016 / 2 comments 115
The science is clear and unambiguous—pot is a dangerous substance. It is not like alcohol at all. (Photo: iStock Photos)
Blake Gaston, 23, killed while riding his motorcycle in Seattle. He played the piano, guitar, drums, wrote music, and developed websites.
Elizabeth Kemble, 46, was killed by a car while walking across the street in Portland, Ore. She previously survived three kidney transplants, and dedicated her life to helping dialysis patients and hungry seniors.
Debra Majkut, 34, mother of two, killed while sitting on her couch with three children when a car smashed into her house.
And the list goes on and on.
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Each person was killed by a person high on marijuana. And it is only going to get worse, given the trend towards increased legalization and liberalization of marijuana laws in the United States.
According to the Washington State Marijuana Impact Report, the incidents of marijuana-impaired driving are increasing dramatically. Fatal driving accidents have risen 122 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission. Marijuana is big business in Washington state. There are more marijuana businesses than Starbucks in Washington state (despite the fact that Starbucks was founded in Seattle).
The traffic safety organization AAA has its own reports on marijuana use among drivers in fatal crashes, and the picture is equally bleak.
And don’t be fooled—the pot pushers are targeting youth with marijuana. Venders sell edibles that look just like other candies routinely eaten by kids. According to the impact report, 98 percent of student drug violations in Seattle Public Schools between September 2013 and May of 2014 were due to marijuana. In 2014, youth under the age of 20 made up 45 percent of Washington Poison Center calls. That number of calls has increased 80 percent since legalization.
And things in Colorado are just as bad. The black market is thriving, despite the fact that the pot pushers promised that legalization would eliminate the black market. One in six infants and toddlers admitted to Children’s Hospital in Colorado with coughing, wheezing, and other symptoms of bronchitis tested positive for marijuana, according to a study found in the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The science is clear and unambiguous—pot is a dangerous substance. It is not like alcohol at all.
Marijuana use for Colorado youth ages 12 to 17 years old has increased 20 percent since compared to the two-year average prior to legalization, according to the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area report of January 2016. Colorado youth past month use in 2013-14 was 74 percent higher than the national average compared to 39 percent higher in 2011-12. And the data for college-aged students in Colorado is equally disturbing.
As we have written before, legalizing marijuana is terrible public policy.
The science is clear and unambiguous—pot is a dangerous substance. It is not like alcohol at all. There is a reason it is classified as a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, right along with heroin, LSD, and ecstasy. The American Medical Association, the American Lung Association, and other reputable doctors and scientists all reject legalization.
And now Blake, Elizabeth, Debra, and others are paying for this radical experiment with their lives.
I find it interesting that you actually treat such reports as credible.
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