Indeed! As usual your logic is impeccable, philman.
Posted on 07/23/2017 10:14:54 AM PDT by Mariner
The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
President Trump’s Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, led by Sessions, is expected to release a report next week that criminal justice reform advocates fear will link marijuana to violent crime and recommend tougher sentences for those caught growing, selling and smoking the plant.
Sessions sent a memo in April updating the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Department of Justice Department (DOJ) component heads on the work of the task force, which he said would be accomplished through various subcommittees. In the memo, Sessions said he has asked for initial recommendations no later than July 27.
“Task Force subcommittees will also undertake a review of existing policies in the areas of charging, sentencing, and marijuana to ensure consistency with the Department's overall strategy on reducing violent crime and with Administration goals and priorities,” he wrote.
Criminal justice reform advocates fear Sessions’s memo signals stricter enforcement is ahead.
“The task force revolves around reducing violent crime and Sessions and other DOJ officials have been out there over the last month and explicitly the last couple of weeks talking about how immigration and marijuana increases violent crime,” said Inimai Chettiar, director of the Brennan Center's Justice Program.
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LOL. See 300.
Of course I’ve smoked weed.
If I was not familiar with what drugs do and have done not only to millions personally but to society in general, I’d probably be one of the clueless bleeding hearts thinking it’s harmless.
Indeed! As usual your logic is impeccable, philman.
“Sorry but your intellectual dishonesty (which is regurgitation of new left 60’s propaganda) is front and center in your posts.”
You’re still stuck in the 60’s, fella. It’s 2017. Believing in the 10th Amendment is not intellectually dishonest no is it “60’s propaganda. In case you’ve forgotten the 10th Amendment was written long before the 1960’s.
“And if you’ve smoked marijuana you do know it is not the same as drinking alcohol.”
Wow, a point we can agree on! It’s not the same at all. It’s cheaper to produce & in 2017, you don’t have to smoke it (I’m not a fan of smoking cannabis as it tastes horrible & burns my throat), to get the medicinal benefits from it.
You are making my point.
I'm pleased to learn we agree on this point.
“Dopers do not threaten the liberties of the people”
“You’re still stuck in the 60’s, fella. It’s 2017. Believing in the 10th Amendment is not intellectually dishonest no is it “60’s propaganda. In case you’ve forgotten the 10th Amendment was written long before the 1960’s.”
Lol.
You brought up the tenth amendment and it was a non-sequitur.
I say this not to insult but as observation and advice - you don’t think straight.
You’re bouncing all over the place in your brain.
Now, do you think there should be laws?
That's because you've never read their rap sheets.
Have you read rap sheets that gave evidence of crimes committed for the purpose of getting booze money? What was the nature of that evidence?
“If it was happening to any significant degree there would be direct evidence for it - which there is not.”
http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/11/understand-why-stealing-things-is-apart-of-alcoholism/
http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2013/06/10/why-addicts-alcoholics-lie-cheat-steal/
Nothing is harmless.
And you must have been one hell of a user to have personally affected millions.
Do tell us a story...I mean an actual occurrence of how that happened.
Did you use a weapon of mass destruction?
“So, the vast majority of Freepers are liberals?”
That is sad if you believe that.
Vast majority? No, it’s about <20 dudes (no ladies). Every single time this topic comes up.
I don't know if that is true. I see the traffic to the various marijuana shops and I have to wonder if it is the same as before it was legal-or has the legality increased the traffic?
Increased pot sales doesn't imply increased impaired driving.
But, that still doesn't account for the people stopped for driving under the influence nor the accidents caused by impaired drivers and the cost of care to the injured.
That happened even before legalization.
“I sure have and I sure do. No contest, alcohol is by far more dangerous in the short term and the long term.”
Superficial and meaningless.
Par for the course in the dope discussion.
(Also again, agit-prop propagated by the new left in the 60’s and 70’s).
“You brought up the tenth amendment and it was a non-sequitur.”
Actually the 10th amendment is a historical fact, something you apparently find abhorrent because you’ve used this tactic previously.
“I say this not to insult but as observation and advice - you don’t think straight. You’re bouncing all over the place in your brain.”
Another false knowledge fallacy.
“Now, do you think there should be laws?”
Duh, of course there should be laws, in accordance with the Constitution.
See 302. You might find it interesting.
You were the one asking for credentials on the subject. Apparently you are admitting that you were asking for superficial and meaningless information.
Par for the course in the dope discussion.
Ad-hominem is not an argument. It is simply the bloviating flatulence of someone who can't argue.
I know nothing about Uruguay. I want to know what the culture is like. I’ll look it up now. I was out and about and haven’t yet.
“And you must have been one hell of a user to have personally affected millions.”
Good one!
And,
Your analogy or metaphor is interesting. The hippies and other enemies of the US did use pot and other drugs as weapons of mass destruction.
Very astute observation on your part.
Now, now...no stipulations!
We can't have that happening or everything falls apart.
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