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Michael Bloomberg on marijuana: Legalizing 'another addictive narcotic' is perhaps 'stupidest thing anybody has ever done'
Newsweek ^ | January 23, 2020 | Tim Marcin

Posted on 02/09/2020 7:15:56 PM PST by Trump20162020

Former New York City Mayor—and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate—Michael Bloomberg called efforts to legalize marijuana "perhaps the stupidest thing anybody has ever done."

Speaking at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, Bloomberg said on the subject, according to WBNG-TV:

"We have a different kind of problem in America, for example. Last year, in 2017, 72,000 Americans [overdosed] on drugs. In 2018, more people than that are OD-ing on drugs, have OD'd on drugs. And today, incidentally, we are trying to legalize another addictive narcotic, which is perhaps the stupidest thing anybody has ever done. We've got to fight that, and that's another thing that Bloomberg Philanthropies will work on it in public health."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland; US: New York
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To: Trump20162020

Oh,God...please don’t tell me that Doomberg is actually correct on an issue of importance!!!


41 posted on 02/09/2020 7:39:19 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Robert DeLong
Gateway drug..it's been proven by respected medical researchers.
42 posted on 02/09/2020 7:40:14 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Trump20162020

Shocked he said this. Perhaps a retraction or “clarification” coming very soon. Would be pretty hilarious if the entire dem nomination came down to pandering to potheads.


43 posted on 02/09/2020 7:41:03 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: Trump20162020

In legal terms, marijuana is not a narcotic.


44 posted on 02/09/2020 7:41:06 PM PST by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

45 posted on 02/09/2020 7:41:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Clarence The One Eyed Lion
I smoked for decades, so I do know. I was just like the person you described. I woke up to a bong hit before I even went to the bathroom, and did a couple hits as I was going to bed. That all changed when I came to the realization that I was financing terrorists. I quit and never looked back when I came to that realization, and had no withdrawal whatsoever. Cigarettes are mildly addicting, but more so a very powerful habit. That was much harder to break, especially since my wife still smokes to this day.

That being said, there was no legal pot when I quit so the pot available today might be more addicting than it was when I imbibed. When it comes to the pot available now, I too do not know. Either way, I now recommend that if you smoke, quit, and if you don't, don't start. I hold the same belief with alcohol, which in my eyes is even more destructive, unless one is a casual drinker who drinks quite rarely.

46 posted on 02/09/2020 7:42:06 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Trump20162020

Government has more pertinent issues to deal with. Vice and personal responsibility is low on the order.


47 posted on 02/09/2020 7:42:55 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Robert DeLong

I smoked in the late 70s. I didn’t know it was supposed o be addictive. Don’t know anyone in my circle who was addicted. I quit when I got a job keeping people in jail for having pot. Peace officers shouldn’t be hypocrites.


48 posted on 02/09/2020 7:45:40 PM PST by olesigh
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To: Trump20162020

Just one reason out of a hundred why Bernie supporters won’t support Bloomberg at the convention.


49 posted on 02/09/2020 7:45:45 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Trump20162020
Why is a candidate >1% in the polls getting so much attention?

OK, I get that he spent about a quarter billion on his campaign so far (and threatens to spend much more). But he's still a stiff and he'll never be president.

50 posted on 02/09/2020 7:46:45 PM PST by SamAdams76 (Trump (97); Butt (13); Commie (12); Fake Indian (8), Slow Joe (6); Crazy Amy (1); Drunken Weld (1))
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To: gundog

Good point. How silly of me.


51 posted on 02/09/2020 7:47:38 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Gay State Conservative

Oh I won’t argue that point, but it still does not change my original post. There are other reasons that is the case though. If you are lied to about one substance, people wonder if they aren’t lying, or at best overstating the perils, about other substances.


52 posted on 02/09/2020 7:49:14 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Trump20162020

Whether it’s Bloomberg or anyone else, everyone should reject this kind of paternalism. Bloomberg et al can’t protect anyone from themselves. With nothing to gain, there is no reason to cede dominion of ourselves or our choices.


53 posted on 02/09/2020 7:49:34 PM PST by ammodotcom
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To: Clarence The One Eyed Lion

I used to have a worthless neighbor, who got out of bed each morning...to smoke a joint, and probably smoked at least five more over the rest of the day. He lost all motivation. Was on welfare, and that was his game-plan at age 35.


54 posted on 02/09/2020 7:49:58 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: Trump20162020
Government lost the war on drugs. MJ legalization has momentum and will continue with or without Bloomberg.
55 posted on 02/09/2020 7:50:05 PM PST by caltaxed (ake)
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To: coaster123; jonascord
> You and me.. proctored IQ test. $5,000 per point difference. You like?

Just as long as the loser pays the $5k/pt as a donation to the current FReepathon. Hell, one way or the other we’ll have it wrapped up in no time! :-)

56 posted on 02/09/2020 7:51:14 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: Trump20162020

OK Boomer.


57 posted on 02/09/2020 7:51:28 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: SamAdams76
But he's still a stiff

And a short one at that. His sorry commercials are a waste of money and a vain attempt to polish a turd.

58 posted on 02/09/2020 7:51:35 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: shanover

True is some cases, but cases involving hard narcotics, I disagree.


59 posted on 02/09/2020 7:51:56 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: olesigh

I started in the 60s and smoked well into the 90s. I am a programmer, so it kind of went with the profession, at least as far as I was concerned at the time.


60 posted on 02/09/2020 7:53:27 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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