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When Will Democrats Get Serious About Repealing Pot Prohibition?
Townhall. com ^
| April 6, 2022
| Jacob Sullum
Posted on 04/06/2022 9:39:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
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posted on
04/06/2022 11:44:21 AM PDT
by
mfish13
(Elections have Consequences.)
To: hanamizu
I concur!
Democrats want to use pot legalization as a "get out the vote" tool.
Republicans want to use pot legalization as a "see how hypocritical Democrats are" tool.
I want the Federal government out of the "War on Drugs" gambit because it is nothing but a police-state supporting scheme! The Feds have absolutely NO BUSINESS outlawing what we do in our own houses unless it harms others - PERIOD!
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posted on
04/06/2022 11:44:52 AM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(Diversity is necessary; diverse points of views will not be tolerated.)
To: circlecity
No, it’s not.
As a former smoker I can tell you I NEVER was tempted to use more, harder stuff. It never even occurred to me.
But I think hard drug users might stop if pot has less danger of getting arrested
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posted on
04/06/2022 11:45:31 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: Reno89519
That ought to be for the States to decide
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posted on
04/06/2022 11:47:44 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: aimhigh
LOOK at California, Oregon and Washington. Homelessness and crime has skyrocketed since legalizing drugs. electing Obama.
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posted on
04/06/2022 11:50:08 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright coled day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Gay State Conservative
Beer is a gateway drug to weed. Outlaw beer.
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posted on
04/06/2022 11:52:37 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright coled day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: circlecity
Exactly. Heroin users start with Mother’s milk was the saying.
To: Kaslin
That’s what we want....the whole population on legal daily doses of psychotropic drugs.....mescaline, ssri, cannibis, ethanol, opiates, benzodiazepines, and compartively, mildly so, even caffeine. Sometimes they help smooth out the severe bumps of life, but too much....and our driving, personal interaction, and decision making skills get diminished.
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posted on
04/06/2022 12:13:45 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: gundog
I thought it was the other way around. Using illegal drugs can lead to...drinking beer!
To: aimhigh
Exactly!
Most Americans have never seen what it has done to Oregon.
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posted on
04/06/2022 12:16:29 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: ExTxMarine
The Feds have absolutely NO BUSINESS outlawing what we do in our own houses unless it harms others - PERIOD!
Can’t disagree, but the state’s do have the power. Whether they should execute that power is a different matter.
But some drugs have the power to turn otherwise healthy human beings into dregs who become burdens for the rest of us. Widespread addiction to opium/morphine after the Civil War is what led to laws against drugs.
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posted on
04/06/2022 12:24:43 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Kaslin
God forbid they lose the stoner community vote.
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posted on
04/06/2022 12:53:28 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Black American flag time. KTF)
To: Zathras
I’ve been in Oregon since the sixties. Legal weed was not the genesis of our current condition.
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posted on
04/06/2022 1:44:30 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright coled day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: hanamizu
Governments will overlook sickness and addiction if there’s money in it. More people are using weed than tobacco, and alcohol is very destructive to society.
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posted on
04/06/2022 2:00:50 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright coled day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Gay State Conservative
It's a gateway drug. The only gateway pot opens is the gateway to the fridge and the cookie jar…
To: hanamizu
Can’t disagree, but the state’s do have the power. Whether they should execute that power is a different matter.
I agree.
But some drugs have the power to turn otherwise healthy human beings into dregs who become burdens for the rest of us.
Anything can lead to the same situations...drugs, alcohol, RELIGION (i.e., cults), ENVY (i.e., communism), etc...
Again, what you do in your home is your business...when your actions start harming others, then there is an issue, like drunk driving, driving under the influence (drugs (illegal and legal)), etc...
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posted on
04/06/2022 4:09:34 PM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(Diversity is necessary; diverse points of views will not be tolerated.)
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