Oy vey. Where is the pi of the guy holding his forehead?
All the usual jokes will follow of course.
But it can’t help but be noted that Demon Rum and Reefer Madness weren’t memes dreamed up and promoted by social conservatives, who lamented social ills tied to such things but never seriously considered a blanket ban. That had to wait for the progressives of the corresponding eras, and created an unwinnable war, or rather a war whose attempts to win were wrongly formulated. Ideas of personal responsibility for misuse of the creation went by the board as demonizing inanimate parts of the creation came into vogue.
Wow. About the same poll results that show preference to sodomy, collectivism, and abortion, according to the election results...
Let’s legalize Heroin!
Why not?
With the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes legal in about 20 states
emphasis mine
They're dishonestly pushing this agenda under the guise of medicine. They need to just come out and say, "We want pot to be legal for any and all purposes, not just medicinal."
The Lefties are even dishonest with themselves. You can't delude the foolish.
Sure, why the hell not.
After all, we appear to be building a Welfare State where not finishing your education or even be able to get up for work on time will ever be an issue again.
And Obama will soon force us out of our cars and onto the Glorious Bullet Trains of the Collective, so no more Driving While Stoned charges to contend with.
Rome is burning!
The federal governemnt has no enumerated power that would enable them to either criminalize or legalize marijuana. To borrow from Clarence Thomas, they've "appropriated state police powers under the guise of regulating commerce", but they hold no legitimate authority by an "original intent" reading of the Commerce Clause. Having usurped the power from the states, they proceeded to delegate it to the UN by treaty, and now they claim it's out of their hands and they can't do anything about it.
There is too much power for government in the War on Some Drugs.
No government, especially totalitarian socialist governments, ever voluntarily relinquish a shred of power.
End the DEA and let the State's write their own "drug" laws.
As a former Prosecutor, absolutely legalize it. Alcohol is legal (a big argument n favor) and we wasted way too much time on minor pot cases. The overwhelming number of people smoke it responsible like people who drink.
Keeping pot illegal is an utter waste of resources AND ... it should be up to the States not the Feds. O’dimwit should stop raiding pot dispensaries in States that have legalized it.
Well, the path to conservative success is clear. The GOP should hold to the rest of its principles, but become the party of MJ legalization.
Within 5 years marijuana will be widely legalized just as gay marriage will be institutionalized and widespread. Today’s tobacco companies will be growing and processing pot which will be heavily taxed. The progressives will then be demanding legalization of heroin, meth, and consensual sexual relations between adults and children as well as adults and animals.
Fast forward 30 years. Progressive ambulance chaser lawyers will be filing class action suits against the pot/tobacco companies demanding big settlements for throat cancer caused by smoking weed or brain damage caused by dependence on pot. They’ll also be suing the Boy Scouts to allow consensual sex between troop leaders and scouts during campouts.
The envelope will keep getting pushed until we have anarchy and total destruction of the social fabric. From there civilization will have to rebuild.
The majority of people and interest groups who think legalized pot is a great idea are also the very same self righteous citizens who go berserk over anyone lightng up a cigarette.
That usually includes not only liberals, who always want more government, but also those who think they are conservative but side with liberals in advocating more government control when someone engages in a legal practice they do not like.
It’s been even or close to this for 3 decades
but what happens is the young folks polled get older and then tighten up on their views when they quit smoking dope or much less usage
myself..I don’t favor outright legalization but fairly light decrim
which a lot of places do already
pot is contentious mainly because here folks still see pot users as lefties
but that is simply not my experience anymore...I gave it up in 83 and 91...maybe 12-14 years total pot use in youth and later at 30
55 now...been since 21 years since a jay passed my lips
but I still know a lot of pot smokers and 90% of the ones I know...white southerners...are very conservative..God guns guts Don’t Tread on Me sorts
maybe up north as usual..it’s different
youth are left leaning whether they smoke dope or not these days...the most left leaning youth in my lifetime
The liberal utopia is on a bullet train now...next stop, Sodom, via Gomorrah.
Medical meth to ensue,anything to stay out of reality.
Y’know, if it is a choice between militarized cops kicking doors and shooting people’s dogs, and legalizing drugs, sign me up for legalizing drugs.