It's time to legalize pot

Sentinel Review ^ | 9/5/2002

[MrLeRoy]

It's enough for a big thumbs up ... or a big light up, if you prefer.

Canada should legalize marijuana use by adults, a Senate committee recommended Wednesday. The report comes on the heels of a two-year study of public policy relating to pot.

The present system of prohibition on marijuana just doesn't work, the committee found. Obviously, the committee learned something from early 20th-century history, when alcohol was prohibited in the United States. Then, prohibition simply gave gangsters a product to move and people to shoot.

Instead of the current system that penalizes people for having small quantities of pot on them, there should instead be a regulated system for marijuana, perhaps like our current system for alcohol, the committee determined.

"Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and health issue," said Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, the committee chair.

It's true that taking pot still involves the harmful intake of smoke, which the committee recognized. But, as the committee pointed out, it's more of a health issue than anything else.

In addition, making pot legal would clear the way for our police to tackle other, more harmful crimes relating to the public good. Really, would you rather see a pot smoker or a child molester behind bars?

Whether the federal government will ever adopt the Senate recommendations is up in the air. Hopefully the feds won't throw up a smokescreen on this to cloud the issue, and goes ahead with legalization.

[tacticalogic]

Rants of a liberal---liberatarians are REM'S(rapid eye movements)---sleep(drug) paralysis!

Reality arrested---immune!

I had one once, but the wheels fell.

[vin-one]

Rants of a liberal---liberatarians are REM'S(rapid eye movements)---sleep(drug) paralysis! Reality arrested---immune!

Ok, FC, listen one more time, I am a die hard conservative, I am not stoned out freak.
Like most of the conservatives on this forum, I support smaller gov't.
Unlike you who supports an ever exanding police state,
over 600,000 people arrested in 2000 for posession of MJ.
Great use of our taxes.

[f.Christian]

Anarchy is a prelude to THE POLICE STATE...liberalism perpetuates it!

[dogbyte12]

Ok. So you are saying we need a police state to prevent a police state?

[vin-one]

goodness look around you, It's already here.


End the WOD, and stop wasting my hard earned money.

[f.Christian]

All we are saying---give... REALITY-a-chance!

[dogbyte12]

Who is we? We(as in me) doesn't take anything stronger than theraflu. I also pay to put stoners in jail for years and years at $30,000 plus a pop. We(as in you) have no rational argument. Your latest, let's increase police powers, to prevent a police state, is the most "unique" one yet.

[f.Christian]

Government would wither away...

if you could put your brain back---functioning in your head/body...

everyone else too!

[dogbyte12]

maybe I need to be on drugs to contemplate your last non-response. Wow man. Ever consider asking for help?

[Dakmar]

I learned long ago to not even try. You may as well argue with a pinball machine.

[jodorowsky]

if you could put your brain back---functioning in your head/body...

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a one sided trick box banging your head on the head with the calf of the body to the muzzle of a rubber worm in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the upper region of the foot.

[f.Christian]

I recognize those symptoms...did I cough in your face---same cup?

[tacticalogic]

Next on Sally, dictionary spam ----- malice or madness?

[f.Christian]

I'd rather we stop the war on sanity/civilization---liberalism(euphoria/fantasy)!

[tacticalogic]

Personal opinion asserted as self-evident truth, and requiring agreement with it as a litmus test of rationality is not reason, but dogma. It has no place in the free debate and exchange of ideas, because it's purpose is to prevent it.

[f.Christian]

According to liberals...

there is no Truth or reality...you make it up as you please---go along at your whim/convience!

[f.Christian]

Creation/God...Christianity---secular-govt.-humanism/SCIENCE---CIVILIZATION!

Originally the word liberal meant social conservatives(no govt religion--none) who advocated growth and progress---mostly technological(knowledge being absolute/unchanging)based on law--reality... UNDER GOD---the nature of GOD/man/govt. does not change. These were the Classical liberals...founding fathers-PRINCIPLES---stable/SANE scientific reality/society---industrial progress...moral/social character-values(private/personal) GROWTH(limited NON-intrusive PC Govt/religion---schools)!

Evolution...Atheism-dehumanism---TYRANNY(pc-religion/rhetoric)...

Then came the SPLIT SCHIZOPHRENIA/ZOMBIE/BRAVE-NWO1984 LIBERAL NEO-America---

moral/intellectual relativism as a 'dogma'...spin/bias!

[f.Christian]

Science/reality is ANTI-possibilty/FANTASY(infinite/irrational)...

Science has to be OBJECTIVE predictable-probable-facts-LOGIC(finite/rational)---

Science must limit itself from the political-ego/subjective lower CARNAL material/animal world!

Science is law/design---CREATION!

Evolution/LIBERALISM is manmade myth/legend---FICTION/fantasy/denial!

Seriously...you need some foundation---do you have one(sand/gas)?

[ChadGore]

Legalize pot ? Why do we need MORE addicts ? No !!

[f.Christian]

Posted by f.Christian to Dead Corpse
On News/Activism Sep 4 12:25 PM #108 of 162

Western Science began as an effort to discern, understand and quantify God's design. I would further say that we have learned much from this effort.
629 posted on 8/29/02 9:05 PM Pacific by Phaedrus

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Western (social)Science began as an effort to discern, understand and quantify God's design(laws/Truth). I would further say that we(some haven't) have learned much(anything) from this effort.

629 posted on 8/29/02 9:05 PM Pacific by Phaedrus(my additions)

Liberalism is 'hyper'---arrested 'development'!