[unspun]

yadayadayada---And by the way, marijuana's not a narcotic. Look up the definition of "narcotic" and see nicmarlo's post (52? 54?). That's pretty funny, coming from you and your claims that alcohol does not have narcotic qualities, when tacticalogic demonstrated just the opposite yesterday. You're acting like a Democrat - use the facts when they are convenient for your position, and ignore the exact same facts when they aren't.

The People and our Republic have the authority and means to distinguish between one chemical which may be used for impairment, and another. It's as basic as that. We have the freedom to legislate about such things. We really do. Really. No, really. That's what we do in politics. We make decisions.

[jayef]

Choices. What choices? When did the people of the United States choose drug prohibition?

So no we come to today. The tide is turning my friend. Thanks to the internet mostly, people are seeing through the lies and deceptions that are evident throughout the history of Drug Prohibition and the Drug War.

It many not happen under George Bush, but it will happen. At the very least marijuana will be decriminalized. Hopefully soon thereafter, people will begin to see the logic and reason behind ending prohibition of all drugs.

[Liberal Classic]

We have the freedom to legislate about such things.

The basis of freedom is not the freedom to legilate. Freedom is not the government legislating what legitimate things people are allowed to do. Rather, in liberty the government is empowered by the people to do a limited number of legitimate things. All else the people are free do to. We do not need to justfy our choices.