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Finally people's Republic of CA gets something right
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Okay, maybe you have a point. I assume conservative politicians because of an assumption that the majority of those pols who are in favour of the repeal of the absurd laws for pot possession in some states would be Dems. Who knows, maybe there are also some rational conservatives who have the guts to say what they actually think.Quote from Mnphats:
I agree with pretty much everything you said.
Except, "serves to benefit only conservative politicians."
How so only conservative politicians?
Quote from traderNik:
It's amazing how much garbage the ignore button cleans up when used properly. I saw this quoted but wouldn't have seen it otherwise.
It would be difficult to make up a more idiotic piece of pure assertion and mind-numbing ignorance than this. Look in the dictionary under 'talking out his ass' and you'll see this post. It isn't even worth arguing the fact that the 'war on drugs' is a complete sham and serves to benefit only conservative politicians, police organizations and organized crime, or that it does exactly nothing to curb the use of drugs in America. The cost savings in human terms of eliminating the incarceration of young people would dwarf any expenditures necessary to 'chase tax cheats' (can anyone else just chime in and say what a fucking load of nonsense this particular idea is? How do formulate an argument against someone this obtuse??).
Clearly this moron equates pot with crystal meth and didn't bother to read the article. I'll lay 5-1 that he's a religious fanatic. Any takers?
In a couple of hundred years we'll look back on the idea of jailing people for smoking a joint or selling a dime bag with the same mixture of disbelief and fascination that we now view jailing them for witchcraft.
Only Monty Python could properly satirize the attitude of the imbecile who made this post. No fucking wonder he's on my ignore list.
You are the dumbass. Go read about what they did with prohibition. They had hired a bunch of fbi agents to chase "rum runners"(aka "The Kennedy clan"). After it was legalized the agents were transferred to Treasury to chase bootleggers outside the system and collect tax.
You must have no clue or common sense about how the world works.
BTW, its mostly bullshit about who is in jail for pot. Here is who really is in prison.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/ondcppubs/publications/pdf/whos_in_prison_for_marij.pdf
Quote from jficquette:
You are the dumbass. Go read about what they did with prohibition. They had hired a bunch of fbi agents to chase "rum runners"(aka "The Kennedy clan"). After it was legalized the agents were transferred to Treasury to chase bootleggers outside the system and collect tax.
You must have no clue or common sense about how the world works.
BTW, its mostly bullshit about who is in jail for pot. Here is who really is in prison.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/ondcppubs/publications/pdf/whos_in_prison_for_marij.pdf
Trafficking charges are bogus too.
The only question as far as I'm concerned is available OTC, or behind pharmacy counter upon request with dosage interaction consultation.
Both options make sense. If you know what you are doing buy it OTC if you need advice pay the pharmacist a small fee.
First page of your .pdf reads:
"Drug legalizers want you to believe a lieâ that our prisons are filled with marijuana smokers. In fact, the vast majority of drug prisoners are violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above"
My questions to you is how many of those marijuana smokers...would be drug prisoners, violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above were marijuana not illegal?
"Drug legalizers want you to believe a lieâ that our prisons are filled with marijuana smokers. In fact, the vast majority of drug prisoners are violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above"
My questions to you is how many of those marijuana smokers...would be drug prisoners, violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above were marijuana not illegal?
Quote from jficquette:
BTW, its mostly bullshit about who is in jail for pot. Here is who really is in prison.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/ondcppubs/publications/pdf/whos_in_prison_for_marij.pdf
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
This should be an issue libs and conservatives agree on. Unfortunately, many "law and order" conservatives go nuts over this. The biggest threat to our liberties is not weed. It is government. The property seizure laws enacted to "fight" drug dealers should be an affront to all conservatives. And if government has no business telling you how to raise your kids, what to eat, whether to get health insurance or not, they sure as hell don't have the right to tell us what we smoke.
well stated.
I do not some pot, but I think it should be legal.
Quote from Dr. Zhivodka:
First page of your .pdf reads:
"Drug legalizers want you to believe a lieâ that our prisons are filled with marijuana smokers. In fact, the vast majority of drug prisoners are violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above"
My questions to you is how many of those marijuana smokers...would be drug prisoners, violent criminals, repeat offenders, traffickers, or all of the above were marijuana not illegal?
They don't send Joe Blow without an criminal record to jail solely for the possession of a oz of two of pot.
Quote from jficquette:
They don't send Joe Blow without an criminal record to jail solely for the possession of a oz of two of pot.
I can tell you this: it takes far less (than a rational person would imagine) to get fucked over big time by the contraband gestapo even if you are a non-user.
you've been watching too much tv.
Quote from jficquette:
They don't send Joe Blow without an criminal record to jail solely for the possession of a oz of two of pot.
but should it be criminal?
lets start getting our laws and our tax code to work for us. I really do not want to employ cops, lawyers, courts, prisons and social workers on this stuff.