Obama's Answer on Marijuana Policy Was a Disgrace

[Gil Dobie]

No need to legalize. Just decriminalize.

Great idea, except I would still criminalize operating a motor vehicle under the influence.

[dbackjon]

No need to legalize. Just decriminalize.

Great idea, except I would still criminalize operating a motor vehicle under the influence.

You can be charge for DWI for many legal things already (I.E. alcohol), Gil Doobie

[Gil Dobie]

Great idea, except I would still criminalize operating a motor vehicle under the influence.

You can be charge for DWI for many legal things already (I.E. alcohol), Gil Doobie

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[Purple For Life]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20576.html

I have some hope...from 10% to 40%...the fogies just gotta keep aging and dying off...

[Gil Dobie]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20576.html

I have some hope...from 10% to 40%...the fogies just gotta keep aging and dying off...

Especially those young fogies that are against legalization of pot.

[Purple For Life]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20576.html

I have some hope...from 10% to 40%...the fogies just gotta keep aging and dying off...

Especially those young fogies that are against legalization of pot.

What's wrong with you? Seriously, what's wrong with you? You want alcohol and cigarettes to stay legal, yet pot to be illegal.

Sorry, brain does not compute.

And obviously, you've never tried it, or else you wouldn't say that. It isn't even about being some kind of burn-out loser stoner, it's about the freedom that conservatives so loudly bawl about losing. Just give me the freedom to sit at home and enjoy a little green if I want to.

Or I guess I could go out, get shit faced on the Hill, and then drive drunk. You know, if you think that's a better option.

Face it--more people are going to be FOR than against it as time goes on. It's just a matter of time.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

all of that may be true pfl... but political reality doesn't compute.

rule 1 - stoners DONT VOTE
rule 2 - parents with kids do
rule 3 - after 70 years of misinformation about the effects of marijuana... it would be political suicide to support making it legal
rule 4 - the above rules create a cocktail of "political will" that keeps things as they are

oh yeah... and rule #5 - marijuana isn't massive economic engine in 5 states with all the political clout that it contains.

[Skjellyfetti]

I think marijuana will be legalized/decriminalized in my lifetime.

My guess is that we'll need to see a supermajority of Americans in favor of decriminalizing pot before the federal government would dare to take action on it. If the upward trend since 1990 holds (and recall my earlier caution: it might not), then legalization would achieve 60 percent support at some point in 2022 or 2023. About then is when things might get interesting. But I'd guess we'll see other some other once-unthinkable things like legalized gay marriage first.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/02/ ... o-bud.html

And the idea that potheads don't vote, aren't active, and aren't productive is BS. That stereotype could not be further from the truth. Sure, there are potheads that fit that category... but they are usually in the 15-21 age group... and plenty of people that age fit that description... pot's got nothing to do with it.

[AshevilleApp]

Especially those young fogies that are against legalization of pot.

What's wrong with you? Seriously, what's wrong with you? You want alcohol and cigarettes to stay legal, yet pot to be illegal.

Sorry, brain does not compute.

And obviously, you've never tried it, or else you wouldn't say that. It isn't even about being some kind of burn-out loser stoner, it's about the freedom that conservatives so loudly bawl about losing. Just give me the freedom to sit at home and enjoy a little green if I want to.

Or I guess I could go out, get shit faced on the Hill, and then drive drunk. You know, if you think that's a better option.

Face it--more people are going to be FOR than against it as time goes on. It's just a matter of time.

PFL, I think you need to read more of Gil's posts before you make such a quick judgement. Like the one at the top of this page.

[Pwns]

I'm not sure I buy the argument that legalization would not create revenue. People can grow many kinds of produce in their backyards or in pots but that hasn't made growing almost every kind of produce profitable for farmers.

Also, marajuana grown on large farms with equipment that is processed in a factory will be cheaper than the stuff a hippie produces in his garden.

[houndawg]

I'm not sure I buy the argument that legalization would not create revenue. People can grow many kinds of produce in their backyards or in pots but that hasn't made growing almost every kind of produce profitable for farmers.

Also, marajuana grown on large farms with equipment that is processed in a factory will be cheaper than the stuff a hippie produces in his garden.

I believe there would be some revenue generated, but the biggest benefit, imo, would be the reduction in the amount of money flowing out of the country to the drug cartels. Everbody with a sunny spot is planting a garden and weed thrives anywhere you can have a garden, and the stuff makes good barter material.

Edit: I strongly urge patriotic citizens to Buy American Nugs.