Alaska: Governor Set to Push Anti-Marijuana Legislation Again

Juneau Empire ^ | Dec. 9, 2005

[Wolfie]

It appears the Governor is unaware of how a State Constitution works.

[dljordan]

"It appears the Governor is unaware of how a State Constitution works."

It's just a damn piece of paper right?

[headsonpikes]

"If I smoke marijuana, I may not be led to rob a store. But I can lose my job and then be motivated to steal,"

If there was a Nobel Prize for Sophistry, this gentleman's statement should certainly place him in consideration.

What a shameless, bought-and-paid-for, lickspittle!

It's hard to believe that a gubmint pension can be that enticing.

[EagleUSA]

The state wants to prevent marijuana from getting into the hands of children by going after local growers; if authorities can take out about half of the producers, then kids would be priced out of the market, Guaneli said.
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Now who is this kind of thinking serving? MJ users, of course. If it is so bad, then BAN IT ALL TOGETHER!!! Their thinking is "don't throw quite so much gasoline on the fire".

[bigfootbob]

The guy was probably hired by some government agency right out of college and has never done an honest days work in his life. That's the problem with land use planners also.

[Wolfie]

ping

[RambozoDClown]

"If I smoke marijuana, I may not be led to rob a store. But I can lose my job and then be motivated to steal," John Fielder, a clinical psychologist at St. Mary's Medical Hospital in San Francisco, told the Senate committee last session.

Well, if I like to read books, I may not be led to rob a store. But if I just read all day and don't go to work,I can lose my job and then be motivated to steal. That line of thinking works for anything. You do anything too much it will cause problems. I didn't think reasonable people still thought pot was a evil scourge or that it worse than alcohol.

[MassachusettsGOP]

Frankie needs to show an iron fist on this one. Just ban it all!

[antiRepublicrat]

If there was a Nobel Prize for Sophistry, this gentleman's statement should certainly place him in consideration.

The statement is hyperbole, but it does reflect the fact that overall the greatest harmful consequence of a person using marijuana is getting arrested for it, and the consequences that follow from that.

[Nachum]

"If I smoke marijuana, I may not be led to rob a store. But I can lose my job and then be motivated to steal

and then go out and order a pizza with the works, eat a few twinkies, drink a milk shake and eat some french fries.

[headsonpikes]

That was not what he was saying - he was quoted following this:Experts who phoned in to the Senate committee meetings last session tried to show that in some cases smoking marijuana could lead to violence.

I assume the unstated implication in the good psychologist's statement has something to do with amotivational syndrome, or some other attribute of pot that causes job loss.

Faulty metaphysics, essentially. ;^).

[philman_36]

Control freaks! Nothing but control freaks!
Where are the criminal statistics? Is Alaska a hell hole of crime and depravity because people can have four ounces of marijuana in their home?

Will I hear crickets from the naysayers?

[Wolfie]

This legislation is a monumental waste of time. The only thing that can accomplish what the Governor wants is a Constitutional amendment.

[Know your rights]

BAN IT ALL TOGETHER!!!

State Constitution be damned?

[freepatriot32]

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[Mojave]

It appears the Governor is unaware of how a State Constitution works.

Yeah! He thinks legislators should make laws instead of judges.

[Wolfie]

Sure thing. The Legislature should be able to crap all over the Constitution. No naysayers allowed.

[Mojave]

crap all over the Constitution.

"A landmark court decision by the Alaska Supreme Court in 1975 made small amounts of marijuana kept at home by adults legal."

You should have read the article before embarrassing yourself.

[rasblue]

Someone outside Alaska is obviously bankrolling this scheme. Why else doggedly pursue this political dead horse?
There is more "passion" on this issue than even education, roads, or health.

[Wolfie]

Please. The Court decided the Legislature passed an un-Constitutional law. The Legislature can seek recourse by amending the State Constitution. That's how our form of government works. Apparently you are unaware of that. How embarassing for you.