oops my bad...it’s through fancast not hulu...oh well...
Never did pot either. But I think it’s pretty common knowledge that the only reason pot is not legalized is because of the alcohol lobby.
With all of the drug violence in Mexico threatening to spill over into the US, I think it is time to reconsider the War on Some Drugs.
It would be nice if the financial crisis managed to get drugs legalized and taxed (therefore becoming a boon to government) rather than prohibited and interdicted (being a cost for government). But I doubt Our Fearless Leaders have the foresight and wisdom to do this.
But hemp will be useful for making clothing and for cellulosic biofuel production, though.
Most politicians in the “District of Corruption” have committed far worse crimes than smoking pot.
Finally a good idea. Also all illegal substances. Might as well legalize freedom too. Legalize all the stupid crap controlled by the stupid administrative preventive laws. Punish bad ACTIONS. Get the little jerks off our backs. Criminalize taxes and idiot government employees with too much time on their hands. The first thing to go...Dept of Education..2nd...EPA...Then...ATF...???
I lived 32 years in and around NYC and I have never witnessed the police wasting a lot of money fighting against marijuana yet you make it seem like that is about all they do.
THC, which is the stuff in pot that produces the high, has a 3-day half life. That means that after smokeing pot and people begin to feel they are no longer high, but they are still impaired. That’s the danger in smoking pot. People who only smoke it on weekends are continuously impaired. That’s probably why they call it dope.
Same here. It may also be the only way to keep the economy afloat!
1) develop a “roadside test” like a Breathalyzer that will accurately measure pot in the system, AND come up with reasonable standards for acceptable legal levels.
2) Ban 3rd party lawsuits from injuries related to pot use.
ie...Suing the employer because an employee injured someone or himself while having pot in their system.
#1 Will be difficult and #2 will be impossible to get past the RAT controlled Congress.
Give it up, will never happen.
Maybe they should start with allowing offshore drilling for oil first.
-PJ
De-criminalizing MaryJ will relieve pressure on the court and jail systems, deprive law enforcement of cash and property seizures and generally force those two systems to find alternate means of funding or else reduce their staffs.
It’s never going to happen.
Oh, forgot to mention, there’s no qualitative test for pot intoxication as it stays in the urine for weeks. Companies open themselves up to liability hiring someone who tested positive to a legal substance and then causes an accident that could be blamed on that substance intoxication.
This will have to be resolved through the courts before legalization is allowed.
In Amsterdam they are going in the other direction.