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Dr. Ron Paul says legalize marijuana on Larry King Live March 13, 2009
CNN/Youtube ^ | 03/13/09 | CNN/Youtube

Posted on 03/14/2009 2:20:58 PM PDT by Painesright

Video of Ron Paul debating Stephen Baldwin about the legalization of marijuana on Larry King Live March 13, 2009.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; hottoungue; liberaltarian; likewowman; potheads; ronpaul; shrimpmunchies; statists; stephenbaldwin; stoppostingwackjobs; tyrannywatch; wod
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To: Painesright

No.


81 posted on 03/14/2009 3:58:53 PM PDT by Vision ("Test everything. Hold on to the Good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t know where people get the notion Libs want drugs legalized. Simply not true. They love government intervention in most things.
Ever noticed most of the criminals are democrats???

It would be a complete blow to their business structure if drugs were legalized.


82 posted on 03/14/2009 3:59:47 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: Nathan Zachary
I doubt it. it will still be cheaper than government pot. Just like the bootleg booze and cigarettes are. that illegal industry is still quite large.

The black market in booze is not large enough to sustain the cartels. There is virtually no black market in cigarettes in low-tax states.

An underground market simply cannot compete with a well regulated and reasonably taxed market like alcohol. Same would be true for marijuana. It's economics 101.

83 posted on 03/14/2009 4:03:15 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H
"Our estimates indicate that between 6% and 8.5% of global cigarette consumption is smuggled."
http://www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/tcdc/365TO392.PDF

Big $$$.

84 posted on 03/14/2009 4:03:19 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
To post 27-

3. Make the penalty for possession (no matter the amt) a min of twenty yrs in prison. No parole.

85 posted on 03/14/2009 4:08:20 PM PDT by jla
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To: Nathan Zachary

Who the hell says I think that’s the way to implement this?


86 posted on 03/14/2009 4:08:57 PM PDT by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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To: Star Traveler

I know quite a few people that don’t respect the current prohibition laws, so to speak. If pot were to become “legal”, it would only make a difference in price to them. Funny thing though, they get up off of the couch and work just like everyone else. How many people do you think, go to work with an alcohol hangover that lasts till noon?


87 posted on 03/14/2009 4:09:59 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: Nathan Zachary

http://christiansforcannabis.com/e107/news.php


88 posted on 03/14/2009 4:13:10 PM PDT by Birdsbane ("Onward through the fog!" ... Oat Willie)
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To: RS_Rider

I was talking about the “overdose” part of it. Those who go to work, they’re not overdosing. The “overdose” in this stuff is that you’re not going to work... LOL... (and believe me, there are people like that...)...

As far as those people who go to work, I would say as long as they are tested and don’t show up anything in the tests while they are at work, that’s up to them. But, if they “test” and it shows up, then fire them...


89 posted on 03/14/2009 4:13:59 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Ken H
"The black market in booze is not large enough to sustain the cartels. There is virtually no black market in cigarettes in low-tax states."

In canada alone the black market cigarette business is about 1.6 billion $$. Even if the demand is 1/10 of that in the USA, It would be worth about the same dollar wise. Plenty to sustain the cartels. Booze would be a decent sized black market as well.

90 posted on 03/14/2009 4:14:55 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Painesright
Dr. Ron Paul says legalize marijuana on "Larry King Live"

I thought marijuana was already legal on "Larry King Live" and that Larry always has a bong under his desk that he uses during commercials.

"I need to order some more of that Colombian bud after the show....we're back on in 30 seconds, right?".

91 posted on 03/14/2009 4:16:47 PM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: DTogo

That is a problem. Obama will not only mandate tax supported treatment for abusers, he’ll use tax money to buy them dope too.


92 posted on 03/14/2009 4:17:33 PM PDT by behzinlea
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To: capt. norm

LOL...


93 posted on 03/14/2009 4:17:57 PM PDT by surfer
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To: Responsibility2nd

Prohibitionists = statists. No difference.


94 posted on 03/14/2009 4:18:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: Birdsbane
Why would I want to look at that?

May as well change the title to "idiots for cannabis.com". They aren't "christians".

All "recreational drugs and drug use, cannabis included, are destructive to society. They destroy lives not just those of the users either. I don't want to pay for the costs of your pot use, sorry. That includes the lungs you'll need after you cough your old ones out one day.

95 posted on 03/14/2009 4:21:10 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: RKV

Get rid of the welfare state? I’m all for it! Unfortunately, welfare staters voted in the current president and Democrat congress. You might just as well ask them to surrender both lungs and heart.

Legalizing marijuana would be good in many ways, but would only really work well in a truly libertarian society. Our society is a bail-out society. From making risky loans to abusing alcohol and drugs, no one suffers the full cost of their stupidity. We are all forced to bear the costs.


96 posted on 03/14/2009 4:23:27 PM PDT by behzinlea
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To: Star Traveler

It takes about 7-10 days for a pot smoker to test clean after smoking ONE joint.

We fire anyone who fails a drug test at our place.
Some insurance companies won’t give life insurance if you test positive.
More and more companies are using drug tests, especially trucking companies.


97 posted on 03/14/2009 4:25:56 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Responsibility2nd

EEE: No, being a surrender monkey, an Al Qaeda apologist and mouthpiece, anti-American, and an absolute DO NOTHING (except posing for holy pictures) to stop the slaughter of babies, cramming earmarks for Houston-Galveston for such national priorities as shrimp fishing (among many, many other things) into annual budgets while posing as opposed to wasteful spending, and being one of the most persistently dishonest excuses even for a Congresscritter are what makes treasonweasel Paul a liberal. No one takes the dingbat paleoPaulie seriously other than our nation’s enemies who are in passionate love with him (for services rendered).


98 posted on 03/14/2009 4:26:45 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: Nathan Zachary

That’s a good deal. That’s exactly as it should be...


99 posted on 03/14/2009 4:29:19 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Responsibility2nd

You got it.

In the real world, Potheads follow the path of least resistance. Theft, welfare, prison.


100 posted on 03/14/2009 4:29:30 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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