Sorry Barney, Mr. Pot is already dead.
I agree with Barney. I want to get stoned and its no one’s business.
I think we should be spending our money chasing after gay prostitutes and those who pimp them.
//sarcasm off
Pilots, engineers, bus drivers can’t already get weed, if they really wanted?
Really?
People go to work DAILY under the influence of perfectly legal prescription drugs, just like they do with alcohol.
Legal weed wouldn’t be the doomsday that many want to predict.
Of course, it will essentially defund a law enforcement scheme that’s addicted to the war on drugs.
Frank was just confused. He thought the bill would legalize smoking poLE.
I’m guessing there’s nothing in the bill about legally growing your own stuff, though. Can’t have that.
Wow. The world won't end.
Besides, is this to decriminalize pot, Federally? The States can always make it a crime.
Barney Frank and the Libertarians agree on a number of things.
His bill is the worst of both worlds: legalize drugs AND keep all the enforcement for large amounts.
I don’t realy care about pot, but they need to pick a path: legalize all the way or start killing drug users.
Half measures are crap.
Every smoker of something other than tobacco is (in Frank's mind) depriving the wonderful, kind, benevolent government of $$$$ ...
Hey Barney, file it in the where-the-sun-don’t-shine-except-in-the-privacy-of-your-own-bedroom file.
It’s all about the children.
I find it strange that a homo has the power to make a law, in support of putting something to put into your mouth.
As long as any act committed while under the influence is treated as pre-meditated and any rehab is no longer funded from any tax money, then I can be OK with this.
E.G., a stoner drives a car into a bus and kills 10 people it will be treated like he planned and blew it up with an RPG.
They also seem to believe that getting stoned doesn’t affect anyone but themselves.
People who have to live with stoners, or pick up the slack they cause by zoning out, or who see loved ones slip theough the gateway between pot and bigger and better highs... know better.
So why are certain weapons and explosives illegal? What if I want to have all kinds of that stuff? I'm not harming anyone. I am less harmful than a school bus driver who's been smoking pot all weekend.
It’s not just college kids
In Alaska
Possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in the privacy of the home is legal. The status of possessing an amount between one ounce and four ounces is unclear, pending clarification by the courts. Possession of 4 ounces or more of marijuana is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
Possession of less than 25 plants is protected under the Alaska Constitution’s right to privacy (See Ravin v. Alaska). Possession of 25 or more marijuana plants is “Misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degree” and is punishable by a fine of up to $50,000 or five years in prison.
Any possession within 500 feet of school grounds or a recreation center or possession on any school bus is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
Sale, delivery or manufactureof marijuana of less than one ounce is a misdemeanor and is punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $5,000. For amounts of one ounce or greater, the crime is a felony which can be punished with a sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
It is an affirmative defense to possession, manufacture or delivery that the offender is a patient or caregiver who is registered with the state for medical use of marijuana.
Maintaining any structure or dwelling, including vehicles, to use for keeping and distributing marijuana, is a felony offense and punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
There is a standing local joke that if you raided 100 homes in the Mat-su Valley (Palmer/Wasillia/Houston) you would find grow operations in 70%.
The rest? Why, meth labs of course.
While this joke is not even close to accurate, there is a massive drugsub-culture in parts of Alaska.
There seems to be monthly grow / lab busts. The problem is past funny jokes or the claim of ‘victimless’ crime.
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Would they please pass a bill criminalizing Barney Frank!
it's the drug dealers who shoot at eachother and hit little kids with stray bullets while trying to protect their territory so they can sell to you that is the real problem.
just throwin it out there.
One would be hard-pressed to find a vice that Barney Frank doesn't favor.