Posted on 11/08/2009 4:18:55 PM PST by RebelYell1990
According to the Associated Press, November 5th — Maine has become the fifth state to allow dispensaries where marijuana can be distributed to medical patients. But medical marijuana advocates say Maine won't become like Los Angeles, where hundreds of dispensaries have popped up and come under critical scrutiny. Ethan Nadelmann of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance says Maine's law has stricter provisions than California's. He says "Maine dispensaries will be licensed by the state, unlike those in California, and that Maine narrowly defines medical conditions for which patients can be prescribed pot, while California allows doctors to recommend it for virtually any ailment." Nonetheless, the director of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency opposed the move saying that the state lacks proper oversight and control.
Meanwhile the town council in Dillon, Maine, said, "No, thanks to having a dispensary." The town council said no to medical marijuana dispensaries within town limits — for now. Council members cited concerns about abuse, need and lack of state regulations as reasons for not moving forward on approving regulations in voting against an ordinance setting out guidelines for dispensaries in Dillon Tuesday.
“Dillon, Maine”
No such place.
Dillon?
Anyway, Barney Fwank’s boyfriend can get his pot now but he still won’t be able to marry Barney.
I hear Ogunquit is looking at a “local option” for gay marriage.... :)
George Soros has been funding pro-marijuana campaigns for years, and he must be very pleased with his handiwork.
Really? If that is so there is one mark in his favor. I support anyone that protects my right to smoke pot.
Really? If that is so there is one mark in his favor. I support anyone that protects my right to marry another man.
And you smoke it why ?
I have a terrible anorexia, I have insomenia.
So a doctor prescribes it for you ?
of sorts
Of sorts ?
Or, are just nosy and want to speak against one of your pet projects. Go have a beer... or smoke a joint. It shouldn't matter in polite company!
I’m pro-WOD. I don’t think anyone needs to be smoking dope, at the very least not recreationally, nor do I believe anyone has a “right” to illegal drugs. A former classmate of mine started down that path, and by the time it was over, both he and his wife met grizzly deaths, leaving their young children without their parents.
It should be legal nationwide, medical or not.
Of course you’re pro-WOD. It was obvious, or I wouldn’t have posted. I always like to point out the authoritarian a..holes on these threads...
Which drug was it that caused these horrors? Was it whiskey or beer? Alcohol is the scourge, not pot. I've never heard of grizzly deaths from smoking a little marijuana. I have heard tales of lots of beaten women or a..holes killing innocents, driving while drunk on booze.
Your story is like so many others that we hear from statists and Dimocraps. Obama uses them every time he opens his mouth. Sell your bridge elsewhere. The people visiting here know better...
Wow, “authoritarian a$$hole.” You sound like a doper dip$hit. Obviously, you could care less the consequences of legalization given your glossing over of my post and the fact of real-life consequences of this garbage being foisted on the public. Nope, it’s all about doper selfishness. I’ll say it again, none of that crap should be legalized. EVER. Capiche, bud ?
Marijuana, then more hard-core crap. He was having a party at his house with a few friends. Stoned out of his mind, he brought out a gun and blew his wife’s brains out in front of horrified witnesses. Know why ? There WAS no reason. He was f*cked out of his head. The cops were called, he ran out back and ate his gun. His kids went to bed with both their parents and woke up with neither. That’s what your garbage did. This was one of the friendliest, nicest people I ever had as a classmate and it turned him into a murdering monster. Stand for legalization ? No f’ing way. Want to move to Mars alone and kill yourself that way ? Be my guest. This was my neighborhood. Obviously you doper dip$hits could care less. So you can take your libertoonian crap and shove it up your ass. Have a nice day.
Waaaahhh. Which crap are you referring to, beer or booze? "Capiche" sounds like gangster talk.
It's obvious that you hold the Constitution in disregard like our pResident. What part of "liberty" is unclear to you?
I don’t drink, so spare me. I don’t see the right to illegal narcotics in our Constitution, bud. I’ve yet to hear a coherent pro-drug argument from you dopers. It’s pure selfishness and screw everyone else. Maybe when it destroys the lives of someone you care about, you’ll grow the f**k up and get a conscience.
Marijuana didn't kill him, nor cause him to harm anybody. He was more likely drunk on alcohol, than had smoked a little pot. If anything, his problems probably weren't drug related, but just mental. The booze was/is the creator of chaos. Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?
No, that is a lie, pot doesn’t make you violent or have any murderous tendencies. I smoke it, I would know. Pot makes someone happy and relaxed. That story is a lie.
I haven't stated any use of marijuana. I have argued against ignorant people who don't think others should have have rights, too.
Give the state to Canada with everything including people in it!!!
You didn’t read the post, that much is obvious. He wasn’t drunk. He was stoned out of his mind. All that crap destroyed him, killed his wife, and left two children orphaned. That’s reality.
“Why does that matter?”
Anyone that smokes ir belongs in prison!!!
Why should I be in prison?
You didn’t read the post, either. Move up from the marijuana to hard-core and you’ll find that out. I’m sure he just wanted to “relax and unwind”, too. Well, he’s permanently relaxed, and his wife, too. Have been now for over 10 years. Too bad his kids didn’t get to know either of ‘em. But, hey, it’s just all about getting happy and relaxed, right ? Never about anyone else but your own selfish desires. Yeah, “liberty,” huh.
For smoking dope!!!
Why?
I'm not an expert, nor have used it recently. But, I have plenty of friends and relatives who use marijuana. All of them are gainfully employed, most as professionals. I do drink alcohol, but have no tendencies toward abuse.
I have a glass of red wine by my side now, washing down some chopped pork bbq with cole slaw. This afternoon, I had a margarita while watching the Nascar race. That will be my daily input. I pee it out daily, too.
My oldest son is a police lt, and my #2 is a HS teacher. My girls are both stay-at-home mommies. I'm old enough to think for myself. Some people never grow wise when they get old...
The drugs weren’t the cause of his problems, FRiend. Know your subject before spouting nonsensical garbage.
Thankfully, I don’t associate with dopers. I prefer not to hang around stupid people who have no respect for themselves, their families or their communities.
BTW, after a whole bunch of posts, what part of “he moved up to hardcore drugs” did you exactly fail to comprehend ? What do you think he got started on ? Licorice ? They almost always get started with marijuana.
Yup, they were 100% the cause. His in-laws forgave him after killing their daughter. They knew what killed her, it was the drugs. He was a warm, friendly, and gentle person when he wasn’t f**ked out of his mind. All that garbage does is destroy lives, something for which you’ve never experienced.
Do you drive faster than the speed limit. It's also a crime...
Click it or ticket!
Only ones against it are those who have never used it. Either that or they were hardcore meth or heroine addicts and government funded programs like DARE hire them to scare kids for smoking a leaf when they are older. I used to buy the garbage, the propaganda. The fact is, the Drug War puts money into the hands of criminals, it creates a black market where Criminals can control the supply and create high prices to fund their Gangs. If you legalize, you kill gangs’ flow of cash overnight. It also puts a lot more money into the hands of the corrupt state prisons systems and cops. They would make much less money and their systems would be getting much less tax funding if drugs were legal. So big public unions and state employees are always going to support prohibition. Also, pharmaceutical companies support prohibition, dreadful and addictive toxic drugs like oxycotin and methadone don’t want any competition from an organic substance like pot. IT would result in lower prices and less profits for them. Also, Hemp can be used as a fuel and clothing source. So major cotton companies and big oil and “green energy” companies will oppose legalization of hemp as well.
Actually statistics would say he most likely started with beer. Blissful, aren't you?
Study says marijuana no gateway drug
Marijuana is not a “gateway” drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study. Moreover, the study’s findings call into question the long-held belief that has shaped prevention efforts and governmental policy for six decades and caused many a parent to panic upon discovering a bag of pot in their child’s bedroom.... -ScienceBlog
They almost always start with caffeine. Gateway drugs is the biggest crock ever.
“Click it or ticket!”
I drive a 65 Chevy PU which is exempt from your stupid seat belt laws!!!!
I don’t make those stupid laws, FRiend. Go away with your jack-booted biddies...
I’ve heard every simplistic argument on the subject, we just legalize it all, and all the problems disappear. Sounds nice and neat, ‘cept that ain’t how it works, kid. Problems don’t disappear. You legalize it, make it more accessible, and you have a whole host of other social problems erupt. When you destigmitize it and create millions of new users, are you going to have no problem subsidizing their habit, which will cost untold billions ? If you don’t, these people are going to commit more crime to pay for their habits with mama government as the pusher man. How about the senseless acts of violence committed by these zombies just while being high (that has absolutely nothing to do with getting money - just the violence from a mind that can no longer reason due to chemicals) ? You guys never think this through, you just want your habits made legit. There’s a reason why this is illegal that hasn’t anything to do with cramping your liberty and everything to do with public safety and the menace it poses. You can’t EVER be responsible with it.
Spare me, I’ve heard all the bull$hit from the pro-drug kooks.
Always a convenient excuse to keep on getting away with selfishness.
Damn right. I got so mad when I heard someone had smoked dope I went down to the bar and had a few shots to complain to the other righteous people there about the horrors of drug abuse.
What excuse is that? Especially when it comes from someone who doesn’t even smoke pot.
Thinking gateway drugs is a stupid concept isn’t an excuse.
Yeah, I’m shocked there are still idiots out there who believe the gateway drug nonsense.
The only bs I've seen here is coming from you WOD Nazi's. Facts are just so damned inconvenient...
It is already accessible, what the problem is generally(if one doesn’t have a medical dispensary) is the fact they have to go to the black market to get it for a higher price and that money often goes to criminals. What legalizing it does is take money out of the hands of gangs and put it into the productive part of the economy. Legalizing Marijuana would put billions of dollars into the American economy. Jobs would be created growing it, selling it, making clothes out of it, using hemp oil for energy etc. There is no proof people get violent on pot, those that say it have never used it and as a person that has used it it doesn’t make you into a violent zombie. I get relaxed and happy. You cannot OD on pot, it is impossible, it is harmless, where hard liquor, methadone, oxycotin and vicadin are addictive and can kill you. But the reason these deadly and harmful pharmaceuticals are legaland pot is illegal is because of big pharma lobbies and their money.
Aren’t you precious.
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