Posted on 09/11/2012 12:21:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
This November, voters in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington will consider ballot measures to legalize and regulate marijuana, much as alcohol and tobacco are taxed and regulated. In this first in a series of "one minute debates" for election 2012, three writers give their brief take on the issue.
The 'yes' case is argued by Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). The 'no' position is offered by David G. Evans, a special adviser to the Drug Free America Foundation. And a middle path is suggested by Kevin A. Sabet, who has worked on drug policy under three presidents of both parties.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
The USA was a Nation of drunkards. Temperance groups were successful in turning this nation around. And after awhile Prohibition was repealed, but the drug alcohol still remains our number one social disease and is still highly restricted.
So was repeal a mistake? Should we bring it back?
liberal = socialist (today)
Since you clearly stated that you believe in socialistic concepts such as a Utopian vision through regulation and the dislike the roots of conservatism you are using this term incorrectly intentionally.
You are troll
I have know AIDS patients and the dying who did not do any gardening at all, being sick, dying of cancer and stuff, sometimes make it easier to just whip out the check book for your medicine.
correction to my earlier post
“that failure CAUSED by the drug” was supposed to read “that failure IS NOT CAUSED by the drug”
the drug (or sex) may crate “an urge”, but it - the urge - can be dealt with, can be overcome, can be defeated and behavior intent on satisfying it can be changed to behavior that does not
“the drug” is not the origin of an addiction - excessive behavior intent on satisfying it in the first place is; repition of that behavior keeps reinforcing it; denial of that repition early on prevents addiction.
addiction is about behavior, it is not caused by what anyone choses to become addicted to
If growing decent pot is beyond your capabilities then fine, I will have to take your word for it, but I have lived in a household where the bulk of the income came from success in that area, it isn’t like running the Glenlivet distillery.
Personally if it is made legal, then I think that I could do just fine.
I believe you and the original poster meant w-a-v-i-n-g.
Oh, come on. You said it was so easy to grow marijuana. All he would have to do is plant a seed in a pot and water occasionally. That would take no more effort than to drive to the dispensary.
Another reason we never should have given ‘em the vote in 1919, hehehe.
Your post doesn’t follow logically from mine.
I don’t live where pot could grow wild - someone has to water it.
And where pot DOES grow wild - it results in a hugely inferior product due to uncontrolled pollination from wild males.
That's very Saul Alinsky of you. Define the straw man opposition with a pejorative before anyone even shows up. ROTFLOL
“DU Troll”
yea right, so says the big government “Conservative”
A true Conservative does not simply mouth nostrums about small and limited government - when it suits their fancy, and then deny those principles when they simply want to control someone else’s behavior.
If it is “Conservative” to control pot smokers, then such “Conservatives” better be all for reimposition of alcohol prohibition, less their hypocrisy be on display for all to see; because that’s what it amounts to.
So, if you want to propose the reimposition of alcohol prohibition, go ahead. Meanwhile the rest of us Conservatives - in the tradition of William F. Buckley Junior and others - will ignore who it is you call a “DU troll”, you “DU Troll”.
I have know AIDS patients and the dying who did not do any gardening at all, being sick, dying of cancer and stuff, sometimes make it easier to just whip out the check book for your medicine.
So the majority of dispensary customers are seriously sick or dying? Good to know - I'll cite you as a reference the next time an anti-MM FReeper claims you can get MM if you have a hangnail.
Fiscal conservative, socially more libertarian.
Get it right.
Yaaaawn, now it’s all insults. The facts have been presented, they show you’re wrong, your complete unwillingness to try to present any facts of your own show you know you can’t and therefore are wrong, whether or not you can actually admit it changes nothing.
I don’t care about wild pot, never did, not even in the 60s, you are right about it being useless.
The only time I mentioned wild pot plants was to mention having trouble with having to get rid of ‘volunteer pot plants’ that I used to be troubled with and would have to pull up.
California does produce some good pot.
I used the word gardening.
There was no insult in that post.
If you think that it is too difficult for you to grow usable pot, then I accept that, I don’t want to waste this much time on convincing people that they can do what me and countless thousands have done, and that many do in our forests, and parks, and in their homes and closets.
That's kinda funny. I saw you posted this and I was gonna post
"Police State Republicrats (thats you) that really just want their own version of gigantic opressive govt to show up in 5, 4, 3..."
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