[GeronL]

It is one of the many results of society being dumbed down into accepting absolutely everything

[Viennacon]

Depends on whether it becomes just a normal thing like having a beer. If it does, it may hurt productivity. Ironic as China was also once hobbled by substance abuse. If only they had all still been on opium, they might not have bothered to do the Long March.

[cripplecreek]

We could start a rumor that the Chinese intend to outlaw Doritos.

[PGR88]

Scarborough was correct in his simple analysis. Yes, I know many people who have smoked pot, particularly as youth. But any adult I know who is a regular pot-smoker I do find to be unemployable, lazy morons.

[freedom462]

The idea that pot legalization will be a major factor in China’s overtaking of America seems pretty hard to consider that seriously. The fundamental issue is how many of our manufacturing jobs they have, how effectively they are building up their military under everyone’s noses, including those who are trusted to keep track of all the nations’ armies and how much of our debt is owed to them. At the moment, the proof is not really there that legalizing weed will lead to a mass decrease in productivity any more than legalizing alcohol did after prohibition. Committed weed users have often been using it anyway regardless of its legality. Many an American between the ages of 18-30 can asses how easy it is to get the stuff even when it is supposedly illegal.

[dforest]

So many don’t care about crap anymore. Just their big fat guts, their genitals and dope.

[Organic Panic]

Uhh... The Chinese have Obama in president you know? They don’t need a nation of potheads with Obama.

[hinckley buzzard]

...response to the launch of recreational pot sales in Colorado suggests a case of news munchies,

It seems even just writing about marijuana turns people into slack-jawed adolescents.

[right way right]

We will make good slaves.

[eclecticEel]

What does this article have to do with China?

[PowderMonkey]

All I have to go by is my experiences during the latter days of the Carter administration, and it’s permissive attitude towards drugs: “amnesty boxes” for drugs and paraphernalia in barracks. Areas of the ship where officers could not go because “a party” would be in progress. Basement areas of federal office buildings “off limits” to security personnel, for the same reason. Carrier pilots crashing on deck. Subsequent autopsies revealing marijuana and cocaine in their systems. Accident and death rates at work sites across the nation at an all time high due drug use..., but no it won’t be the end of the world or this country as we know it. Yes, there will be a high price paid for the party. And, I suspect we will once again have to learn the hard way why the stuff was made illegal in the first place.

[Orangedog]

Will Pot Legalization Help China Defeat America?

I have a better question: if china nukes that fever swamp on the Potomac during the state of the union show, would the appropriate response be a full retaliatory nuclear strike, or should we just send them a thank you note with a nice fruit basket?

[greene66]

America: land of dope and degeneracy.

No doubt in my mind that this is another step in America’s total cultural rot and decay into oblivion.

Somebody will take advantage of America’s demise. Will it be China? Possibly. Or some other country. Some power will fill the vacuum.

[CtBigPat]

As cannabis is widely legalised, China cashes in on an unprecedented boom.

[Bender2]

Dennis Rodman is not only a great American... but he is 100% correct that North Korea is a much better place than the racist United States!

This photo... of studious North Korean students shows why... they are light years ahead of us in education.

As opposed to... this picture of decadent... Bender lead Colorado college students who find beer, wine, hard liquor, smoking pot and making out a better alternative to studying!

Yes, to keep my sense of decorum... I have cropped the above photo of Bender's evil influence on innocent Colorado college students. The full picture is HERE if you must see it in all its horror!

Face it, you right-wing gun nuts hate it when Dennis Rodman and I... are right--

[madprof98]

People in their teens might as well start smoking dope all day. It’s what most young Americans will be doing for the rest of their lives, at least as long as the government checks keep coming.