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Someone from CO recently told me “it took Democrats to legalize pot, but it’ll take Republicans to make it into a business”.
whatever.....weed gets boring after a while like everything else “legal”.
The War on Drugs is the very definition of Big Government Statism. There is nothing conservative about it.
I mean, how dare someone be caught with one of God's own plants?
The Prohibitionist Mind, and the logical somersaults it must do to rationalize such idiocy, is a marvel to behold.
Prohibition of Alcohol worked out real well too, as I recall.
Anyone who supports such Tyranny can hardly call themselves a small-government conservative, because of the expansive state apparatus necessary to enforce such contraband law. And, of course, the no-knock warrants, questionable searches, and general disregard for the 4th Amendment are part and parcel of such misguided dogma.
It's no wonder that the GOP has trouble attracting new membership, what with its selective attitude towards Freedom.
An individual's Pursuit of Happiness is not subject to anyone else's whims. As long as nobody's rights are being infringed upon, adults should be left alone, even if that means there are a few weed smokers in our midst.
The Drug War is Tyrannical; threatening people with long prison sentences is no way to "save them from themselves". That's a rationalization used by authoritarians.
Heck, George Washington grew hemp. Today, for growing the same crop (even though it wouldn't get you "high") he'd be looking at a long prison sentence. It is to laugh.
Nanny-state authoritarians on both sides of the spectrum would have free people choose whose version of Tyranny is the most palatable, as if the lesser of two evils should be the only choices.
Parenthetically, Donald Trump has expressed some libertarian leanings with respect to the phony Drug War in the past, although, of course, in an election year, such nuances completely go out the window in an effort to pander to "Law and Order" zealots.
Vote Trump!
Feel the bernout...
You can legal pot in your state but you can be denied employment and lose you job if you test for pot. I don’t think that will change.
FDA ruled today that marijuana has no medical benefits.
Go whole hog and legalize heroin/coke/meth/etc. The populace will be much easier to control.
I think it's less than 5 years now.
a state issue. not a federal issue. Only a federal issue if we’re talking interstate commerce or importation.
Best way to get the libertard votes. Allow nature to be exploited.
Good. The less nanny state we have, the better!
Many idiots think that republicanism is synonymous with conservatism.
Thunder Road II
Imho, it’s not a good idea to legalize marijuana.
Maybe decriminalized.
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Weed is stupid, but there are bigger fish to fry at this time.