War on drugs hits new low

The Austin Chronicle ^ | NOVEMBER 25, 2005 | JORDAN SMITH

[JTN]

I think, thereFORE I am. (Sartre)

Actually, I think that was Rene Descartes.

[philman_36]

Because it doesn't make you nearly as stupid as pot does.
What evidence do you have that smoking marijuana makes a person stupid?
It takes months to get that stuff out of your system.
THC builds up in the fatty tissue of the body so how does residual THC residue in the fatty tissues of the body make one stupid?
(and, please, show it, don't just say it)

[DB]

In California the law was changed.

That's the point.

In truth the tobacco farmers were subsidized by the government for many, many years. Really dumb move...

MJ is not like tobacco. Anyone can grow it in their own backyard. Few would pay much more for something they can easily produce themselves. They already do...

[MamaTexan]

Your homework assignment, MamaTexan, is to go to GOOGLE and type in the word "thalidomide."

A drug that causes birth defects is relevant.... how?

Your homework assignment, Appalling but not Surprising, is to read The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu

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Of the Simplicity of Criminal Laws in different Governments
In republican governments, men are all equal;
equal they are also in despotic governments:
in the former, because they are everything;
in the latter, because they are nothing.
THE SPIRIT OF LAWS Book VI By Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

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Then show us exactly where government gets its authority to tell the People what they can possess or ingest.

[Appalled but Not Surprised]

In California the law was changed.>>>
In Washington the law wasn't changed. Washington trumps California. If you want California to trump Washington... well, *your* homework assignment is to GOOGLE "Gettysburg". Then "Sherman."

[hinckley buzzard]

Thomas Hobbes said that, not some hysterical nitwit on the internet. You should credit those you quote, plagiarist.

Geez. What exactly do you think "to coin a phrase" means? Take a deep breath, junior. The Republic is not in danger just because your representatives think smoking pot is a detriment to the general welfare.

[MamaTexan]

My IQ is about 136-139. Not bad, really.

I am humbled by my paltry 124.

(grin)

[flada]

When you fixed the quote, you should also have fixed the attribution to Descartes.

[hinckley buzzard]

Thomas Hobbes said that, not some hysterical nitwit on the internet. You should credit those you quote, plagiarist.

Geez. What exactly do you think "to coin a phrase" means? Take a deep breath, junior. The Republic is not in danger just because your representatives think smoking pot is a detriment to the general welfare.

[JTN]

Unless they're driving

Marijuana does not seem to impair the ability to drive a car.

[Appalled but Not Surprised]

A drug that causes birth defects is relevant.... how?>>>

If the FDA had done its homework and banned it before it hit America, I daresay the babies' rights would have been better protected.

Government protects people from bad drugs. That's one of its jobs.

[A Jovial Cad]

St-st-stutter much?

...(snicker)...

[philman_36]

I was complimenting my readership in their ability to recognize a quote without attribution.
WOW! A member since 9-3-05 and you have a readership?!

I'm so jealous. /scathing sarcasm

[William Terrell]

Malum in se offense requires a injured party other than oneself. Government can not be mandated to protect us against ourselves, else it goes quickly into tyranny with such precedent.

Cannabis does not kill, only those who are attracted to its artificially high prices cause by illegality. Any person can grow cannabis anywhere by and for themselves.

I think you have bought wholesale inaccurate conditioning offered to you by those whose interests are not in favor of your liberty and economic good. I don't see many facts and much reasoning in your statement. Just reaction.

[Sam Cree]

It's Interstate Commerce. The founding fathers put that in the Constitution so that the government could have nearly unlimited power when needed.

[DB]

That same "Washington" law trumps on abortion too, so your point is?

Some of us Republicans believe that Federal law has overstepped its constitutional bounds.

[THEUPMAN]

And one of those laws is to keep a certain green leafy substance off of the grocery store shelves so that stupid fourteen year olds can't all get stoned all the time. Deal with it.



... The fact that it is illegal is what makes it so available to those 14 year olds.

It's much more difficult to get alcohol
But I have a feeling that is not your main issue. Are you one of those warrior wanna bees?


If any one is making money and damaging lives it is the drug war machine. If we lined up everyone every hurt by "drugs" and everyone ever hurt because drugs are illegal , there would be a clear winner.

But the problem starts when people get a taste of power and control. They become addicted to that very fast. There is no drug as strong, addictive or destructive.

Your right , people are evil, and every time we empower a few people with special privileges and POWER ... we see the abuse grow and grow.

A person smoking pot ... or shooting heroin for that matter , will never be as much of a threat to our freedoms and life as are the anonymous black hooded agents of the state.

[flada]

Unless they're driving, using heavy equipment, or walking on the street and not paying attention to the light change when they try to cross--the cause of deaths of my three classmates.

You're anecdotes prove nothing. Perhaps they are simply evidence that you aren't the only idiot among your classmates. That is to say that the accidents could have happened with or without drug usage--thousands of similar accidents happen daily to perfectly sober individuals.

[mlc9852]

Well, you just need to smoke more pot! LOL

[DB]

You're brutal. ;-)