Posted on 05/17/2015 6:21:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
Reefer Madness is a big joke but I don’t want to say that pot is harmless either.
“co-written with with Robert A White”
I guess fatso can’t pull himself away from the buffet or the slot machines long enough to write his own books anymore.
Reefer Madness seems to be where they get some of their more sophisticated ideas. Potheads can't stop talking about this film.
Is this the same Bill Bennett who said American’s educational system c. 1984 was so poor that it was like having been invaded by an alien power? It has been invaded by an alien power.
I live in eastern Washington and so far I can tell you that legalization has been a big nothingburger.
When they first opened a pot shop near my house I drove by and there was a long line out front. Everybody was 40 plus years old and looked totally normal. It could have been a tea party rally.
Now when I drive by the parking lot is largely empty. I guess the excitement wore off quickly.
Merle and Willie agree:)
“I guess the excitement wore off quickly.”
As it will when it is legalized in other places.
Soon the only excitement left will be among the same broken people who agitate against the freedom of others and insist people act as they wish.
“I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfgZH8kFAKc&feature=related
Correct, because we in Colorado see that it is working just fine.
No drug that I'm aware of is harmless, including alcohol. That doesn't mean anybody deserves to go to prison for merely possessing it.
Potheads are easier to control.
I agree, in fact I think the “war on drugs” is nothing but a way for people either in the government or connected to make a fortune. The people who should be locked up first are those who work in drug enforcement. They have caused too many unneccessary deaths already. The best way to stop drug abuse would be to quit giving people a free income with which to buy it. I think that if we are going to support those who cannot support themselves we should go back to the county poor farm system, no cash, just a place to stay and food and anyone who is able to work at all works. Make it unpleasant enough that only those who have no other choice would be willing to endure living there. There are people around me who go out soliciting to buy groceries for half price on their EBT cards for anyone who will pay them in cash. Obviously they want something else a lot worse than they want food.
The big problem with weed is that for a number of individuals like Robin Williams or Robert Downey Jr., getting high on weed was not enough.
Then they will have to explain why it doesn't make black people less aggressive. Blacks are the most violent-prone segment of the population, and MJ use is very high with black males. If MJ has a calming effect, why didn't it calm the black males killed in the recent high profile incidents?
For instance, it was determined after the autopsy that Michael Brown had a large pct. of MJ in his system. Yet he strongarmed a store clerk before getting himself shot and killed while assaulting a police officer. Why wasn't Michael Brown a meek teddy bear from his MJ use?
Which part of "tends" did you not understand?
Neither was the alcohol they doubtless drank before they encountered weed. Do you think if those drugs were unavailable they wouldn't have sought out other drugs?
Ah, Bill Bennett. Shouldn’t he be at a blackjack table or roulette wheel somewhere?
The more “mainstream” dope gets the more I think it’s a good idea to crack down on it’s use.
I can confirm the same story in western Washington.
I live two blocks from a legal marijuana store, east of Seattle, in an affluent, overwhelmingly white and Asian neighborhood.
The first week or two, lots of news crews and middle aged adults outside the store - today, you barely notice it's there.
One down side, our ultra-Left county council decided we need more diversity in our quiet, crime free neighborhood, so they built a low income-Section 8-homeless apartment building one block away from the marijuana store.
Now, my Safeway store is full of Black gangbangers and obese women with the munchies.
On the bright side, at least some of them are just high on reefer and are not violently amped up on alcohol, crack, or meth.
Because "pot makes you a calmer, better person" is a fairytale that drug pushers like to tell people. Some people even believe it.
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