Local officials snuff legalized marijuana

Google News | December 19, 2002 | Thomas Klett

[Sparta]

Solution to the drug war: If it fails, try and try again. Waste some more taxpayer dollars and erode some more Constitutional rights.

[Sparta]

Ping!!!

[weikel]

But the drug war is a great way to buy votes with taxpayer money. Drug cops are glorified welfare recipients IMHO.

[Sparta]

Yet another benefit of the drug war. I'm sure we can come up with many more benefits of the WOD before the night is over.

[weikel]

Eh every "benefit" has been discussed on FR and probably a thousand other boards and other communications mediums many times. The people are too stupid to end it apparently... democracy sucks.

[RonF]

How is it that cocaine can be legally prescribed, but marijuana can't?

[Sparta]

"democracy sucks"

Bump!!!! America was not meant to be a democracy, it was a Republic at one time.

[Sparta]

I don't know, I'm sending this to three of FR's Drug War "experts" for their insightful commentary on your question.

[dennisw]

So what's your deal? Legal heroin and crack? Meth too?

[Sparta]

"Legal heroin and crack?"

Undecided.

"Meth too?"

No, because the effects of meth make the majority of its users go violent and attack others.

[weikel]

Dennis your logical and realistic foreignpolicywise... why are you a drug warrior?

[BansheeBill]

Meanwhile in Canada, a new therapeutic/medical marijuana delivery service has started where you can order online: (I got this of the BORQUE website the other day):
LINK

[dennisw]

Dennis your logical and realistic foreignpolicywise... why are you a drug warrior?

Any nation that legalizes narcotics becomes a stupid nation and loses it's will to defend itself. What are narcotics? Is this just about legal marijuana? How about you tell me? Do you favor legal heroin, crack, methedrine etc.?

[weikel]

Marijuana makes people stupid who don 't value their intelligence and will never apply themselves anyway( generally of course I know a really smart pothead who it doesn't seem to have any f****** effect on, he gets straight A's in all his computer science classes it doesn't seem to make him any dumber). Harder drugs are just a good filter for the gene pool.

[dennisw]

The logical conclusion of the libertarian argument is to legalize all drugs, not just marijuana. Plus if drug usage goes up after legalization this is of no concern to them. Since it's all about what an individual chooses to ingest.

Libertarianism goes too far in it's exultation of the individual.

[dennisw]

Harder drugs are just a good filter for the gene pool.

And help boost your superiority complex. That's 50% of what libertarianism is all about. An intellectual circle jerk/parlor game designed to elevate the ego of intelligent people.

[Cultural Jihad]

"Meth too?"

No, because the effects of meth make the majority of its users go violent and attack others.

What?! You would deny one mellow meth addict his legal fix merely because 99 other meth addicts might be prone to violence?!

[weikel]

Well my IQ is only 135 way above average but I wish it were higher. When I have more free time I plan to go some kind of intellectual exercise regimen and see if I can get it up to 150. Why do you give a damn about people stupid enough to kill themselves with heroin etc humanity is better off without them.

[Cultural Jihad]

So much for inalienable rights, eh?

"Harder drugs are just a good filter for the gene pool ...
... and decrease the surplus population."

[dennisw]

Why do you give a damn about people stupid enough to kill themselves with heroin etc humanity is better off without them.

As I have said: Libertarianism is just one long soulless, godless, head in the clouds ego trip.