Pro-Marijuana Group Mounts New Offensive Against US Drug Policy

CNSNews | 1/03/02 | Jim Burns

[Wolfie]

I hear Canada will start legalizing mj so maybe the pot heads can move north, way north.

The State in which I live decriminalized possession back in the 70's. Anything under a certain amount (more than 3 times what the Canadians are proposing for their decrim) results in a $100 citation. As long as I'm not stupid enough to grow it or sell it, its bascially a traffic ticket. To quote Walter Williams, "Smugglers are my heroes". I'll be staying put.

[be-baw]

I'd rather live next to a pothead than a drunk any day. I'm amazed that so many so readily accept the use/abuse of alcohol and tobacco, but go ballistic when the subject turns to toking. The facts are there: of the three, cannabis is, by far, the least harmful.

[caisson71]

So you say. A drunk is just as bad as a pothead.

[caisson71]

Good.

[caisson71]

Now, three grandchildren! Before that, four children.

[nicollo]

I've got a solution for all parties.

States ought subject illicit drugs to retail sales taxes, while maintaining their illegality. That way purveyors can get permits and the DOJ can selectively bust them, as usual.

They might as well. The drugs won't go away, but neither will the budget deficits. Nor will the entrenched legal system that supposedly fights it. We can give I.D.'s and health benefits to runners. We'll deduct payroll taxes that if they collect they'll get busted. Everybody's happy.

Sure the income tax covers drug profits, but generally, not specifically. Since when did government not tax something just because it's illegal?

[Mike4Freedom]

I hope the Feds make it emphatically clear that marijuana use will never be legalized in the US.

The Federal government has no authority to regulate drugs. This is due to the Tenth Amendment. You know, the one that conservatives point to when they want the government out of some economic issue. It applies to social issues as well. The entire Federal War on Drugs is criminal activity.

Since the Federal judges do not automatically throw out all drug charges as unconstitutional, it is up to juries to refuse to convict drug defendants. They are not doing their duty as jurors otherwise.

[Mike4Freedom]

So you say. A drunk is just as bad as a pothead.

Drunks are much worse that pot users and they are doing much more damage to their health. When Pot becomes fully legal, I suspect that doctors will advise their beer/liquor using patients to switch to Marijuana for health benefits. No calories, no liver effect, no possibility of overdose, just a pleasant high.

You can get a lethal dose of alcohol for about $20 and consume it in one sitting. There is no way to do that with MJ.

[headsonpikes]

To all you say:

Hypocrisy is the mortar which fills in the chinks of the establishment's fortress of lies.

Hypocrisy is necessary as an emotional tool to bind folks to the established order. Once one invests in a lie sufficiently, one will cling to that lie against all evidence.

Look at any garden-variety leftist-- they are all self-blinded.

It's a shame that so many who claim to be loyal to America and its Constitution have been reduced to being mere parroters of the Gubmint's Party line. The techniques used by Governments to 'manage' the population work because we live in Socialist times, but this political delusion won't last forever.

The great thing about such hypocrisy is that it helps to alienate youth from the state's institutions. Most teenagers know that their parents, teachers, and other socially-approved authorities are full of self-satisfied smugness at having successfully maintained a public facade of decency despite grievous flaws of character.

You will find that arguing with those who merely want to be on the side of power is a fruitless task, but you may educate some lurkers and amuse the rest of us. ;^)

Cheers.

[Hacksaw]

When Pot becomes fully legal, I suspect that doctors will advise their beer/liquor using patients to switch to Marijuana for health benefits.

Bump for archive

[thepitts]

Now, three grandchildren! Before that, four children.

Ah yes, do it for the children. Classic liberal reasoning.

[dcwusmc]

Dittoes

[MrLeRoy]

When Pot becomes fully legal, I suspect that doctors will advise their beer/liquor using patients to switch to Marijuana for health benefits.

Wouldn't surprise me; I'd expect many more to make the switch on their own, since nobody enjoys vomiting or hangovers.

[philman_36]

My, a lot of that info sure sounds familiar.
I love Lurkers...

[Gianni]

The states cannot live without Federal money = it's also a Federal issue

Where does that money come from? While your argument is unique, it is probably so because it is indefensible(sp?). On the other hand, it does make too clear that the War for Southern Independence really WAS about slavery (to the state).

[Gianni]

Amen to your comments about the Libs. I would personally consider myself a pretty hard-core libertarian, but am still registered Republican because every time an (L) candidate gets in front of a microphone, they start their speech with something like, "My first act would be to sell the Grand Canyon and pay off the national debt."