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Pat Robertson Backs Legalizing Marijuana
Clem Britt/AP ^ | Jesse McKinley

Posted on 03/08/2012 8:30:25 AM PST by AnTiw1

Of the many roles Pat Robertson has assumed over his five-decade-long career as an evangelical leader - including presidential candidate and provocative voice of the right wing - his newest guise may perhaps surprise his followers the most: marijuana legalization advocate.

"I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol," Mr. Robertson said in an interview on Wednesday. "I've never used marijuana and I don't intend to, but it's just one of those things that I think: this war on drugs just hasn't succeeded."

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TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
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To: AnTiw1

Very nice retort there retread new-wad.

I never would have thought to come back with such a gay reply, but then I don’t play your way.


241 posted on 03/08/2012 5:08:13 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"Very nice retort there retread new-wad. I never would have thought to come back with such a gay reply, but then I don’t play your way."

what can i say? i'm so profoundly masculine in everything i say and do, and you seem to be so utterly unlike me, what could i visualize but a pencil necked old man wearing a dress?

242 posted on 03/08/2012 5:19:07 PM PST by AnTiw1 ("Where Liberty is, there is my Country." B. Franklin)
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To: dragnet2

I have no idea. I saw a couple of firefighters in the office waiting to go back to do their test, so people ar getting tested randomly. But I know it does happen. Most companies I have worked at, people are drug tested after accidents.


243 posted on 03/08/2012 6:25:57 PM PST by christx30
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To: AnTiw1

If we legalize marijuana, isn’t that like saying that the hippies were right and we were wrong? I can’t live with that.


246 posted on 03/08/2012 8:00:33 PM PST by Tau Food
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To: A CA Guy
I’ve seen the devastation of alcohol in people’s lives - do you support banning that drug?

If they do criminal acts

That's not the question. You offer devastation of lives as a reason to BAN pot - NOT just punish criminal acts by pot users - so the question is whether you support the SAME policy of BANNING alcohol due to its devastation of lives ... or if you're a hypocrite.

247 posted on 03/08/2012 8:32:56 PM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: alexander_busek

I found this site that you can look at if you want to. It lists all companies that do drug screens.

http://www.testclear.com/dtcompanies/searchcompany.aspx

You can search by company name, or state, or just view the whole list if you want to.
Looks like an extensive list.


248 posted on 03/08/2012 9:48:03 PM PST by christx30
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To: jmc813

And the third one can be answered simply: They make the laws. It’s also why they and their staff are exempt from jury duty.


249 posted on 03/08/2012 10:10:44 PM PST by christx30
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To: ejonesie22
So why should anyone be aghast at pot being sold at a WalMart that sells hard liquor?
250 posted on 03/09/2012 8:20:24 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: jmc813

Ah...

So being partially illegal (age restriction) is better than totally illegal from that stand point.

Makes sense...


251 posted on 03/09/2012 8:22:35 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: Tau Food
If we legalize marijuana, isn’t that like saying that the hippies were right and we were wrong? I can’t live with that.

The hippies breathed air - so are you planning to stop? The alternative to legalization is to continue pouring billions of taxpayer dollars every year down the War On Marijuana rat-hole. I can’t live with that.

252 posted on 03/09/2012 8:25:25 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

You really are asking that aren’t you...


253 posted on 03/09/2012 8:26:31 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: ejonesie22
Those kids would be burnouts whether it was legalized or not.

So being partially illegal (age restriction) is better than totally illegal from that stand point.

Since kids report that they can now get marijuana more easily than cigarettes or beer, it follows that the best way to restict their access to drugs is to make them legal for adults only (thus giving those who sell to adults a disincentive to sell to kids - namely, the loss of their legal adult market).

254 posted on 03/09/2012 8:28:53 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: Raider Sam
Fallacy?

Seems pretty straight forward.

You either are for or against pot, fr or against legalization.

did I miss something?

Like for pot in a bong but not in a joint, against pot but for hemp? For pot with a twist of lime?

255 posted on 03/09/2012 8:31:05 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: ejonesie22
So why should anyone be aghast at pot being sold at a WalMart that sells hard liquor?

You really are asking that aren’t you...

Yup. Hard liquor is worse news than pot - start with the fact that you can fatally overdose only on the former.

256 posted on 03/09/2012 8:32:16 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies
Like I said making it partially illegal I'm sure would help.
257 posted on 03/09/2012 8:41:00 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; nickcarraway
If the government legalizes it, taxpayers will be on the hook for the costs, welfare, rehab,

You are already subsidizing “drug enforcement” efforts worldwide, incarceration, etc. - well, if you pay taxes. Either way, we pay.

Good point. Also, why isn't nick banging the drum for a return to Prohibition, since he and other taxpayers are on the hook for the costs, welfare, and rehab associated with the drug alcohol?

and probably the drug itself.

Nonsense - taxpayers aren't on the hook for anyone's legal alcohol or tobacco.

258 posted on 03/09/2012 8:41:21 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies
Sadly society maybe heading that way. I am too old fashion, I still find the liberalization of society distasteful and agree with those who see pot as a gateway drug far more so than booze. Sticking it on a shelf is not the same as liquor.

But then we used to worry about such thing, not glamorize it. Why it seems the support for legalization of a drug has grown chronologically with how far the left has pushed the nation.

259 posted on 03/09/2012 8:49:19 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: AnTiw1
What's screwed up about the whole debate is that all the arguments are in the wrong order.

The first thing we need to get straight is where the legitimate authority lies to decide if it will be legal or not.

THEN we can talk about whether or not it should be legal.

260 posted on 03/09/2012 8:59:02 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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