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End the War on Drugs [Ron Paul]
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., 14th District ^
| 2009-03-30
Posted on 03/30/2009 6:49:14 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: bamahead; djsherin; BGHater
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:49:29 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
News flash for Ronbots: Ending the “drug war” isn’t going to end the violence.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:52:13 PM PDT
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
To: rabscuttle385
I fought drugs and drugs won.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:52:49 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: rabscuttle385; djsherin; bamahead; murphE; Extremely Extreme Extremist; Captain Kirk; Gondring; ...
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:54:21 PM PDT
by
djsherin
(Government is essentially the negation of liberty.)
To: rabscuttle385
Luv ya, Ron, but you are dead wrong here, if you think legalizing drugs will make all of our crime problems go away. I’d love to ask Ron where the meth should come from to be sold in the “coffee-house dispensaries”.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:55:26 PM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:58:00 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: rabscuttle385
This one is simple. A hundred and fifty years ago in America there were no drug laws and there were no meaningful drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:58:04 PM PDT
by
wendy1946
To: rabscuttle385
He’s a wack job. Every day its something new.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:58:10 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: rabscuttle385
Agreed that neoprohibitionism should be abandoned.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:58:57 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: GLDNGUN
I’d love to ask Ron where the meth should come from to be sold in the “coffee-house dispensaries”. Great question. Obviously, Paul hasn't been around people who have ruined or are ruining their lives with that stuff.
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posted on
03/30/2009 6:59:37 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Say goodbye to "BIG business" and hello to BIG, BIG government!)
To: wendy1946
This one is simple. A hundred and fifty years ago in America there were no drug laws and there were no meaningful drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.No kidding. When was the last time the mob trafficked illegal booze and smokes?
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:00:44 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: rabscuttle385
Decriminalize but don’t legalize.
Legalization will lead to a whole rainbow of new laws and taxes that none of us need.
With Decriminalization we can use existing laws and impose rational penalties and fines. Kinda like alcohol.
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:03:18 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: rabscuttle385; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; ..
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:05:17 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: OCCASparky
None of us believe that ending the Drug War will end violence altogether. It will, however, minimize the violence that now exists & GREATLY enhance freedom.
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:07:41 PM PDT
by
ChrisInAR
(The Tenth Amendment is still the Supreme Law of the Land, folks -- start enforcing it for a CHANGE!)
To: GLDNGUN
Of course it won’t make our crime problems go away. None of us ever said that it would.
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:09:40 PM PDT
by
ChrisInAR
(The Tenth Amendment is still the Supreme Law of the Land, folks -- start enforcing it for a CHANGE!)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:10:34 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: cripplecreek
“With Decriminalization we can use existing laws and impose rational penalties and fines. Kinda like alcohol.”
no, not kinda like alcohol. pretty much nothing like alcohol. alcohol is legal for all adults over the age of 21. decriminilization means that it’s still illegal and still has to be smuggled into the country which does nothing to address the problems of violence in our cities, at our border, and around the world.
by making the purchase of these substances legal on the open market, we take away the monopoly that the cartels and drug gangs have.
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:14:15 PM PDT
by
Nipplemancer
(Abolish the DEA !)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:16:28 PM PDT
by
Danae
(Amerikan Unity My Ass)
To: Nipplemancer
by making the purchase of these substances legal on the open market, we take away the monopoly that the cartels and drug gangs have.
OK fine, no concessions at all, screw you idiots.
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posted on
03/30/2009 7:16:51 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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