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- Banda7, on 07/01/2009, -4/+46LEGALIZE IT
- Shaggy3, on 07/02/2009, -2/+35But its fine, legally, for someone to be an alcoholic. Until they kill someone.
Has marijuana ever caused Will Foster to come close to killing someone? - TheJimid, on 07/01/2009, -4/+36If you just look at the logic around harassing sick people using the medicine that works best for them, there is really no possible argument to justify it.
- daEvan, on 07/02/2009, -2/+21The ever-amazing idiocy of our laws is too outrageous to ignore. How can any police officer, politician, judge, lawyer, or any other involved in the persecution of medical users live with themselves knowing they are responsible for ruining their lives? And for what? So now they can't smoke a plant that is perfectly harmless in every way?
It's so unsettling to hear about this stuff. When will (the rest of) America get its ***** together and legalize it. We already have the tests to prove its legitimacy. - alapoet, on 07/02/2009, -2/+20No, we aren't doing that.
Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states now. Oklahoma, where this man was arrested, wasn't then and still isn't one of those states.
However, the fact that marijuana is still illegal for patients in 36 states doesn't make those patients magically not need it anymore. It just means the law hasn't caught up with reality yet. - twiztidsinz, on 07/02/2009, -1/+19Actually it IS an argument for marijuana.
We've determined alcohol is bad, and even prohibited it... til we realized that prohibition didn't work and created a black-market for alcohol.
How soon we forget the past. - americanoboy, on 07/02/2009, -3/+18what a backwards legal system
- emazur, on 07/02/2009, -1/+14If you want this to stop, we need to stop electing anti-civil libertarian politicians, and start voting for the good guys. Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico from 1995 - 2003, is one such good guy and in an interview last week called for an end to the war against marijuana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDLOBcegd4g
Gary Johnson 2012? Sounds good to me (and I personally stay away from drugs) - GrammerPants, on 07/02/2009, -2/+15There should be no issue with someone abusing any substance until they hurt someone while doing it.
- Tddupre, on 07/02/2009, -1/+12Yes, but a 93 year sentence for growing a ***** plant that shouldn't even be illegal is ridiculous.
- realeskimopimp, on 07/02/2009, -3/+14I like how liver killing drugs are legal for medicinal use but ohhh nooo not evil marijuana. That's bad for you.
- charlie6969, on 07/02/2009, -2/+12No, but a step in the right direction.
- Absyrd2, on 07/02/2009, -2/+11The story of this man ***** pisses me off. Any story of people being sentenced to prison for years for GROWING A ***** PLANT PISSES ME OFF TO NO ***** END. I wish all government officials which oppose decriminalizing marijuana slowly die of cancer. Just imagine what this guy was thinking in prison for all those years just for growing a ***** harmless plant. I honestly am speechless. I really hate this ***** government, so, so much.
- bugwayji, on 07/02/2009, -1/+9 I think maybe NeuteredWolf would be a better handle for you.
- thesonofdarwin, on 07/02/2009, -0/+8To me, this particular case is irrelevant to the crime. What stands out to me is that he completed his parole satisfactorily and then after he starts to get his life back on track is demanded to return? I'm certain there has to be rules about not being repunished after completing a sentence and parole. What's stopping anyone who has ever committed a crime from being called upon, at the whim of enraged agenda pushers, to return and be punished further.
- Entroper, on 07/02/2009, -2/+9Yeah, those lazy potheads with their arthritis and their Fibromyalgia and their Crohn's Disease and their Alzheimer's Disease and their Parkinson's Disease and their Multiple Sclerosis and their CANCER, just to name a few. What a bunch of whiny hippies!
- alapoet, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6Actually, it does.
The legal idea is called "medical necessity," and it's worked in quite a few cases, even in places like Texas. - Nidy1, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6"Legal conformists"?
Really?
There's something to be said about changing a law instead of breaking it. Just because you feel it's right doesn't give you a right to do it nor does it give you impunity if you get caught. - Eezyville, on 07/02/2009, -8/+14Mr. Foster seems like a very dangerous man. He harasses the community, kills innocent people, poisons our water supply, and rapes women. I think its important to keep him looked up for an extremely unreasonable prison term to protect our precious children from the vile and evil man that is Mr. Foster. ANY MAN WHO IS WILLING TO GROW A PLANT IN THEIR BACK YARDS THAT COULD BE USED AS A DRUG IS THE LOWEST FORM OF SCUM!! They are demons and our legal system must protect us.
/s - emazur, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6I believe there were some states who refused to enforce alcohol prohibition, which caused a domino effect that brought about legalization. The states can say '***** you' to the Federal govt. and even though people would be breaking the law, it would lead to real change. Non-violent resistance FTW
- Xplorer, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6Don't feed the Trolls kids....
- MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6John Stossel is a common sense kind of guy.
Here's a 20/20 special he did about healthcare called "Sick in America":
http://www.guba.com/watch/3000089057?duration_step ...
And one about our educational system:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw
They're both about 40 minutes, and very informative. - LoganT, on 07/02/2009, -1/+6Meth is completely different from Marijuana. For one, Marijuana is a plant and Meth is made from over the counter products you can find at your local pharmacy. I think you may have seen way too many "truth" and "above the influence" ads.
- dman24752, on 07/02/2009, -2/+7Two things:
1) John Stossel supports legalization???
2) John Stossel is alive??????????????????????? - hexr, on 07/02/2009, -0/+5Jesus ***** christ, legalize that ***** already putos! I live in Mexico so 5g are legal. But still, I dont know what the ***** they're waiting for...
- venom8599, on 07/02/2009, -2/+7This is a disgusting case of injustice. I don't care what his crime was, it is not a state's place to try to punish someone twice for the same crime, and especially not a state's place to harass someone with baseless warrants. Hopefully his writ of habeas corpus is granted, and perhaps he can get an injunction or restraining order against the state of Oklahoma so they can't pull this crap again.
- DesertTripper, on 07/02/2009, -0/+5My suggestions to Obama (or whoever):
1. Legalize it. Not just "IT," but all drugs. Maybe make the hard drugs a little harder to get, but at least legalization would put the dealers and cartels out of business, just as the repeal of Prohibition did with alcohol. When was the last time you heard "liquor cartel" ? It should be the choice of the people, NOT the government, which drugs one chooses to use (or not.) A relatively benign herb should not be illegal (and people not have to go to jail for it) while substances which are PROVEN to kill hundreds of thousands each year are freely available.
2. Treat addiction as a health, not law, issue. People who want hard drugs will get them whether or not they are legal, and free, non-punitive help should be available for the addicted. Many addicts would rather stay on the stuff than seek help, which, instead of helping them, enters them into a horrible bureaucracy (which may include jail) that makes recovery miserable.
3. Tax drugs appropriately and use some of the proceeds to help addicts, as well as fund "harm reduction" programs, which provide frank and honest information about the effects and possible bad effects of drugs one may be interested in, allowing people to make their own decisions about which drugs to use (if they choose to use any at all.)
4. Abolish the ONDCP, DEA, and NIDA, or at least require them to tell the truth instead of advancing lies and exaggerations about drugs. The DEA should, at the most, regulate doctors and the drugs they prescribe, not act as thugs that break into innocent people's private property and help themselves to any drugs, cash or other assets they may come across. - TrancePhreak, on 07/02/2009, -0/+460-60%....... been smokin have we?
- CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -1/+5In before akchrs comment.
- MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3The police were just doing their job in the 50s too, I'm sure.
- weaksnyc, on 08/14/2009, -0/+3wow, everyone who thinks marijuana should be legalized is a pothead now? I see you're from Utah, how's your third 13 year old wife treating you?
Generalizations are fun! - Absyrd2, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3I'm speechless in how to describe my anger...
- McLieberman, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3Oh but Americans don't understand the whole scheme of things. You must Justify the Billions and Billions of Taxpayer dollars to fund DEA, FBI, ATF, US Marshalls, et al. Don't forget the Prison Industrial Complex, the Ultra Jingoisms of Politicians, especially the ones generations older than the average American and so Old they have one foot in the grave. They Don't Care!
It doesn't matter what party, left/right... the puppets are controlled by wealth and elitist. Have you seen anyone from AIG, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merill Lynch, Lehman, FEDERAL RESERVE go to jail? Anyone om Capital Hill with their insider trading and Bailouts? Nope.
Where we stop this is at the JURY BOX. Standup to the Charade and Facades of government empire and lies. Legalize Pot Now!
Truth is Treason in an Empire of Lies... The JURIES across America (We The People) can stop the corrupt Federal Government! - yournightmare, on 07/02/2009, -2/+5TheBadWolf, meth is available by prescription you idiot. You pretty much shot yourself in the foot with that stupid statement.
- MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3"Doesn't change the fact that it's still illegal. I agree that it should be legalized too, but that doesn't give him a right to do it."
Nidy1, It's called civil disobedience, and he has every right to do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr., didn't wait for the legal route. - MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Plenty of people abuse cars, but that doesn't mean driving one is inherently dangerous.
- TheMidnighter, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Backwards, bull *****, whatever you want to call it =)
- IPrintAll, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2No pot ever, in twenty years, has gotten me as high as two Percocets and a few of beers.
WOW! That's a buzz I don't wish to repeat again. Drooling idiot would be the words to best describe myself after that.
(And yes, the Percocets were prescribed to me and I took the recommended amount, as for the beers, well sometimes I display an incredible lack of discipline) - linkesslover, on 07/02/2009, -2/+4That's not the same logical route he took. His statement mocked the idea that legality is the same as morality. That doesn't mean that the only moral actions are illegal actions.
Get a clue. - noangelcame, on 07/02/2009, -1/+3@Nidy1
An unjust law is no law at all. Every law should have to justify it's existence. Without that justification, the government can pass laws where the only real reason they exist is 'because we say so.'
The real progress towards more liberty and freedom for the individual has always come down to disobeying unjust laws. Without that disobedience, there will be no change, no progress. All the great civil rights leaders were breaking the law when they decided to challenge the government over segregation. Would you suggest that they not do what they did,. that they all sit in the back of the bus and patiently wait for these unjust laws to be overturned?
It's now well known and accepted that the prohibition of Marijuana is an unjust law,. and it is every Patriot's right to treat it as such. - Nidy1, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2You fight in the streets when the fight in the courtroom fails. We've seen numerous states pass laws legalizing cannabis recently, paving the road for more. The legal route is working.
- inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2CHANGE!
- MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Long as he doesn't want to replace the war on drugs with a war on porn, right on.
- smj887, on 07/02/2009, -1/+3You typed a nice paragraph there for being speechless. Just saying...
- MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2You were surprised about either of those?
- linkesslover, on 07/02/2009, -1/+2The Al Copones of the world brought down legalization when people realized how destructive of a policy it was.
Similarly, marijuana prohibition funnels money into street gangs and according to ONDCP says that 60-60% of mexican drug cartels money comes from marjjuana trafficking. - MooseOfReason, on 07/02/2009, -1/+2Don't shout at me, bro! Shout at your state legislature!
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