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- inactive, on 05/10/2009, -4/+109Legalize it.
- drmobutu, on 05/10/2009, -4/+75This is a good article, and explains several of the reasons why I believe, that when the dust finally settles, marijuana will be decriminalized, although not legalized, and available legally, for medical use, in most states...
- rock774, on 05/10/2009, -3/+72The GOV. is the biggest public nuisance !
- plato1123, on 05/10/2009, -2/+69Of course, California has full legalization pending in the legislature and Oregon will have an initiative on the 2010 ballot to sell pot in liquor stores. Do surrounding states set up border checkpoints? Obama knows what he is doing. He recently said he would be looking for a supreme court jurist who put emphasis on the right to privacy. Although he tied that to the gay marriage issue, it's also music to a marijuana advocate's ears.
- rotundo, on 05/10/2009, -4/+64You're right, but he is a hypocrite along with the rest of his staff. Does Obama and his team think he would have been better off had law enforcement had worked and he was arrested and thrown in jail for his marijuana use? If not, then why does he think it's better to have that rule for other people?
It baffles me still how both my parents smoked pot in the 60s and don't think it should be legal. I want everyone who holds that position to turn themselves in for voluntary incarceration. If that's what you think should happen to pot users, then put your ass where your mouth is. - skews13, on 05/10/2009, -2/+52The cannabis issue gripes my ass everytime it is brought up. It's about the government undoing a past wrong, and repealing what is clearly a jim crow law of the 1930's, clearly aimed at the minority community. It is not a question, nor ever has been a question of whether or not it should be legalized. It should have never been criminalized in the first place. The government just loves the fact that people argue the issue based upon drug use, or public safety, because it keeps the light of racial discrimination through the justice system away from them. Everyone that understands the history of cannabis criminalization should argue the fact that it is a bigoted law, based upon bigoted ideals, for bigoted reasons, and keep the arguement there. That is the only justification that has to be presented for the undoing of a past wrong. Not whether or not it is right to undo those laws based upon pragmatism. Though undoing that past wrong is clearly the pragmatic thing to do. Everyone who has a true interest in this should write the president, as well as their congressman, and ask them why they still support jim crow laws in this day, and age. Cannabis laws are immoral, racist, and bigoted, overturning them is the right thing to do, and it should be done in such a way as to bring shame on a government that brought them about in the first place.
- charlie6969, on 05/10/2009, -4/+35I think the requirements will be pretty liberal too.
Tax. Regulate. Control. Make money?
Cool! The American way.
They can treat it like alcohol.
Only for people 21 years old and older.
Have to show ID to get it; just like alcohol.
Must prove they were not impaired if involved in an accident.(studies show marijuana is a much safer drug than alcohol, to be under the influence of, while driving. Pot users show extra caution and safer driving habits.)
Sell it in Liquor stores. 7 days a week, too.
Because this is a Free Nation and not every tax-paying, law-abiding citizen in this country is Christian and we can't try to legislate morality or piety. It just doesn't work!
Besides, some of this country's most accomplished people have been Atheists, Deists or Theists. Our diverse ideas help make this country great!(Look it up. :)p - inactive, on 05/10/2009, -3/+32Do people realize that they sound like retards when they say 'NObama' or 'Obomber'?
- inactive, on 05/10/2009, -7/+32What is this guy talking about?.
Obama can't "abandon" them, he never agreed with them to begin with.... - bobburn1, on 05/10/2009, -4/+29Liquidise, do you not know that prohibition has ruined more lives than pot ever could on its own..right? Come the ***** on. Marijuana is not heroin, it's not cocaine, it's not meth. People do not lie, cheat, steal, and murder for weed. Don't act like they do.
- DifferentAngle, on 05/10/2009, -0/+23The article is pro Obama, didnt you read it?
- Pandalume, on 05/10/2009, -1/+24It's a plant. You can grow it.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 05/10/2009, -1/+23Anyone else hear banjos?
- shrudheuie, on 05/10/2009, -2/+24The author constantly points out that Obama changed policy to prevent federal agents from messing with legal dispensaries and patients. He also constantly fails to mention that it was lip service because they are still raiding the dispensaries!
- DOUBLEZER00, on 05/10/2009, -1/+23Let me get this straight, you want to make it so we can have it but we can't buy it, we can't grow it, we can't sell it and we can't smoke it?
Decrim is a joke. - bobburn1, on 05/10/2009, -0/+2010th Amendment. Federal law is only supreme within its jurisdiction. Sadly, the big government statists would have you believe that everything is within Federal jurisdiction because of some tortured "commerce" logic (some how, no matter what, your actions affect commerce so whatever it is you're doing is covered. Grow your own tomatoes? Interstate trade. Pickle your vegetables? Interstate trade. Mow your own lawn? Interstate trade..somehow).
- vsujohn2, on 05/10/2009, -5/+25Joe Biden is a public nuisance
- ViscidGobs, on 05/10/2009, -1/+20I wouldn't expect Obama to deal with this political hot potato until he wins a second term. Canada's federal government has been wishy-washy on the whole decriminalizaton issue. If the US, Canada, Mexican economies don't start recovering or if oil and gas revenues start to drop off there will be added pressure to legalize to get the tax revenue. This is why, in Canada anyway, they've allowed casino's and gay marriage. It isn't some grand liberal idea that so many conservatives would have you believe but a method to increase tax revenue. Don't decriminalize pot, legalize it. Do it for economic reasons. The tax revenue coupled with the reduced expenses of court costs, border security, military, prison costs would be a huge savings. This revenue could be used to offset health and addiction treatment costs.
- cnot3, on 05/10/2009, -0/+19No one would kill, murder, or steal for weed or on weed unless they already had a propensity to commit crimes without the drug. The worst that a normal, upstanding citizen can get into while on pot is eating an entire family-size bag of Doritos.
- lukedamonkey, on 05/10/2009, -0/+19That's a lie, bobburn, People DO kill for large amounts of weed(=large ammounts of money, due to prohibition), my friend died last year from a gunshot when a drug deal went bad, they took his weed, his car, and his life. Prohibition kills guys.
- PorcusWallabee, on 05/10/2009, -3/+21Are you kidding me? The supreme court won't rule in favor of pot decriminalization any time soon. Unless there's huge public pressure, the court will side with the uber rich drug lords and corrupt federal employees. The criminals are working on both sides of this "War on Drugs".
Although it is good to see that America is seemingly closer to decriminalization than ever. Canada on the other hand has Bill C-15 making it's way through the Senate and Congress; a bill that would try to mimic America's stance on dealing with drug offenders.
SAY NO TO BILL C-15! - Gryffydd, on 05/10/2009, -0/+18Your != You're
- inactive, on 05/10/2009, -8/+25It's never gonna happen guys... Too many people would lose too much money.
If I had a 'reliable' source of weed, I don't think that I'd drink alcohol anymore, I would probably quit smoking tobacco (cant stomach it when I'm stoned for some reason) and I would spend a lot less cash going out at nights (2 spliffs are cheaper than 12 pints). - BlacklabelSAR, on 05/10/2009, -2/+18Pot is bad!
This message brought to you by the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Industries. Would we lie? - rotundo, on 05/10/2009, -1/+17I'll be you $100 it's decriminalized in 1/3 of the US by 2020.
- kconnors, on 05/10/2009, -2/+18Alcohol and tobacco have been proven to be lethal and addictive. If they continue to keep marijuana illegal, then they should also make tobacco and alcohol illegal on the same grounds. Actually they are more harmful than marijuana. maybe they should be made illegal right now.
I am continually shocked that such an unjust law remains to be legal and enforced. - TwilightMadness, on 05/10/2009, -1/+16An interesting article and an interesting take on whats happening. Time will tell though, here hoping for change :)
- pegothejerk, on 05/10/2009, -0/+13i would't be shockedto see him come out in support if he wins a second term.
- Spacejack, on 05/10/2009, -1/+14I guess it's good that some appeasement has been made which might actually mollify the people who want to control other people's personal lives in the first place...
Pardon me if I do see it as a bit half-assed. I kind of think that mollifying people who want to control your personal life isn't really a win. Appeasing the unethical might make me less nervous about them but people ought to be genuinely ashamed that such laws exist in the first place. - inactive, on 05/10/2009, -3/+15why bury him, obama said that.
- treytravis, on 05/10/2009, -0/+12i would think 18 years would be a more reasonable age
- EyeLoveEwe, on 05/11/2009, -0/+11I don't understand why you are being dug down. "Decriminalization" is a political copout that doesn't fully address the problem. However, it seems like it has to be a necessary step in the right direction simply so that politicians and the public feel that they are maintains some modicum of control.
- inactive, on 05/10/2009, -5/+15Yeah...he doesn't support gay marriage either...
- Gibletoid, on 05/10/2009, -1/+11<passes to the left...>
- deathandtaverns, on 05/10/2009, -2/+12Caffeine on the other hand is arguably worse for you than THC but makes us more productive which is why we feed it to our children. Caffeine truly is a capitalist drug.
- burketo, on 05/10/2009, -0/+10"Hard liquor can't be manufactured at all outside a business"
Oh believe me, it is still done. - EyeLoveEwe, on 05/11/2009, -0/+9"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others."
-Harry Anslinger 1937 - GirlsCallMeMatt, on 05/10/2009, -1/+10Oh ho ho ho, we are blaming you because you also most likely voted for George W. Bush, you crazy NObama-ner you heh heh heh
- bobburn1, on 05/10/2009, -0/+9But is it interstate commerce? How likely is it that I would pay someone to mow my lawn from another state? How about paint my fence? Fix a bird feeder? Walk (I could call a taxi, so I guess that's commerce too).
Their logic makes every single thing you do an act of commerce. Typing? You could hire a secretary, better pay your taxes for the commerce you took part in while you searched google for lolcats. - Whitehat51, on 05/11/2009, -0/+9I think that when some people say 'decriminalization' they don't realize it's different from legalization. Plus, when you say that first sentence, some people are immediately inclined to bury you, as I was, until I read the rest of your post.
- bobburn1, on 05/10/2009, -2/+11The government wouldn't do *****. Does the government sell/produce alcohol for mass consumption? Why would pot be different? I agree that it will be cheaper though, because companies will mass produce it. Even with a tax, it'll be cheaper.
- TritonX, on 05/10/2009, -2/+11Anyway, is anyone not smoking pot because it's illegal?
- scamper22, on 05/10/2009, -11/+19Rahm Emanuel will never allow it. The man think you are there to serve the state. He cares nothing about individualism. Has anyone listened to this guy? Marijuana is certainly not productive for his populace working hard towards the goals of the state.
- sonicjamesdean, on 05/10/2009, -3/+11This a blatant lie. Obama has done nothing to decriminalize marijuana. Just ask California MM growers. They're still getting raided every other day. Until Obama does something useful (don't hold yr breath) like completely eliminating the DEA, & ATF there are still going to be Federal laws that say "we have the right to bust you for a non-violent drug offense."
An example...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124182345901402341 ... - Hrodrik, on 05/10/2009, -3/+11Great article. Dugg.
Patience my young padawans. - Gguillorn, on 05/10/2009, -0/+8At no point did I smile, so ***** your facts.
- DrKickflip13, on 05/10/2009, -1/+9Alcohol Effects / Duration
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/alcohol/alcohol_ef ...
Cannabis Effects / Duration
http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_eff ...
Now how exactly is it companies don't drug test alcoholics who come in hungover and suck at work but yet one little smoke a few weeks ago and all of a sudden you're rendered incapable of performing even the most mundane of tasks? Unacceptable.
I don't smoke but after reading all the facts I made an educated decision based on the truth, not prejudices or assumptions. I'm all for lower taxes and a less stressed society with less drug violence, but hey that would be the smart thing to do, not the profitable thing to do for the alcohol / tobacco industry and we all know that is our top priority. - CaptainCool53, on 05/10/2009, -0/+8In New Jersey a lot of highway speed limits are 65 mph. Just across the border, Pennsylvania highways are usually only 55 mph. They post signs on the highway notifying drivers of the change and ticket the speeders. It's each citizen's responsibility to know the laws of every state they enter and obey them. No border control is necessary. Arizona can just continue implementing its current drug policy.
- texanatthedoor, on 05/10/2009, -0/+7But think of the boost to the snack, music, video game and movie industries.....
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