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- NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -5/+83Well, something like 40 congress members signed the letter, but once again it's nothing binding... so the DEA will likely continue with what they want to do... AKA go on a blind mindless rampage against pot... Until real action is brought against them and forced them to stop... =/
- Obligation, on 10/10/2007, -3/+77It's congress. Couldn't they just, i don't know, make a law allowing it?
- daedalus779, on 10/10/2007, -7/+70good reason to go back to college
- RedPhalanx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50That implies that Congress, ya know, actually does stuff. Since when have they passed a law (except ones giving Bush more powers)?
- Kahnza, on 10/10/2007, -3/+50Once again, you need to stop being a retard.
Addiction to marijuana? I LAFF good sir. - vault, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48What is going on in the mind of anyone who would oppose studying ANY plant for research purposes? Nice job RP and John Kerry, now try to make actually happen.
- TrevorBelmont, on 10/10/2007, -1/+45Marijuana is not addictive. The downfall of America, eh? Your opinions are so ill informed that they are clownishly comical.
- ithasfourtoes, on 10/10/2007, -2/+45i logged in to digg you down.
- LucianSolaris, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31Yea, it's probably the only thing keeping him from going ballistic watching his country fall from within.
- smacksaw, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30Get it? Ron Paul is not going to be elected Libertarian King. He will work with people on the left. That's a good thing.
- XISUPERMANIX, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23People that comment without knowing the facts are the scum of society (you). You are describing a very small percent of people who just smoke all day, which you can say the same for alcoholics. But go ahead keep thinking closed minded, keep using stereotypes and you will just get dugg down all the time.
- VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -1/+22Legalize It.
- neckfire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22Funny, all the countries where weed is legal/semi-legal the residents smoke more moderately than people in the states do.
And you can't get physically addicted to marijuana. - NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22It's just someone who is ignorant... trying to maintain their own ignorance, and keep the public ignorant as well... They don't want private universities to do studies on pot, because then the public would quickly find out how harmless it is... And the majority would soon be in favor of decriminalizing... Thus costing the DEA most of their Jobs... lol As well as plenty of other things...
But then again, when has the DEA ever been a logical organization... Research is bad... science is bad... and whatever the DEA says... must be the real truth... no matter how made up, or ***** it is... -_- - Bartboy919, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22with the campaign tag "we won't tase you... Bro!"
- NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -4/+23God your dumb...
So, somehow freedom is a consequence... and Marijuana is "addictive" -_-?
I could easily pick apart your statement with science! Take that you ignorant bastard!!! =P
Downfall... my foot... lol
Course, how is allowing private research on a plant... going to cause the downfall of America... I might ask... XD - tunapez, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21Ignorance is bliss. Bury your head deeper in the sand and it will appear everyone agrees with you.
- NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22I know that's how I do it... lol
- physphd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Obvious troll is obvious.
- consonance, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Well, considering that the letter was signed by 1/7 of Congress (counting both the House and the Senate), I doubt that a bill creating the aforementioned opportunity for research would be passed. Rather, it would be slammed and/or vetoed, to prove that our legislators are hard on drugs - sad but true.
- NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16You have no idea how people who choose to use Marijuana live their lives. Everyone is different, and that old "stoners are stupid people" stereotype, does not, and has never applied, in reality... other than the ***** you see in propaganda commercials...
I love you're horribly stereotypical look at pot smokers... and I'm glad it's starting to fade away... thankfully most people don't believe that anymore... You're a perfect example of ignorance.
Most pot smokers are not burnouts on the couch... most are productive working members of society with jobs and houses and families...
Oh, and by the way... Pot has never been found in any scientific study, to kill brain cells... In fact studies actually find that it BOOSTS braincell growth! Suck on that... =P - isntreal, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19This is wonderful. I go to the University of MA... time to sign up for botany.
- LucianSolaris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15FREEDOM HATER!
- dlaffoon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Just a heads up, for people that don't realize it. Do a quick google search of marijuana polls. Well over 50% of the american people want it legalized.
- TrevorBelmont, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Ignorant, self important ***** like you who run your mouth about ***** you clearly don't understand are the scum of society.
- jjesusfreak01, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Congress isnt going to have problems with Ron until they try to put pork in a bill, vote to give themselves more power, or start a war in a foreign country. Oh, wait...nevermind.
- Shevanel, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Dugg with a somewhat new found love for congress
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Carl Sagan: stoner. 'Nuff said.
- DukeMojo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16So instead of doing research on it, we continue to be fed the ***** of "the devil's weed". Yuck. How do you live with yourself?
- Sep11insidejob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Won't happen. The CIA is making a killing on marijuana.
- ch4os1337, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14I say religion is the downfall of America
- darkmule, on 10/10/2007, -8/+19I've just got to do it...
Paul // Kerry '08 - f8tbrautmehere, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11The downfall began the first time Bush was 'elected' as president, a former Alcoholic and Cocaine abuser himself... maybe if he just smoked some weed instead he'd probably not cost our nation all that money on a war that was not even necessary.
Ron Paul FTW. - MrXfromPlanetX, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Ron Paul said he would pardon non violent drug offenders in prison if elected http://digg.com/politics/Ron_Paul_Let_States_Decid ...
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primarilypaul.com/ron-paul-in-the-primaries (find out when your primary is and see if you have to register as a Republican so you can vote for Ron Paul)
Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s 10 year record in Congress:
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year. - seanc6610, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Check out the PDF.. WTF does Jesse Jackson's signature say?
- Lynxplus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9A wonderful step forward, but still a lot to be done.
- NikoKun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Naw the DEA should be replaced with a health education awareness/recovery organization or something... not an enforcement agency... lol
And drugs should go back to being treated like health issues, no matter how bad they are... instead of criminal ones...
It would probably do the addicts, society, and the world... a lot better in the end... Than criminalization has... Because through criminalization, you cause a lot more problems than solve, and hurt a lot more... There are better ways to deal with the drug problem, than criminalizing it like the DEA does...
I obviously agree though, that harder drugs are bad, and need to be dealt with... just not with criminal law enforcement... =/ - WilliamDavis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8"Why is everyone making such a big deal out of this?"
People make a big deal out of it because so many on Digg have seen the drug war fail for so long, and sat through lies in the classroom. Politicians try to turn everything into a boogie-man, and it's nice to see a few of them make a small amount of sense. Their job is not to constantly scare people into submission, but that's what they do. - onewingedangel9, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Kinda like alcoholics? People can drink and smoke weed without it adversely affecting them. It's when you do it all the time and to the detriment to everything else in your life that it becomes a problem.
- forgiste, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7By labelling a group the 'scum of society' without having any perspective into each individuals lives, you in turn make yourself the 'scum of society'. Just you, not a group.
- Caffeinate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'd say that the majority of Americans *are* in favor of making marijuana legal, it is just that those of us who are over 25 have to make a living and cannot afford to be arrested over it. There are more executives and professionals in this country that smoke pot than those who don't, I would venture to say, but they all have to pretend they don't to stay employed.
That poor man that stayed in prison for 3 years is a perfect example. He was in a horrible car accident, and stuck in a wheelchair. He has debilitating pain, and ended up forging prescriptions for pain medication. He then got sent to jail, where in prison he was administered even stronger drugs (liquid morphine) because even the prison physician recognized that the man desperately needed it. That isn't justice for anybody. Thankfully, the governor finally pardoned him (Florida). Was it Jeb Bush, who was petitioned for the pardon? Please.
It took Governor Charlie Crist to do it. Jeb Bush let a man sit in prison after being petitioned, knowing that he was receiving a subdermal pump in PRISON, for chronic pain. That is the true crime, not a man desperate for medicine forging a prescription. - WilliamDavis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"Bush was 'elected' as president, a former Alcoholic and Cocaine abuser himself..."
Governor Bush signed legislation mandating jail time for people caught with less than a single gram of cocaine. Pretty sickening. - diggdallas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Baby Steps. This is the most promising news out of Washington I've ever seen regarding marijuana.
- zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Criminalizing research shows a level of maturity that leaves a lot to be desired. Legalization will spare millions from prison.
- Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Now I know why college kids are such big Ron Paul fans.
- iamafatguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7And the DEA has been effective in your examples, how, exactly?
- DukeMojo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I smoke a whole helluvalot, but still maintain a job and go to school. I'm so useless.
- Firehed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Why is everyone making such a big deal out of this? It's been tried before, and failed miserably. And even if by some bizarre act it managed to happen, you wouldn't see full legalization. People who want to smoke weed already do, and those who don't either don't give a ***** about the people that do (my approach) or try to go on some insane nonsensical rampage about how it's an evil that's killing society,
In short, it doesn't matter what happens with this bill because it won't stop people doing exactly what they've been doing for years, and won't get anyone started who hadn't already. -
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