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Michael Douglas, Drug Czar from "Traffic," Says Legalize It

starpulse.com — "We're trying to get a lot of money for health and education and I'm wondering... you look at these gangs, and I look back at Prohibition. When we didn't allow alcohol, what did we have? We had gangs. We had big gangs. It's something that needs to be discussed a little more," Douglas says of marijuana and drug laws. "It's an economic issue."

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  • kingofinternet, on 05/02/2009, -10/+139Well, if he played one in the movies, he's clearly an authority...
  • dygel, on 05/02/2009, -3/+75Fixed: Michael Douglas, Actor, Says "Legalize It"

    I'm not a real drug czar, but I play one in the movies.
  • fightingforair, on 05/02/2009, -7/+61Well, if a celebrity said so.....
  • CopsSayLegalize, on 05/01/2009, -6/+56It's just like the movie all over again, where Douglas as drug czar at the end says he just "can't do it" anymore, since our drug laws are so corrupt and failed.
  • TheSkunkMonkey, on 05/02/2009, -2/+51There's plenty of smart people that are for prohibition. Why? Because they profit from it being illegal.
  • treytravis, on 05/02/2009, -13/+61I SMOKE MARIJUANA
  • onimusha115, on 05/02/2009, -12/+57I love how the title of the post mentions that he played a Drug Czar, as if that really gives him any insight into the matter. I hate it when it makes headlines that a celebrity makes a comment on a current event. Who gives a *****, its no more important coming from them than it is coming from some random guy on the street. People are just too infatuated with Hollywood.


    Also, I'm pretty sure this counts as spam, since its coming from the user "CopsSayLegalizeIt" I dont care what your pushing, but spam is spam.
  • BurningSand, on 05/02/2009, -6/+33People need to quit being "closet smokers" and admit they smoke it! Stand-up America--and pass it along!!
  • fartbarker, on 05/02/2009, -6/+30Is there anyone with half a brain actually FOR prohibition??
  • rossiprojects, on 05/02/2009, -3/+23Smoking it or not Hemp should be legal. We can make almost everything out off Hemp. This plant is more versatile than wood and banned it just because people get High is ridiculous.
  • skyjis6, on 05/02/2009, -0/+20Instead of using Drug Czar from Traffic as his claim to fame, they could have used "Old man that's still banging Catherine Zeta Jones." probably would have gotten them more web traffic.
  • Daerion, on 05/02/2009, -0/+18Welfare queues and prisons for being no different than anybody else except for the fact that they/we choose a different (and less harmful) recreational drug than the oh so moral majority?

    I'm having a hard time trying not to throw around insults right now.
  • rockstar1o9, on 05/02/2009, -3/+21hey Kumar got a job with the administration didn't he?
  • CarbonX, on 05/02/2009, -1/+16Not just any celebrity, the Pretend Drug Czar.
  • MWeather, on 05/02/2009, -2/+16"Actually, ALL smart people are for prohibition. It's only teenagers and middle-aged dumbasses that want it legal."

    So you want alcohol to be banned, too, or are you just as hypocrite?
  • FearlessFreep, on 05/02/2009, -1/+15"he played a Drug Czar, as if that really gives him any insight into the matter."

    Maybe we should ask Sigourney Weaver about illegal aliens?
  • Fhwqhgads, on 05/02/2009, -0/+14Honestly, are you really this stupid?

    Replace "marijuana" with "alcohol", and "high" with "drunk" and re-read your own post. Hell, replace it with prescription medications.

    You seem to be operating under the same delusion as the government in thinking that banning something makes it disappear. Drugs, guns, alcohol. Bad guys control it or the good guys can control it. Those are your choices.

    This same ***** argument has been demolished many times and frankly I'm sick of responding to it. Only takes 2 seconds of thinking to demolish it.
  • MWeather, on 05/02/2009, -0/+14"The less stoners in business the better I say"

    Agreed. Cocaine should stay business' drug of choice.
  • relikborg, on 05/02/2009, -1/+15Umm dude, what planet are you from? Right now kids from 15 to 17 smoke weed as much as anyone else, and lots of people smoke one over lunch to calm them down.
  • bigterguy, on 05/02/2009, -4/+17Right, and we have the right and duty to tell those people how to live their lives!!

    /s

  • omgwtflawl, on 05/02/2009, -1/+14So you smoked pot before, yet you want it illegal now. When will you be reporting to jail?
  • Fixhotep, on 05/02/2009, -1/+14Actually, why not?
  • theragu40, on 05/02/2009, -1/+13Ok, I may agree with him, but seriously who gives a ***** what Michael Douglas thinks about this? He's a mediocre actor who once played a drug czar? That's the lamest excuse to care about someone's opinion I've ever heard.
  • 8FoldPath, on 05/02/2009, -0/+11Actually violent crime plummeted after Prohibition was repealed. Read a book.
  • Fhwqhgads, on 05/02/2009, -1/+12^^ and it's exactly this kind of fear that prevents any kind of citizen uprising.

    Keep everyone in fear of losing their job, starving to death, or going to jail if they resist and you've got them by the balls. That's the reality. Like it or not.
  • Fhwqhgads, on 05/02/2009, -5/+16and who the ***** cares what you think either
  • hellbent6, on 05/02/2009, -0/+10nope hemp is the strongest natural fiber in the world. also it was banned because of that fact ):
  • zombiebovine, on 05/02/2009, -2/+12Weed cured my insomnia. Please legalize it already.
  • MWeather, on 05/02/2009, -0/+10"If I want, or care about his opinion I'll ask for it."

    By clicking on the link, you asked for it.
  • Daerion, on 05/02/2009, -3/+13Not only that, but we also have the sacred duty to sustain drug cartels and ruin the lives of people who reduce themselves to 'gibbering idiots' and have the audacity to eat all the food in the fridge.
    Go prohibition! Yay.
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -6/+16This just in: "PRESIDENT" from "24" orders invasion of Pakistan, "QUARTERBACK" from "The Last Hundred Yards" wants to be in the Superbowl, and "FEMALES" on "Digg" like fat, nerdy boys!
  • ZIRCHxWORLD, on 05/02/2009, -1/+11we are closet smokers because we risk prosecution. for minor pot possession (1st offense) i got an F6 felony. pretty ***** up, huh?
  • JammoBlammo, on 05/02/2009, -2/+11I have smoked a lot of pot in my time. I don't smoke it any more, but I don't see the harm in it as a recreational drug. People that aren't functional pot heads and drain our tax dollars aren't going to be functional without pot either. The pot isn't the problem.
  • Daerion, on 05/02/2009, -0/+9Also, it turns people into crazed rapists and murderers. Reefers.
  • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2009, -1/+9We need to go after the insurance companies that force employers to drug test in order to try and mitigate liability.
  • MondayJBlack, on 05/02/2009, -4/+12Holy ***** an actor likes drugs??? STOP THE PRESSES!
  • MWeather, on 05/02/2009, -0/+8Yeah, yeah, we know, Mr. Hearst. It leads to marijuana-crazed negroes raping white women and playing voodoo-satanic jazz music.
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -1/+9I don't smoke put, but if you want to, IT'S NONE OF MINE OR THE GOVERNMENT'S ***** BUSINESS!
  • phosphite, on 05/02/2009, -0/+8I'll digg you and and tell you why. Besides all the good things you said about legalizing, what you do then is restrict it so minors cannot get it, set the legal age to 21. Nothing is 100% perfect, and teens these days still get alcohol and kill themselves (drinking and driving) and smoke cigarettes. If teens want to get a joint today and go for a joyride it's even easier, there's no problem getting drugs from dealers anywhere in the country. Eliminating the dealers (who make a fine profit) will make it slightly harder to get, as well as reducing crime and gangs.
  • piratefish, on 05/02/2009, -1/+9lol
  • MWeather, on 05/02/2009, -0/+8"When Prohibition was repealed, did the the mob go away?"

    Nope, they just lost their vast majority of the revenue and thus, power. However, it wasn't long before the government banned other things that are almost as profitable.
  • NaziHatinChimp, on 05/02/2009, -0/+8Come on man, I mean he played the Drug Czar. He has experience.
  • jenado, on 05/02/2009, -3/+11Actually, I very much enjoy giggling for hours and eating all the food in the house. And I'm 26. And yes, I have a job.
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -2/+10The news plays it out like he's authoritve by mentioning his role. I would bet Michael Douglas would not consider himself an expert, it's just him voicing an opinion.

    So I buried your comment, because according to your logic, opinions are false.
  • fury420, on 05/02/2009, -0/+7synthetic ropes made from.... crude oil derivatives you mean? yeah, making everything out of oil is soooo much better than having useful agricultural crops right?

    paper made from wood pulp is "ancient technology", cotton is "ancient technology" too, what's the problem? Do we really need to abandon all natural fibers merely because synthetics exist? Do you also have issues with the use of Jute (burlap) or linen?

    there is no widespread use of hemp in north america because it is illegal or very difficult to obtain permission to grow it, and it is not economical to import raw hemp fiber from overseas for use in the pulp or fiber industries.

    If hemp was actually allowed to be produced on an industrial scale in North America using modern agricultural techniques hemp pulp would not be sitting at 6x the cost of wood pulp, and would be an economical alternative for the manufacture of paper. 75 years of restrictions are a very good way to make a crop seem not economically viable

    Hemp seed is far more nutritious than flax seed, and yet i see flax in all sorts of foods lately... go figure? As for the flash point of hempseed oil, well yeah, most nutritive oils containing omega 3s are degraded by excess heat, including those extracted from more traditional sources such as fish, or flax. Nobody is advocating using hemp seed oil for frying, or for high-heat cooking, merely that it is nutritious
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -5/+12And lose your job! Whoo-hoo!
  • Fixhotep, on 05/02/2009, -2/+9@insanebrain

    And you are still out of your job. Good thinkin.
  • Kidtuf, on 05/02/2009, -0/+6You really buy into the "Above the influence" commercials, don't you.

    Weed is easily available. There is nothing to stop teens from getting high and driving today, and the chances of it increasing due to legalization are nominal. The fact is people who want to smoke weed now will likely smoke it when its legal, and those who don't, won't.

    Your entire post reeks of someone who has never tried cannabis and is just regurgitating the government ***** propaganda.
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -1/+7The point is, ladies and gentleman, that weed, for lack of a better word, is good. Weed is right, Weed works. Weed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Weed, in all of its forms; Weed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And Weed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much.
  • WolfHook, on 05/02/2009, -1/+7I agree that people are infatuated with Hollywood but in this ***** up society people like this can make a difference.

    Fair play to the man for speaking up.
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