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- Cancerkitty, on 05/13/2008, -3/+103God, what a waste of time, money, and resources.
- lazerus9, on 05/13/2008, -4/+61This war is not a war on drugs, just as the war on terrorism is not about terrorists. The war they are waging is on our freedom and always has been!
- kemp34, on 05/13/2008, -1/+45There are many reasons for the "war on drugs" and none of them are intended to make your life any better, more peaceful or more secure. The war on drugs is a fraud used to secure benefits and/or profits for certain special interest groups. The unconstitutional, immoral, and hugely taxing war on drugs is a joke.
- imacommi, on 05/13/2008, -3/+48When are the people going to wake up and take responsibility for their governments ridiculous actions? End this drug war now!
- lazycat, on 05/13/2008, -2/+43In the related news: "Drug War Horror Stories to Boil Your Blood"
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hendrikhertz ... - AlwaysAwake, on 05/13/2008, -4/+45Taxpayers are being milked to provide protection for the officially sanctioned drug distributors making contributions and bribes to the right Authorities, enriching themselves in every way they can from the public purse. It is a very neat trick, so they can pretend they are fighting "the war against drugs", when, in fact, it is merely about making sure only the "right" people remain in the drug business.
- allowners, on 05/13/2008, -0/+35I had a friend years ago who was growing a couple of Pot plants on his patio. Apparently a neighbor took notice and reported him. One morning he was eating breakfast in his underwear when there was a knock at the door. The police told him that they knew he had plants on his patio and that he was not in trouble, they just wanted to remove them. They asked permission to come in and get the plants, he acquiesced. After they got the plants they grabbed and handcuffed him, not even allowing him to get dressed.
The difference today is that they would not knock and as permission to come in, they would knock your door down and come in with assault weapons at the ready. - VaporBro, on 05/13/2008, -0/+34I believe that last year here in Seattle there was 50-100 Marijuana arrests in 2007.
Thank goodness for I-75:
Initiative 75, passed by the Seattle, WA voters in September of 2003, requires that "the Seattle Police Department and City Attorney’s Office shall make the investigation, arrest and prosecution of marijuana offenses, when the marijuana was intended for adult personal use, the city’s lowest law enforcement priority."
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7469 - inactive, on 05/13/2008, -1/+25this is what you people who imagine Bloomberg to be somehow progressive need to realize: he is a scumbag, and a bully, and doesn't care any more about you than his predecessor the Weasel. And it's still illegal to dance almost everywhere in that increasingly pointless town. if you're some bottle service *****, it's just the place, but if you're an actual artist, ***** you.
- Charun, on 05/13/2008, -1/+19They probably wanted to avoid the paperwork of getting a warrant when they could just trick your friend.
- jetblackz4, on 05/13/2008, -3/+19Just be glad Rudolph Giuliani has no chance of being our next president.
- xerodustrial, on 05/13/2008, -1/+21*sigh*
I thought NYC was supposed to be pretty laid back about smoking pot. Guess I was wrong. :( - cli006, on 05/13/2008, -2/+16This is really getting to be ridiculous. Everyone loses.
We lose wasted tax money. Marc Emery aka "The Prince of Pot" claims that he alone grew more marijuana than what the entire DEA could confiscate. So he alone neutralized billions spent on marijuana raid operations. WHAT A WASTE OF MY TAX MONEY.
We lose our freedom and our rights, marijuana is in every way safer than alcohol. If our ancestors didn't put up with alcohol prohibition, why should we put up with illegal marijuana? Oh yeah, we don't. Everyone uses it anyways.
California had what.. like 5 medical marijuana dispensaries in 2004? Now there's hundreds across the state. There's obviously a ton of money, why not tax it? We're funding drug empires instead of raking in billions for a drug everyone enjoys. Marijuana is our country's #1 cash crop.
The worst thing is our jails are already very overcrowded and people getting caught for marijuana do not belong in the system. I don't think I have ever met a violent user, they're always regular people. Picture a marijuana dealer vs. a crack dealer in your mind. I see two very different people. The marijuana dealer is usually a regular student trying to make a couple of extra bucks.
Nothing about illegal marijuana adds up. It doesn't make any sense to keep it classified as a criminal activity. Legalize it! - inactive, on 05/13/2008, -2/+12yet think about the alcoholic who is running this country...
- chanop, on 05/13/2008, -0/+9Our state has to be on drugs, they keep electing Hillary Clinton as Senator
- jasongbc, on 05/14/2008, -1/+9more government thugs lying to the citizens. this is standard operating practice for them. "to serve and protect" is *****.
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -1/+11No actually George Bush is an alcoholic. he was busted for drunk driving 3 times and his wife made him choose her or drinking. He went to AA and that is where he found God and became a born again Christian.
I am sorry you don't know these important facts about the current president of the United States. It appears you are one of the grunts who voted for him too.
so sad. - genome47, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7My drug-dealing friend fears the legalization of cannabis. That ***** will be out of work, lol!
- krnldmp, on 05/13/2008, -2/+9The cops have the corner on the racket here. Cannabis relieves the mind of oppressive thoughts. More oppression, more cannabis use, more arrests, rinse repeat.
- tdmand, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8Obviously an ignorant comment coming via ad hominem attack. Thank you for your useless input.
- hellotyler, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6That's how it is in Oregon as well. God bless Oregon. :)
- Diggalicious3, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6How can you declare war without a declaration from Congress?
- Etchii, on 05/13/2008, -2/+10If 39,000 people marched to his office in protest, and threatened him as a mob.
- toasty168, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6Not for politicians. This is the kind of ignorance that garners them votes.
- Dojjah, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6I blame Nancy Reagan.
- dagnome1984, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5Not only that, but they need to keep those private prisons full some how. The companies that run these prisons openly trade on the market. What incentive do they have to not lobby for more dumb laws? There is the potential there to create a positive feed back loop.
- chanop, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5Never really was. NY adopted the Rockefellar Drug Laws, which are really ***** rough when it comes to prosecuting.... NY is not laid back on drugs at all
- crapmatic, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6Damn people intoxicating theirselves with plant leaves rather than industrially produced ethanol beverages. Yep, if that doesn't warrant a longer jail sentence than animal cruelty, I don't know what does.
- PhoneJack, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5Same way you can tax tobacco.
- Rikkochet, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6See, now that's actually smart.
Don't fully legalize something that the government can't effectively control right now, but make it the low priority it ought to be.
I see pot smoking somewhere up there with an illegal U-turn - don't do it in front of a police station and you're generally fine. - ShempRider, on 05/13/2008, -1/+7Bloomberg's a hypocrite.
I hate hypocrites.
Especially billionaire hypocrites who think they know what's best for everyone...ELSE. - RanIntoTheDevil, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6Wake and bake!
Oh wait, that is probably not what you meant. - pianomahnn, on 05/13/2008, -1/+6Are you starting the revolution?
- netant, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5And your ethnicity? And the police's?
- Vajrakila, on 05/14/2008, -1/+5Seriously, people, doesn't the city of New York have anything better to do than arrest citizens for smoking pot? Isn't it time to for the United States to get out of its puritanical, self-righteous hypocrisy about sex and drugs? Look at Amsterdam and the rest of the world for crying out loud!!! Why keep wasting resources on yet another pointless endeavor by the federal government to control an enterprise that they could actually make money on?
- CrimsonBlur, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Exactly. Unless you are a dealer there's almost no chance you'll ever be arrested or even fined. Even then, unless you're known to be selling to minors or selling other harder drugs, the police here will basically ignore you unless you're a complete moron about it.
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6what a horribly written article. but dugg for pro-cannabis legalization.
- user5124, on 05/13/2008, -1/+5It seems it is - if you're white.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -1/+5Every time i hit a joint my mind is so puzzled and boggled why would somebody would be arrested for this when it is a peaceful, non-violent activity that has almost no negative side-effects, they legalize alcohol and cigarettes and deaths happen all the time related to them. Would you have kids commiting violent acts and destroying property or smoking weed.
- ZZeke, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5Not since Rudy.
Now, San Francisco on the other hand..... - BuzzFriendly, on 05/14/2008, -1/+5The real loser here is you. Why? Because even if you disagree with using marijuana you loose money. You get the privilege of paying for extra police, prisons, lawyers, juvenile detention centers, substance abuse councilors court mandated therapy and on and on and on. All on your dime. Your keeping a lot of folks employed just because you think pot smokers are losers. I won't even go into pointing out the revenue that could be generated rather than your tax dollars pissed into the wind. But hey keep up your attitude a lot of people are counting on you for dinner.
- rootbat, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6*****.
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6They'd probably evoke even stronger enforcement action and cries for even tougher drug laws because the government can't allow itself to look like its citizen can resist it or bully it.
- chanop, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3Yeah, because they don't get tens of thousands of people protesting in NYC ever....
/sarcasm - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4beg to differ: depends on who you ask. almost anyone with a brain or a creative streak absolutely despised that snivelling creep from day one. he sucked the life right out of the city.
- justok, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3WE'RE HERE! WE'RE HIGH, and we got the munchies. Let's get a pizza or something. What's on TV?
- ordig, on 05/13/2008, -2/+5Then they would be herded into detention centers like they were at the 2004 RNC
- hellotyler, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3This is actually quite true, you can see cases like this across the country since the start of the drug war. It's easy to dismiss as liberal *****, but if you actually look into the FACTS, it's true. This obviously wasn't the intention for the system they setup, but that is how it is in the real world. Corruption, corruption, corruption.
- absurdist, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3"Dope fiends"?!?!?! FFS, where do you get your Marijuana information? Reefer Madness?
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