beetlespin
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That's what I was thinking JTF. Sounds like a bunch of pot heads. The govt would make a ton of money by legalizing it. They don't make money trying to control it.
Legalizing Marijuana
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minner
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Hey guys it good to hear yall are sitting on the couch while smoking your weed, but MJ does affect your driving skills and you CAN get a DUI if you get pulled over while high.
Bprice
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What Minner said...
RattleTrapper
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And you absolutely should get a DUI if driving high. But using that logic to prohibit it would also apply to alcohol, prescription and even some non-prescription drugs. I've never touched the stuff, but it seems to me that legalizing it would decrease crime overall and prevent billions of dollars from leaving our country and going directly into the pockets of drug cartels.
elwestb
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Legalize it! Tax it! Put the dealers out of business! Cut out {last time I looked} 54% of the Nation's prison system cost! Over 50% of the prisioners today are in on very minor drugs charges. Gov'mt makes money on one end and saves a ton on the other!
finbully
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I'd have to leave some tackle at home to make room to carry food for the munchies.
AThornton
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emoUpsmile .....It was only a matter of time.....
minner
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You are right it is possible to get a DUI if you are high/otherwise on prescription drugs. It's tough for the police to prove but within the law.
Here's my problem with comparing marijuana to alcohol. Some people (including myself) acutally drink for the enjoyment of the flavors (not talking about Natty Light here)
. Folks sometimes drink to enjoy the taste not the effects, much like smoking a fine cigar or sipping on some vintage wine. Not everytime someone puts alcohol/liquor on their lips do they do it to get smash faced drunk. The same can not be said for MJ or illegal drugs. One does it for one reason, and that is to alter their state of mind.Bubbakat
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Good point minner. Kudos to yea on that post.
DUI Driving Under The Influence ;; This includes anything that disrupts your normal reaction time, or , Vision, etc. Tested with a intoximeter machine which is checked by the TBI on a regular basis's. It is 99.9% fool proof. If one is in doubt then it is off to the emergency room for a blood test.. If you refuse ether then you are charged and added another charge for refusing and bang the little plastic card giving us the privilege to drive is gone.
DUI Driving Under The Influence ;; This includes anything that disrupts your normal reaction time, or , Vision, etc. Tested with a intoximeter machine which is checked by the TBI on a regular basis's. It is 99.9% fool proof. If one is in doubt then it is off to the emergency room for a blood test.. If you refuse ether then you are charged and added another charge for refusing and bang the little plastic card giving us the privilege to drive is gone.
ukfod1
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im all for it being legal
jon the fisherman
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minner - 10/22/2009 9:13 AM
You are right it is possible to get a DUI if you are high/otherwise on prescription drugs. It's tough for the police to prove but within the law.
Here's my problem with comparing marijuana to alcohol. Some people (including myself) acutally drink for the enjoyment of the flavors (not talking about Natty Light here)
That is the lamest argument I have ever heard....So .0001 percent of people drink for the flavor, the rest are drinking to get drunk. I mean look at the booze industry, it fills the bars every night. More people lose their jobs over alcohol than any of the illegal drugs. Don't get me wrong, I love me some beer, or even a crown and coke. With any mind altering substance, legal or not, it is about moderation. Trying to legislate morals is what it is really about. "I don't approve, so no one should be allowed to do it". So much for personal freedom.
bass15
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1+
minner
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Lame or not, it's still an argument.
I'm just saying.....And I really doubt 1 out of a million as you quoted is a real estimate. emoPoke
....ppssssst......I'm just playing the devils advocate here......
smokinbasser
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Don't piss on my shoes and tell me it's raining. Anybody that drinks alcoholic beverages does it to alter their mental state. Saying they drink it for the flavor are just lying to them selves if they believe that line!! Man has been using mind altering drugs since we started walking upright. We would try something and if it didn't kill us, do it again. Look at "poisonous" mushrooms most are hallucenegenic (sp) not poisonous but they couldn't very well say " well it won't kill you but your going to take a strange journey before your back to normal". Booze and pot are just two sides of the same coin . Personally I believe the old saw God made pot, man made booze, who do you trust?
minner
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We could really have a lot of fun with this.......
smokinbasser
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Would it be politically incorrect to say "I'll drink to that"??
RattleTrapper
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Now we know why your name is "smokinbasser" emoPoke
