Legalizing Marijuana

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Bprice - 10/27/2009 7:21 PM

Jtf, I don't have an agenda thank you. If folks want to smoke themselves stupid fine. All I was saying is that people pull the God made it so it must be ok card all the time.Sorry if my statement pissed you off.
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Doesn't piss me off....that statement I made can actually go both ways. I have seen people on both sides of this issue use God to justify what they believe.

Minner can kiss my arse though emoPoke


My only concern with the legalizing is the health concerns...I mean from smoking it. Smoking ANYTHING is not good for you, but I don't believe the government should dictate what you decide to put in your body. If you don't want your children using it, make sure to educate them on why they should avoid it. Don't feed them full of BS, tell them the truth....let's face it, the only thing pot does to the mind, is make you content with boredom. Some people use it to relax, and some will abuse it, just like alcohol.
 
minner - 10/27/2009 4:50 PM

jon the fisherman - 10/23/2009 4:14 AM

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.
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jon the fisherman - 10/27/2009 1:58 PM

Use god to justify your own agenda...
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Well I reackon God made bu..hols and peckers too but I don't put those in my mouth..........So where do you draw the line? emoScratch
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I'd rather smoke a joint than suck a pecker...I think the line is drawn emoVomit
 
This all reminds me of a Peter Tosh song...

I watched a neat series on cable last night and it was showing how the medicinal marijuana laws in CA have created economic booms in areas where these people are growing it like crazy. It also showed a bunch of burned down houses and environmental pollution that has come about by these renegade growers. The governement banned any research on the benifits of marijuana and hemp years ago. I find that odd as the sale of mari jane creates more dollars than any other cash crop in the country. Also, as far as the God argument goes, the marijuana that you see being smoked is nothing like the hemp that God put on this planet a gazillion years ago. MAN has manipulated it genetically to become a super weed that produces something that makes better smoke than it does rope or paper! I doubt it will ever be legalized, but it will never go away and will continue to be the #1 cash crop in the US.
 
I start a thread about legalizing marijuana and you guys end up talking about sucking peckers! It seems like several subjects in the "political forum" have ended up going down this road... emoPoke
 
I kinda go back and forth on the issue. On one hand, lame or no, i like minner's statement. you can drink a beer or two for the taste, not for the buzz, but weed has one purpose.... to get altered.
and no, odouls does not count as a beer substitute, not for those of us who drink beer for the good taste. that crap is nasty.

however, i don't like the govt telling me what i can/can't do to my body. so i say legalize it, tax the hell out of it, and lower my taxes! but with legalizing it comes certain personal responsibilities. so my stipulations would be something along the lines of...

If you get hooked, there is NO govt. assisstnace for you. if you choose to do drugs, you will pay the consequences. if you lose your job because of it, no unemployment. if you screw your life up, too bad, so sad, you can die in the street.

i'd say legalize a bunch of drugs, just make sure if you hurt someone else, you are in deep, deep, deep trouble. and if you screw your life up, sorry, shoulda made better decisions... hope your family and friends can learn from your example.

the problem is this way wouldn't happen. there wouldn't be enough personal responsibility placed on the users i dont' think. so because of that, i think it should probably remain illegal. just my $.02
 
cooperjd - 11/3/2009 1:51 PM

I kinda go back and forth on the issue. On one hand, lame or no, i like minner's statement. you can drink a beer or two for the taste, not for the buzz, but weed has one purpose.... to get altered.
and no, odouls does not count as a beer substitute, not for those of us who drink beer for the good taste. that crap is nasty.

however, i don't like the govt telling me what i can/can't do to my body. so i say legalize it, tax the hell out of it, and lower my taxes! but with legalizing it comes certain personal responsibilities. so my stipulations would be something along the lines of...

If you get hooked, there is NO govt. assisstnace for you. if you choose to do drugs, you will pay the consequences. if you lose your job because of it, no unemployment. if you screw your life up, too bad, so sad, you can die in the street.

i'd say legalize a bunch of drugs, just make sure if you hurt someone else, you are in deep, deep, deep trouble. and if you screw your life up, sorry, shoulda made better decisions... hope your family and friends can learn from your example.

the problem is this way wouldn't happen. there wouldn't be enough personal responsibility placed on the users i dont' think. so because of that, i think it should probably remain illegal. just my $.02
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I agree with most of this except that it doesn't apply to alcohol really. You can drive drunk and hurt someone else and not get in deep, deep trouble. The DUI fines are not a deterrant at all since about 25,000 people die every year from alcohol related accidents. That is just insane if you think about it. I've said it before, the first time offense should be a confiscated vehicle, 1 year in jail and a $10,000 fine. We have also decided to call alcoholism a disease, what's up with that. It's an addiction not a disease, that's like saying someone has heroinism or cocainism.
 
Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having. JIMMY YOU ARE SUCH A DRUNK!You never hear any one yell JIMMY YOU ARE SUCH AN ARTHRITIC!Ha!ha!
 
ranman - 11/3/2009 7:31 PM

Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having. JIMMY YOU ARE SUCH A DRUNK!You never hear any one yell JIMMY YOU ARE SUCH AN ARTHRITIC!Ha!ha!
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Don't forget obesity! Jimmy you are such a fat a$$!
 

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