WTF are they busting this guy for?

[BurkGlocker]

We humans.....I remember the sugar & cocao make believe snuff, puffing on cedar bark or a hard to puff on grapevine.....Gee, it was so grownup....I even remember smoking a good Cuban cigar.......memories, memories.....getting old !

Or smoking cloves... Numbs your mouth, kills your chest. But we did it, just too look cool.

 

[navyguy]

I believe pot should be legal.

I've seen what it can do to people that allow it to control them. Frankly, you aren't going to save these people by making it illegal ... oh wait, it already is.

Legalization would hamper the drug trade by removing scarcity. It could easily be controlled by government in a sales situation as they already readily control tobacco and other products. Most people on the market don't choose to grow their own marijuana, mainly because people are lazy. They just want to pay and consume. The random hobby pot grower should be free to make his own for private consumption.

I don't care to smoke pot, but I see little reason to continue down a broken path.

Sure it can destroy lives, anything can if you let it control you. I'm tired of giving up my personal freedoms because the nannies want to pad the walls for the weak.

Well said and my sentiments as well.

As bad as MJ can be for some people, I feel, like other things in life, it should be a personal decision. Next thing we'll have the government controlling what you eat, and what time you go to bed. We all know low fat, low cholesterol diet is more healthy, and 8 hours of sleep is what they say people need every night.

 

[Texas1911]

As bad as MJ can be for some people, I feel, like other things in life, it should be a personal decision. Next thing we'll have the government controlling what you eat, and what time you go to bed. We all know low fat, low cholesterol diet is more healthy, and 8 hours of sleep is what they say people need every night.

Exactly, we all know that all-fat and no exercise leads to cardiac arrest at 50, it's not rocket science, but we should be allowed to do it. We are paying the reaper's toll.

As far as other drugs like crack, meth, heroin, etc. I'm still for prohibiting their usage.

 

[Libertarian_Longhorn]

Exactly, we all know that all-fat and no exercise leads to cardiac arrest at 50, it's not rocket science, but we should be allowed to do it. We are paying the reaper's toll.

As far as other drugs like crack, meth, heroin, etc. I'm still for prohibiting their usage.

You nailed it.

 

[TxEMTP69]

I think there is also the issue that the govt doesn't want to say "we lost part of the war on drugs" by legalizing pot. I can honestly say I've never used the stuff (or any other drug) nor do I have any inclination to do so, but I think legalizing it would be more of a benefit than harm.

 

[hk boy]

if MJ is legalized, how many of you would start using??

 

[Texas42]

You nailed it.

So, not actually libertarian. : P

 

[hoytinak]

if MJ is legalized, how many of you would start using??

I admit, I would....then I could stop drinking, as I hate drinking but gotta do something to keep me sane.

 

[DCortez]

if MJ is legalized, how many of you would start using??

If it brings in more $ than coastal bermuda, I'd grow it. However, I'd still depend on you guys to smoke it.

 

[BurkGlocker]

Exactly, we all know that all-fat and no exercise leads to cardiac arrest at 50, it's not rocket science, but we should be allowed to do it. We are paying the reaper's toll.

As far as other drugs like crack, meth, heroin, etc. I'm still for prohibiting their usage.

A manufactured drug is just that, a drug. Coke, meth, speed, heroin, and the like do not deserve immunity, because they are manufactured. Pot grows wild, and has for many, many thousands of years, and is an herb. The government has deemed it a drug because of the euphorias that it produces, and of course they cant control it like they control the manufacture and taxation of alcohol and tobacco.

And also, we have Harry Anslinger and William Randolph Hearst to thank for the illegality of pot, all because hemp was going to cut into Hearst's wood milling business and therefore into his pocketbook. Hemp can be regrown annually, but trees take years to grow back, but since they inacted the Marijuana Acts, just to include hemp, it all was outlawed.

If it was legalized, yes, I would start smoking again so i wouldnt be tempted by alcohol, as I have never had a hangover or ever heard of anyone ever overdosing or being poisoned by pot. The only thing is, most companies already have statutes in place that it's automatic termination if someone comes up with a dirty UA, say after being injured, and its hard to prove that you were not under the influence of pot because of the time that it stays in your system.

There are alot of things that have to happen for Marijuana to be legalized, and alot of amendments that have to be written because of its legalization. If not legalize it, then at the very least, decriminalize it. Some states have resorted the possession of pot to nothing more than a minor citation and small fine.

There are thirteen states that have medicinal marijuana laws inacted, and if other states would follow suit, the US government would have to do something to change their laws.

Rock on!

Brad L.

 

[navyguy]

"I have never had a hangover or ever heard of anyone ever overdosing or being poisoned by pot"

Except this cop


YouTube - Police Officer steals Marijuana.

 

[Man With A Gun...]

The only reason it is illegal is due to taxation, or the lack of ability. Anybody, anywhere in any state in any climate can grow their own mary jane. If the gubberment can't tax it it will be illegal.

 

[BurkGlocker]

"I have never had a hangover or ever heard of anyone ever overdosing or being poisoned by pot"

Except this cop

Yeah, but that guy consumed WAY too much especially if he has never done it before. It was probably a half-ounce of hydroponic, or more to a batch of brownies. What an idiot... That's for a whole party, not two people. But time is now going by, really, really, really sloooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

[DCortez]

Yeah, but that guy consumed WAY too much especially if he has never done it before. What was it, like a half-ounce to a batch of brownies? What an idiot... That's for a whole party, not two people.

I think it was 3 seeds in a pound of brownie

 

[Libertarian_Longhorn]

So, not actually libertarian. : P

Dead wrong Texas42. Please review 3rd party politics before you make a fool of yourself.

 

[BurkGlocker]

I know I probably got a whole thing started, but I just dont believe in the laws considering pot. I do believe that it should be decriminalized and that people are unfairly prosecuted for possession. I can understand if someone got into trouble for selling it to minors, jsut as someone would if they provided alcohol to a minor. The government should lighten up on some of the laws and offenses.

Hell, Mexico passed laws legalizing EVERYTHING! All drugs, no matter what they are. That I do not like, but hell, its Mexico, and they're going to find some way to screw the States anyways. I dont know, but maybe it'll help the crime down south of our border, but I doubt it. They're still going to be fighting to find out who's going to bring it all over to the States, so the cartels are still going to probably reign supreme.

Only time will tell.....

 

[Greg_TX]

Just as I have seen first hand the destructive effects of alcohol. Pot is not harmless, it has the same tar count as cigarrettes. The phschoactive effects? Look no more to the crazy ass soccer mom driving her 3500 pound missile all barred out on xanax. Now that's destruction. If alcohol is legal, pot should be legal. End of story.

In my opinion, alcohol should be outlawed before weed. It isn't possible to sit down on your couch and smoke enough weed to kill yourself, but it certainly is possible with alcohol. I'm no doctor, but I'm not aware of any potential drug interaction risks with pot and other medications as there are with alcohol.

All that said, I think it's best not to be impaired with either one, but there will always be people who feel the need to alter their mood for one reason or another. If you were to choose between the two then I'd say alcohol is the more dangerous choice.

However, to relate this back to firearms, being stoned or drunk or otherwise impaired is a tactical disadvantage.

 

[Libertarian_Longhorn]

For those of you narrow minded enough to think that the issue is NOT a taxation issue, then why is home distilled liquor illegal?

Mhmm..

 

[Libertarian_Longhorn]

In my opinion, alcohol should be outlawed before weed. It isn't possible to sit down on your couch and smoke enough weed to kill yourself, but it certainly is possible with alcohol. I'm no doctor, but I'm not aware of any potential drug interaction risks with pot and other medications as there are with alcohol.

All that said, I think it's best not to be impaired with either one, but there will always be people who feel the need to alter their mood for one reason or another. If you were to choose between the two then I'd say alcohol is the more dangerous choice.

However, to relate this back to firearms, being stoned or drunk or otherwise impaired is a tactical disadvantage.

Agreed 100%. I'm not a pot smoker, but I sure as hell ain't gonna stop nobody from doing it.

 

[Texas42]

Dead wrong Texas42. Please review 3rd party politics before you make a fool of yourself.

Sorry, for the medium, but I wasn't being serious.

I know that it is a continuum from true libertarian to True socialism.

Really no one is at either end.

I thought the : P might have indicated that.