Legalize It!!!!!!!

[Mr. Shaman]

You better watch it..."Lil' Chippy" will be citing Web MD next..

I'm thinkin' Chippy is (all-of-a-sudden) AWOL, on the subject of known-pot-addicts.

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[Mr. Shaman]

Hopefully humanity will continue to progress, away from "recreational" drug use-addiction, and toward neuropsychological-emotional health.

Sorry, Skippy.....it's lookin' like your agenda has been trumped by common-sense.​

"I think the tide is starting to turn in terms of marijuana being part of the mainstream," she said. "The pieces seem to be falling into place."

The neighborhood is cheerfully busy, with foot traffic heaviest around the Blue Sky dispensary.

"They blend in quite well. It's not what you would expect," said Gertha Hays, who owns a boutique next door. "You might think it's going to be drug dealers, all this and that. It's not like that. And there's no particular stereotype of who's a cannabis smoker. It's all types."​

 

[Andy]

Sorry, Skippy.....it's lookin' like your agenda has been trumped by common-sense.​

So 'common sense' in your world, is that you can't live life without a drug induced stupor? Sounds pretty pathetic, even for the least reliable source of information on this forum.

 

[bododie]

So 'common sense' in your world, is that you can't live life without a drug induced stupor?

That would require rising up to the task of "achieving" the American dream by one's own efforts. That concept of achievement is a concept that doesn't seem to popular in Shaman's world.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

That would require rising up to the task of "achieving" the American dream by one's own efforts. That concept of achievement is a concept that doesn't seem to popular in Shaman's world.

Sorry.....I'm more plugged-into the whole "pursuit of happiness"-trip....and, could almost give a damn about gettin' the lemmings'-approval.​

 

[bododie]

could almost give a damn about gettin' the lemmings'-approval.

Oh boo hoo. Then quit complaining about those who have more than you. You don't want it anyway.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

So 'common sense' in your world, is that you can't live life without a drug induced stupor? Sounds pretty pathetic, even for the least reliable source of information on this forum.

Patience, Skippy, patience.

Once you move outta Mom-and-Dad's place, you'll be introduced to the (real) World of paying-your-own-way.

You're in for a major-surprise.​

"In 1932, Alphonse Capone, an influential businessman then living in Chicago, used to drive through the city in a caravan of armor-plated limos built to his specifications by General Motors. Submachine-gun-toting associates led the motorcade and brought up the rear. It is a measure of how thoroughly the mob mentality had permeated everyday life that this was considered normal.

Capone and his boys were agents of misguided policy. Ninety years ago, the United States tried to cure the national thirst for alcohol, and it led to an explosion of violence unlike anything we'd ever seen. Today, it's hard to ignore the echoes of Prohibition in the drug-related mayhem along our southern border. Over the past 15 months, there have been 7,200 drug-war deaths in Mexico alone, as the government there battles an army of killers that would scare the pants off Al Capone.

After decades of trying to stem the influx of illegal narcotics into the United States, it's clear that the drug war, like Prohibition, has led us into a gruesome blind alley. Drugs are cheaper than ever before and you can buy them anywhere. As Mexico's cash-starved government struggles to keep up the good fight, the drug barons rake in more than enough to buy political protection and military power while still maintaining profit margins beyond imagining. And what's driving this desperate struggle may be the ubiquitous weed: Southwestern lawmen say that marijuana accounts for two-thirds of the cartels' income.

One hint of a shifting wind came in February, when a state legislator from San Francisco introduced a bill to tax, regulate and legalize adult use of cannabis. This sort of grandstanding is always met with derision, and this was no exception. But then something strange happened: California's chief tax collector said that the measure would bring in $1.3 billion a year and save another $1 billion on enforcement and incarceration. In a state facing an $18 billion deficit, suddenly nobody was laughing."​

“Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.”​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

So 'common sense' in your world, is that you can't live life without a drug induced stupor? Sounds pretty pathetic, even for the least reliable source of information on this forum.

Ya' can't get any less-reliable than "conservative"-Absolutes.

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“There is as much chance of repealing the 18th Amendment as there is for a humming-bird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to it’s tail,” claimed Morris Sheppard, a U.S. Senator from Texas.

“They can never repeal it,” boasted Congressman Andrew Volstead in 1921.

“I will never see the day when the 18th Amendment is out of the Constitution of the U.S.,” said Senator William Borah in 1929."​

 

[ASPCA4EVER]

I feel that using the old adage that it makes many people shiftless/a drag on society/ruins families/does more harm then good is over kill and problematic of the ongoing addictions: of Prescription Drugs, Drinking, Gambling, Porn, Gluttony etc., etc., etc., all of the man made vices that have crippled many a family through the ages...some people are just going to become addicted to anything that they can't control. It is what weaker humans do!

But for me and my house the medicinal benefits for occasional use of marijuana far out weighs the reasons for 'making it illegal'...don't forget that the benefits from using don't always have to be inhaled...it works as well or better when ingested via a brownie or other sweet baked bread item.

Vietnam: they/we/our Military shipped marijuana into keep our troops 'HAPPY' {my older brother was in the receiveing end of shipments into our military bases in Vietnam}, now our very own Military for our troops in Iraq & Afghanistan are providing Prozac pills & patches to our military to keep them 'HAPPY' and the withdrawal from this man made substance is horrific and has major ill affects for the patient/family members/society...yet it is still being allowed to happen! Good Grief!!!

 

[samsara15]

All the War on Drugs has ever accomplished is to load up our prisons. It has not dissuaded usage of drugs at all. Yes, hard drugs are bad for you, but the draconian prison sentences have done our society more harm than the usage of the drugs. Conservatives need to come up with some alternative punishments for drug usage that do less harm than the drugs themselves, or end this futile effort.

 

[Andy]

Patience, Skippy, patience.

Once you move outta Mom-and-Dad's place, you'll be introduced to the (real) World of paying-your-own-way.

You're in for a major-surprise.​

Ya' can't get any less-reliable than "conservative"-Absolutes.

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I must have hit a nerve for you to respond twice to the exact same message. I take it you smoke often? This explains why your posts are so illogical, inaccurate, and largely stupid.

All the War on Drugs has ever accomplished is to load up our prisons. It has not dissuaded usage of drugs at all. Yes, hard drugs are bad for you, but the draconian prison sentences have done our society more harm than the usage of the drugs. Conservatives need to come up with some alternative punishments for drug usage that do less harm than the drugs themselves, or end this futile effort.

By that logic, murder laws have not dissuaded killing, and have only accomplished loading up our prisons.

I am however open to alternatives. Electro-shock therapy perhaps? I have to ask, why is it only conservatives have to come up with better alternatives? Why don't liberals think for once in their lives, and come up with something without our help?

 

[PLC1]

All the War on Drugs has ever accomplished is to load up our prisons. It has not dissuaded usage of drugs at all. Yes, hard drugs are bad for you, but the draconian prison sentences have done our society more harm than the usage of the drugs. Conservatives need to come up with some alternative punishments for drug usage that do less harm than the drugs themselves, or end this futile effort.

Yes, that's right, but why do conservatives have to come up with alternative punishments? Why can't liberals do it?

Or, we could go the libertarian route, and end punishment for drug abuse.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

I must have hit a nerve for you to respond twice to the exact same message.

Ah, yes, Skippy.....you can pat yourself on-the-back.

It's all-about-you, Skippy.

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By that logic, murder laws have not dissuaded killing, and have only accomplished loading up our prisons.

I am however open to alternatives. Electro-shock therapy perhaps? I have to ask, why is it only conservatives have to come up with better alternatives?

You mean...like....Homeland Security, right?

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[Mr. Shaman]

Yes, that's right, but why do conservatives have to come up with alternative punishments? Why can't liberals do it?

Or, we could go the libertarian route, and end punishment for drug abuse.

It's worse-than-that.

We appear to be heading the Capitalistic-Route (which is really pissin'-off "conservatives").​

 

[PLC1]

It's worse-than-that.

We appear to be heading the Capitalistic-Route (which is really pissin'-off "conservatives").​

I could sign up for the website in your link, or you could simply say what you mean without all of the nonsense:
Websites in color, with no quotes,
Calling other people "skippy" all of the time,
Using text color and smilies instead of logic and reason.

I vote for the latter.