Posted by Phil on June 5, 2002, at 18:14:28
In reply to Re: Liberal thinking ? (very long post)Everyone » omega man, posted by JonW on June 5, 2002, at 15:58:09
I seem to be seeing illegal drugs as not differing from one another.
I think MJ should be legalized or very decriminalized for responsible people over 21.
The government is building prisons like Starbuck's and should be putting the money into research and growing.
_______I think many laws about drugs like Cannnibis LSD and MDMA only exist because its an unknown quantity with no practical use.
_______Marijuana has been proven to help Glaucoma, Aids wasting, cancer patients, etc. No practical use? It would put the family farmer back in business but the government doesn't want that.
Low THC hemp has 100's of uses.
America is making criminals out of regular folks who had an ounce of pot at the wrong time. For the gentleman above who can't enjoy his music anymore, well, don't go to your pdoc, smoke a spliff. I guarantee results.
For those who think pot makes you stupid, you might glance at the board of directors at NORML.
Carl Sagan's widow for one.
Pot has never been proven to be a gateway drug and the casual user ought to be able to grow for his own consumption, they already are.
It's just amazing to me that reefer madness is still alive and well. Recently, the mayor of NYC admitted to liking pot but he's busting the less fortunate at the same break-neck speed Guliani was. Pot arrest per year under the ex-mayor went from 2000 to 50,000! These aren't, for the vast majority, big time dealers.
If you legalize it and do it right, you take the syndicates out of it. I believe the UK and Canada are ahead of us on this.
I grew up raising alcoholics, my mom was a very low-bottom drunk when I was a kid. She got sober after I had left home. Alcohol is SO much worse than pot, there's no comparison..none. Health wise, traffic fatality wise, domestic abuse wise.
Cigarettes, I smoke, are far worse than pot.
The gov. is in so deep w/ tobacco and alcohol lobbyist and the companies they represent, that pot gets stepped on.
I'm not advocating pot use but I would damn sure rather have an occasional joint, sit back and chat w/ friends than to have alcohol get a grip on me. I've seen both sides up close and real and it's a damn shame that this country can't see it.
You have no idea how many pot smokers you work with on a daily basis and will never know it. But I can knock off an alcoholic within 1 minute of meeting them.
Crime has decreased in Amsterdam with the look the other way pot policy they have. Their research shows positive not negative results. Not to mention tourism out the ass.
Things won't change at all or it will be and has been agonizingly slow. Our President was a coke head, his daughters here in Austin, one especially, is already an alcoholic judging by her behavior. The Prez's brother in Florida has a daughter writing scripts for herself and getting busted.
I work in government and there are some very high level stoners. It's like millions and millions of American's in positions of power use it but can't speak up because of the 'stigma'. AAAARRRGGGGGGGGGG!
Okay, a few stoners may have car accidents but they will only be going 14 miles an hour on the freeway.Phil
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