bill to decriminalize personal marijuana

[Juddog]

Finally someone has some common sense. Finally a bipartisan bill to decriminalize.

Link

 

[Ns1]

yeaaaaaaah that'll never work

 

[waggy]

to bad it has a snowballs chance in hell of passing.

 

[sutahz]

Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

 

[gsellis]

The nanny state will never allow its power to be usurped.

/A little revolution from time to time is a good thing.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: sutahz
Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

try them and find out

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: sutahz
Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

your intelligence amazes me. personal marijuana as in marijuana you are smoking yourself, in a limited quantity, as opposed to a drug dealer's stash. and if you're just trying to be funny, you failed

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: sutahz
Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

How do <insert 40 million bad habits here> benefit a society? Personal freedoms FTMFW

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: sutahz
Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

The main issue here is state vs. federal authority and who should have the right to regulate what. Personally IMHO the Fed should not be able to regulate drug laws that are only for that state. Everybody should be writing their representatives to help this bill along so that it gets some headway.

 

[judasmachine]

It just makes sense for the government, law enforcement, users, and those who live near pot dealers. Oh and of coarse prisons. But it won't pass. That org full of cops against the drug war or whatever they're called needs to step up the lobbying.

The funny thing about my support is that I hate pot. Lazy+cotton mouth= no thank you.

 

[jonks]

Good for him. With it's bi-partisan support, a few more years and this will have a really good chance. Right now it's not going to make it, but the more attention it gets, the better.

 

[vi edit]

The only way this thing sees the light of day is with a couple billion dollars in various riders and bullshit other agendas along with it.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: sutahz
Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

It's about personal choice, it may not benefit you but many others obviously get something out of it. Decriminalizing would cut down on crime as it would be taking dealers off of the streets. It would also put a nice chunk of change in the governments pocket through taxing. It would also cut down on spending to arrest multiple non-violent offenders who then have to be paid for in prison. There are so many reasons why this would be a good thing.

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: judasmachine
It just makes sense for the government, law enforcement, users, and those who live near pot dealers. Oh and of coarse prisons. But it won't pass. That org full of cops against the drug war or whatever they're called needs to step up the lobbying.

The funny thing about my support is that I hate pot. Lazy+cotton mouth= no thank you.

Exactly, there are other issues at play here besides the effect it may have on an individual, such as the amount of people kept in prisons needlessly because of it (who could otherwise be out there furthering our economy along, on top of costing the taxpayers needless money to keep them incarcerated), the drug dealers (they are making money from selling, if it became illegal it would limit their income and thus put a hit on gang mentality, etc..

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Why not........switzerland and holland seem to be doing fine.

 

[sutahz]

So dealers only sell pot? Oh wait, there's 1000 other drugs for them to sell and pollute the streats with.

It is about personal choice, doesn't mean it has to be legal. People make the choice to go out and kill 10 people randomly. Should that be legal? If someone makes the choice to buy/grow and partake in an illegal substance, that is their choice. The consequences are not their choice.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: sutahz
So dealers only sell pot? Oh wait, there's 1000 other drugs for them to sell and pollute the streats with.

In terms of bad short term and long term side effects MJ is probably tied with tylenol. The pharmaceutical companies are the real drug dealers you should be worried about.

 

[RightIsWrong]

I posted this in P&N also. I think that it is a major step in the right direction. The ironic thing is that it will ultimately get defeated by Republicans who preach individual rights/responsibilities, state's rights and sound fiscal policy. None of which are accomplished by having these laws on the books.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: sutahz
So dealers only sell pot? Oh wait, there's 1000 other drugs for them to sell and pollute the streats with.

It is about personal choice, doesn't mean it has to be legal. People make the choice to go out and kill 10 people randomly. Should that be legal? If someone makes the choice to buy/grow and partake in an illegal substance, that is their choice. The consequences are not their choice.

god you're a fucking idiot

It's fine to disagree with someone, but try being a little nicer about, mmmkay?

vi edit
Off Topic Mod

 

[irishScott]

Well let's see, what can I do for enjoyment?

I can smoke pot, or I can get out of my dorm, have a life, and play a pick up game of soccer. The latter sounds infinitely more appealing.

Same reason I don't understand people who get drunk. There are more enjoyable ways of stress relief, and if you think it's "fun" wait until I convince you that sticking a beer bottle up your ass will give you more pleasure than sex. I personally haven't convinced anyone of that fact, but I've seen it happen.

If people aren't strong enough to deal with their problems, let them go fuck themselves up. Intellectual darwinism ftw.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: irishScott
Well let's see, what can I do for enjoyment?

I can smoke pot, or I can get out of my dorm, have a life, and play a pick up game of soccer. The latter sounds infinitely more appealing.

Same reason I don't understand people who get drunk. There are more enjoyable ways of stress relief, and if you think it's "fun" wait until I convince you that sticking a beer bottle up your ass will give you more pleasure than sex. I personally haven't convinced anyone of that fact, but I've seen it happen.

If people aren't strong enough to deal with their problems, let them go fuck themselves up. Intellectual darwinism ftw.

Well newsflash mr. scott some people like alcohol because they enjoy it genuinely not because it is something to drown their sorrows in.

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: sutahz
So dealers only sell pot? Oh wait, there's 1000 other drugs for them to sell and pollute the streats with.

It is about personal choice, doesn't mean it has to be legal. People make the choice to go out and kill 10 people randomly. Should that be legal? If someone makes the choice to buy/grow and partake in an illegal substance, that is their choice. The consequences are not their choice.

That's why legislation is important, as the consequences themselves are what need to change.

It's ridiculous to still have laws in the books made back in the 20's for cotton producers, throwing otherwise innocent people in jail for less than what you can get with a prescription. To top it off it's already been voted in by the majority of people in several states, yet the Feds seem to feel the need to tell the states how to regulate their own internal policies.

 

[SirStev0]

Won't make it past committee.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: sutahz
Personal marijuana as opposed to corporate marijuana? Or perhaps military marjijuana?
I dont smoke, I do drink. If alcohol was made illegal again I'd be fine and not make a fuss. Why do people want more drugs in a country?
How do drugs (not prescription) benefit a society?

by makeing a whole crapload of prescription drug obsolete. So far they have not found anything approaching marijuana's painkilling ability with no immediate side effect.

Don't think it will pass because it will put a lot of drug companies right out to pasture.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: sutahz
So dealers only sell pot? Oh wait, there's 1000 other drugs for them to sell and pollute the streats with.

It is about personal choice, doesn't mean it has to be legal. People make the choice to go out and kill 10 people randomly. Should that be legal? If someone makes the choice to buy/grow and partake in an illegal substance, that is their choice. The consequences are not their choice.

Are you legitimately trying to compare mass murder to getting drunk/high?