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ellocopato

Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use

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07-30-08 1:31 PM

Viva la revolucion

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/frank.marijuana/index.html

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DEA, White House say marijuana dangerous, has no accepted medical use
Decriminalization advocates say marijuana laws should mirror alcohol laws
NORML spokesman says marijuana user arrested in U.S. "every 38 seconds"
HR 5843 would not affect laws on growing, importing, exporting marijuana

The vast amount of human activity ought to be none of the government's business," Frank said during a Capitol Hill news conference. "I don't think it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time."

The Massachusetts Democrat and his supporters emphasized that only the use -- and not the abuse -- of marijuana would be decriminalized if the resolution resulted in legislation.

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ellocopato

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07-30-08 1:33 PM

Viva la revolucion

I'm all for it.

The waste of money that the government spends to enforce pot laws could be put to better use. Plus with pot, you can tax it like tobacco. Throw in a few laws similar to alcohol consumption as well

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Gandol teh Pirate

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07-30-08 1:38 PM

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Marijuana laws are stupid.

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For a humorous example, I sold myself as a slave at a charity auction once. I ended up spending the day chopping wood at a farm. It's slavery, but it's far from immoral.

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Borofin

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07-30-08 1:51 PM

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I want ol' Barney to submit to a drug test right now. I hear homos like him use it to relax the sphincter muscle. I wonder if he has any boy-toys in the homestead now like he did when the prostitution ring was being run from there?

Druggies like Obama who were weak enough mentally to fall into using cocain and marijuana are a dime a dozen. Time to increase the penalties, not lift them. Fucking punks.

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Gandol teh Pirate

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07-30-08 1:53 PM

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Nobody cares what you want.

Zarr's contextualized position on slavery:

For a humorous example, I sold myself as a slave at a charity auction once. I ended up spending the day chopping wood at a farm. It's slavery, but it's far from immoral.

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Cafu07

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07-30-08 1:54 PM

Dude, you can like make shirts and handbags and stuff out of it too.

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Soygen

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07-30-08 2:02 PM

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Borofin wrote:
I hear homos like him use it to relax the sphincter muscle.

Where do you hear that? Do they whisper it into your ear from behind and pass you a joint?

I'm not givin' you attitude. I just want another drink.

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wardogadmin

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07-30-08 2:36 PM

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I hear homos like him use it to relax the sphincter muscle.

If anyone need to relax their sphincter, it's you Boro.

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Ididar Tzan

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07-30-08 2:47 PM

There's two groups of people who want drug use to remain illegal .... people like Boro ... and drug dealers.

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Kayso Gnomehater

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07-30-08 2:52 PM

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I like how out of all the know homosexuals in Congress (Barney Frank and Republicans) Borofin picks Barney Frank.

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Kayso Gnomehater

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07-30-08 2:53 PM

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Also, he's not using the word "homo" to make a point, but as an actual slur.

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Cafu07

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07-30-08 3:47 PM

Perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't they basically legalized possession of marijuana in California? From what I've heard, people can easily obtain a card saying it's for medicinal use (even if it's not).

So, if that's true, then aren't we running a test case scenario right now? Perhaps we should see how it works out before we start changing laws in other places. Maybe crime and drug use will go down... maybe it will go up.... I don't think they've been running their experiment long enough to know for sure. Let's wait for the results.

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Ersiusp

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07-30-08 3:56 PM

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Borofin wrote:
I want ol' Barney to submit to a drug test right now. I hear homos like him use it to relax the sphincter muscle. I wonder if he has any boy-toys in the homestead now like he did when the prostitution ring was being run from there?

Druggies like Obama who were weak enough mentally to fall into using cocain and marijuana are a dime a dozen. Time to increase the penalties, not lift them. Fucking punks.

There is no good reason why alcohol should be legal but pot not. Legalize it and tax the hell out of it, like tobacco. More income from taxes and less wasted on policing pot and imprisoning pissant people in prison for possession will be a big help for government coffers (or realistically, more money to waste elsewhere).

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Borofin

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07-30-08 4:03 PM

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I just disagree about legalization. I understand the libertarian arguements, I think they are wrong. I don't like how legalization of pot and other stuff has gone in Europe. Amsterdam is the example.

The medical marijuana schemes that have been tried here have been a disaster with widespread, routine fraud and abuse with even kids being able to buy pot and laugh joyously as they wave their rent-a-doc notes in teacher's and cop's faces. That's just a hint of the disasters full legalization would bring.

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07-30-08 4:04 PM

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One of the things that I see happening with Marijuana becoming legal, is making it easier for kids in High School and Middle School to get some. As in, there parents could buy it for them. I'm all for keeping it illegal, having seen people in my class just waste away because all they did was get stoned, instead of doing their homework, or coming to class.

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Soygen

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07-30-08 4:04 PM

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EDIT: This is to Borofin. Do you think alcohol should be illegal as well? If not, why do you think alcohol should be legal and marijuana should not?

Sora, I'm not sure how to even respond to that. Their parents can buy it right now. They can buy it right now. It's illegal, not imaginary.

I'm not givin' you attitude. I just want another drink.

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Cafu07

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07-30-08 4:12 PM

Borofin wrote:
Amsterdam is the example.

Example of what? A great fucking time? The only problem I've ever had with Amsterdam is that there are too many British people there.

The Dutch use marijuana at roughly half the rate that Americans use it. They are not really a good example of legalization leading to widespread use.

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fatesdefiance

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07-30-08 4:14 PM

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I too think that they should decriminalize adult marijuana use. I'm not sure how well "taxing the hell out of it" would work, because the crap grows basically anywhere...don't want to pay taxes, just grow your own. But the government really has no business criminalizing personal activities that harm only the individual.

However, they should implement harsh penalties for supplying minors...and I mean jailtime harsh. They should also institute some sort of penalties for the minors themselves--not jailtime, per se, but some measures that will prevent marijuana use from interfering too greatly with education.

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Ersiusp

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07-30-08 4:28 PM

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fatesdefiance wrote:
I'm not sure how well "taxing the hell out of it" would work, because the crap grows basically anywhere...don't want to pay taxes, just grow your own.

If people want to take the initiative and grow their own, more power to them. If they're (like the stereotypical pot smoker) not motivated enough to do so, put comparable taxes per pack on joints as on cigs.

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marthisdil

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07-30-08 4:34 PM

See how long we have been doing the "war on Drugs" - fuck it.

Legalize it all. Tax the FUCK out of it. Make crimes while under the influence very severe in punishment.

Problem solved.

Someone kills someone while under the influence (even of alcohol), shoot em in the head at the scene.

Sheesh.

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sora55

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07-30-08 4:48 PM

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Yea, I'm pretty much the worst person to talk politics to...I'll go crawl back into my hole and start playing MMO's more.

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