Poll: Marijuana Law Reform

[otis147]

Some days I can not wait for some people to wake up to the real world instead of their little dream world where everything is just peachy and people can be trusted to do the right thing without hurting others. Strangely enough these are some of the same people who insist on being heavily armed everywhere they go because people can not be trusted to do the right thing without hurting others.

so you don't trust people to do the right thing without being told, but you trust people to control others, and do what's right? live and let live...


Judges 9:8-15


The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

 

[RickN]

Folks we have this debate all the freaking time and you are not going to change my opinion any more then I am going to change yours. I have seen drugs and booze ruin to many lives among family and friends to ever believe there should not be controls on them. If you do not like it, tough. I will support people voting on the issue because THAT is freedom.

 

[Coded-Dude]

it would fail a vote of the people here, just as it failed in CA. the main reason it failed in CA; the religious right(obvious reasons), the black market profiteers, as well as police and prison unions. the latter two groups(black market and unions) voted it down as they stood to loose billions in revenue.

i say decriminalize it.......(not necessarily legalize it, but at least decriminalize it)

 

[RickN]

it would fail a vote of the people here, just as it failed in CA. the main reason it failed in CA; the religious right(obvious reasons), the black market profiteers, as well as police and prison unions. the latter two groups(black market and unions) voted it down as they stood to loose billions in revenue.

i say decriminalize it.......(not necessarily legalize it, but at least decriminalize it)

You forgot the people that are to smart to fall for the druggies BS.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

You forgot the people that are to smart to fall for the druggies BS.

+1... Them druggies are just trying to farce the public
Example A
Example B

Damn druggies

 

[RickN]

+1... Them druggies are just trying to farce the public
Example A
Example B

Damn druggies

They twist the facts just as much as the hard core anti-druggies do. Yes there are SOME legit uses for weed, no there are not nearly as many as claimed nor does it work for everyone.

 

[reddog1]

Good God. Rick, weed would unbunch you panties dude. You should give it a shot.

 

[RickN]

Good God. Rick, weed would unbunch you panties dude. You should give it a shot.

I did when I was young, then I grew up, watched several people I care about ruin their lives with drugs and booze and a few die.

 

[0311]

Yawn!!!!

It's not going away. Slap a tax on it. Legalizing it won't produce a sustained surge in use. When they legalized alcohol consumption, did everyone run out there and become alcoholics? Tobacco is legal, and heavily taxed, does everyone smoke? The people smoking it after legalization will by and large be the ones who would have smoked it anyway.

 

[RickN]

It's not going away. Slap a tax on it. Legalizing it won't produce a sustained surge in use. When they legalized alcohol consumption, did everyone run out there and become alcoholics? Tobacco is legal, and heavily taxed, does everyone smoke? The people smoking it after legalization will by and large be the ones who would have smoked it anyway.

Dream on.