Poll: Marijuana Law Reform

[Capo]

Yes

1. I could get off ambien, xanex, paxil, and beer. All of which I feel is more harmful than marijuana

 

[Coded-Dude]

Aren't those basically the same groups cited as the reason it was banned to begin with? So what else shifted?

big pharmacy and big timber are generally cited as the reasons for it being banned, that and John Ehrilichman("advisor") told Nixon that the War on Drugs was a "sexy political issue."

 

[uncle money bags]

Yes

1. I could get off ambien, xanex, paxil, and beer. All of which I feel is more harmful than marijuana

Why do you believe MJ would be an appropriate substitute?

 

[twoguns?]

Yes

1. I could get off ambien, xanex, paxil, and beer. All of which I feel is more harmful than marijuana

No those wouldnt be replaceable by maui waui...,,,

 

[uncle money bags]

No those wouldnt be replaceable by maui waui...,,,

I dont know, maybe the ambien. That is all weed ever did for me. Under a minute, lights out.

 

[twoguns?]

I dont know, maybe the ambien. That is all weed ever did for me. Under a minute, lights out.

True , but no hallicinations, with the maui , mostly, I think, maybe , ok what the heck , give it a try , ...the maui, ambien has ..Bad side effect s....ummm nevermind...

 

[Westsidebob]

Should be ok to grow for personal use.

 

[Raoul Duke]

http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A64539

Finally, Oklahoma's harsh marijuana laws are costing the state dearly -- millions of taxpayers' dollars that could be spent on education, mental health care, highways and other vital services are instead wasted on a bloated prison industrial complex.

According to the ACLU study, Oklahoma spent $30 million in 2010 alone enforcing marijuana laws. Nationally, the amount was a staggering $3.61 billion.

Yet, according to the Marijuana Policy Project's Chris Lindsey, "There's very little in the way of statistics that show that increasing penalties for possession of marijuana have any effect on the frequency of use in the state.

"I doubt that somebody that's making a purchase on the underground is thinking, 'if I get caught with this, here's penalties I face,'" he said during a recent interview on Oklahoma City's KTLV radio. "If the point is to change people's behavior, it's a failure."

It's bewildering, Lindsey argues, that authorities "spend so much time going after a drug that many Americans now believe should be regulated like alcohol."

Not just Americans in blue states like Washington and Colorado, but also in fire-engine red, ultra-conservative Oklahoma.

Think about this: Nearly six in 10 SoonerPoll respondents favor making possession of an ounce or less of marijuana a civil infraction.

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A64539

Finally, Oklahoma's harsh marijuana laws are costing the state dearly -- millions of taxpayers' dollars that could be spent on education, mental health care, highways and other vital services are instead wasted on a bloated prison industrial complex.

According to the ACLU study, Oklahoma spent $30 million in 2010 alone enforcing marijuana laws. Nationally, the amount was a staggering $3.61 billion.

Yet, according to the Marijuana Policy Project's Chris Lindsey, "There's very little in the way of statistics that show that increasing penalties for possession of marijuana have any effect on the frequency of use in the state.

"I doubt that somebody that's making a purchase on the underground is thinking, 'if I get caught with this, here's penalties I face,'" he said during a recent interview on Oklahoma City's KTLV radio. "If the point is to change people's behavior, it's a failure."

It's bewildering, Lindsey argues, that authorities "spend so much time going after a drug that many Americans now believe should be regulated like alcohol."

Not just Americans in blue states like Washington and Colorado, but also in fire-engine red, ultra-conservative Oklahoma.

Think about this: Nearly six in 10 SoonerPoll respondents favor making possession of an ounce or less of marijuana a civil infraction.

I don't agree with this train of thought. I personally do not use drugs because they are illegal and I have too much to lose, I can't be the only one.

 

[caojyn]

I don't agree with this train of thought. I personally do not use drugs because they are illegal and I have too much to lose, I can't be the only one.

With ya