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Post by jilliam on Aug 30, 2008 11:14:24 GMT -5
Theres no drug safer and almost innocent as MARIJUANA. I definitely think it should be legal.
I know someday it will be legal. In West Hollywood, the city passed an ordinance DECRIMINALIZING it. Round my neighborhood, on any given night, I'll see people walking around with a joint in their hand, people toking in their cars, I'll walk my dog and can smell that clean skunky air when I pass by certain houses. I'll sit on my front porch pullin' on a joint or toking out of my pipe and no one stares at me funny. Theres about 10 Marijuana clubs/dispenseries withine a 3miles radius of my house.
Only thing that sucks it that even if you have medical card, the fuckin Feds still raid the clubs. But, since the bad US economy started we've noticed our clubs havent been shut down....hey the city, the state needs the money.
I think the rest of the world needs to catch up.
I know theres a few other cities in California that have also passed that same type of decriminalation ordinances.
I tink NYC has something similar?
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Post by nyr401994 on Aug 30, 2008 20:24:59 GMT -5
i say yes.
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Post by sonicidler on Sept 5, 2008 9:12:30 GMT -5
Legalize it.
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Post by shoofee on Sept 5, 2008 11:52:25 GMT -5
It should be decriminalized at the very least. I would only decriminalize marijuana and mushrooms though. Follow the Dutch model. It is not legal in the Netherlands. Its decriminalized and taxed up the yin yang, there are very specific rules in regards to possession amounts and places you can smoke it.
Its very funny seeing people like Ross, oasis39 and Notorious L4E saying it should be legalized, because there is no chance in hell that would ever happen with a Republican or a right wing conservative in the highest offices lol. Its Ashcroft's fault you cant even get a bong online anymore.
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Post by Oasis39 on Sept 5, 2008 17:01:35 GMT -5
It should be decriminalized at the very least. I would only decriminalize marijuana and mushrooms though. Follow the Dutch model. It is not legal in the Netherlands. Its decriminalized and taxed up the yin yang, there are very specific rules in regards to possession amounts and places you can smoke it. Its very funny seeing people like Ross, oasis39 and Notorious L4E saying it should be legalized, because there is no chance in hell that would ever happen with a Republican or a right wing conservative in the highest offices lol. Its Ashcroft's fault you cant even get a bong online anymore. There are issues far more important right now than the leaglization of weed. As a voter, Im not really looking at what canidates support legalizing weed, there are too many other things that are actually important to vote for |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2008 17:47:58 GMT -5
It should be decriminalized at the very least. I would only decriminalize marijuana and mushrooms though. Follow the Dutch model. It is not legal in the Netherlands. Its decriminalized and taxed up the yin yang, there are very specific rules in regards to possession amounts and places you can smoke it. Its very funny seeing people like Ross, oasis39 and Notorious L4E saying it should be legalized, because there is no chance in hell that would ever happen with a Republican or a right wing conservative in the highest offices lol. Its Ashcroft's fault you cant even get a bong online anymore. i was just giving my opinion not a prediction |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 5, 2008 23:17:57 GMT -5
It should be decriminalized at the very least. I would only decriminalize marijuana and mushrooms though. Follow the Dutch model. It is not legal in the Netherlands. Its decriminalized and taxed up the yin yang, there are very specific rules in regards to possession amounts and places you can smoke it. Its very funny seeing people like Ross, oasis39 and Notorious L4E saying it should be legalized, because there is no chance in hell that would ever happen with a Republican or a right wing conservative in the highest offices lol. Its Ashcroft's fault you cant even get a bong online anymore. If you read what I wrote, you'll clearly see that i said within the next 50 years, and it wouldnt be surprising if it happened within the next 20 Yes, right now Republicans wont do it, and liberals are most likely, however, either party will accomplish this - it's just the way we're heading, right now it's a more partisan issue, but by the time it happens, it wont be. |
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Post by shoofee on Sept 6, 2008 0:56:27 GMT -5
It should be decriminalized at the very least. I would only decriminalize marijuana and mushrooms though. Follow the Dutch model. It is not legal in the Netherlands. Its decriminalized and taxed up the yin yang, there are very specific rules in regards to possession amounts and places you can smoke it. Its very funny seeing people like Ross, oasis39 and Notorious L4E saying it should be legalized, because there is no chance in hell that would ever happen with a Republican or a right wing conservative in the highest offices lol. Its Ashcroft's fault you cant even get a bong online anymore. If you read what I wrote, you'll clearly see that i said within the next 50 years, and it wouldnt be surprising if it happened within the next 20 Yes, right now Republicans wont do it, and liberals are most likely, however, either party will accomplish this - it's just the way we're heading, right now it's a more partisan issue, but by the time it happens, it wont be. With the Republican party entrenched deep into the ass of Christian right, and seems to be going that way further (with the selection of Palin its even more clear) there is no chance in hell that this change will happen through the Republican party, not until that faction of the party is changed and considering how they've become even more dominant in the party the past 20 years, its not coming anytime soon. Ron Paul came sorta close as he is a big time supporter of medical marijuana (and a OB-GYN doctor), but his stances on other social issues turned me off on him. However, Ron Paul is just a cardboard Republican now. He ran on a Libertarian platform. Its pretty telling that a guy who won delegates wasnt even invited to speak at his party's convention. On that token, its very unlikely to come via a Democrat either. Joe Biden has supported the drug war since its inception so at least in terms of the "old school" Democrats, its a highly unlikely proposition. Guys like Russ Feingold, Bernie Sanders (independent but caucuses with the dems), are far more willing to look at it though. Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% if not 150% for it. Hell, if a Republican ran w/ a pro-marijuana stance in terms of legalization/decriminalization, I would take a longgggggggg look at them and even consider my vote going that way, just as I did with Ron Paul who lost me on a few of his other stances. Bob Barr supports it, but hes even further to the right than Paul on other things. With the Christian right being so entrenched in Republican policies and looking to be even more entrenched in the future and the Democrats not even recognizing the elephant in the room that the issue is (although more democratic legislators support medicinal use at least) this issue will only happen through extreme reform of one of if not both major parties, or more likely, the emergence of a third party. |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 6, 2008 12:47:20 GMT -5
If you read what I wrote, you'll clearly see that i said within the next 50 years, and it wouldnt be surprising if it happened within the next 20 Yes, right now Republicans wont do it, and liberals are most likely, however, either party will accomplish this - it's just the way we're heading, right now it's a more partisan issue, but by the time it happens, it wont be. With the Republican party entrenched deep into the ass of Christian right, and seems to be going that way further (with the selection of Palin its even more clear) there is no chance in hell that this change will happen through the Republican party, not until that faction of the party is changed and considering how they've become even more dominant in the party the past 20 years, its not coming anytime soon. Ron Paul came sorta close as he is a big time supporter of medical marijuana (and a OB-GYN doctor), but his stances on other social issues turned me off on him. However, Ron Paul is just a cardboard Republican now. He ran on a Libertarian platform. Its pretty telling that a guy who won delegates wasnt even invited to speak at his party's convention. On that token, its very unlikely to come via a Democrat either. Joe Biden has supported the drug war since its inception so at least in terms of the "old school" Democrats, its a highly unlikely proposition. Guys like Russ Feingold, Bernie Sanders (independent but caucuses with the dems), are far more willing to look at it though. Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% if not 150% for it. Hell, if a Republican ran w/ a pro-marijuana stance in terms of legalization/decriminalization, I would take a longgggggggg look at them and even consider my vote going that way, just as I did with Ron Paul who lost me on a few of his other stances. Bob Barr supports it, but hes even further to the right than Paul on other things. With the Christian right being so entrenched in Republican policies and looking to be even more entrenched in the future and the Democrats not even recognizing the elephant in the room that the issue is (although more democratic legislators support medicinal use at least) this issue will only happen through extreme reform of one of if not both major parties, or more likely, the emergence of a third party. Great answer. Karma for you. You're right, as we stand now it seems unlikely. But in recent years, the mainstream media have talked about this concept, along with actual politicians like Ron Paul, add to the fact that our generation doesn't abide by prohibtion whatsoever - weed and underage drinking is rampant on college campuses....it's just a matter of time that one or both parties finally realize that they need to end this drug war. Personally, I feel that we should be able to put anything into our own bodies, as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. Smoking weed or taking the occasional E (I havent done MDMA, but it's the only illegal i'm interested in) doesn't hurt anyone. I don't advocate drug use, but I don't condone it either, but it's a fact that prohibition just simply doesn't work, and other avenues such as legalization and regulation must be seriously considered. |
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Post by mattmightsay on Sept 12, 2008 1:06:25 GMT -5
yes its a natural plant/herb.
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Post by nyr401994 on Sept 12, 2008 2:35:58 GMT -5
as long as you aren't infringing on other peoples' liberties, i have no problem with what you do to your own body, and the government should do the same. just get ready to face the consequences of what you do to your own body.
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Post by lampard on Sept 16, 2008 19:29:46 GMT -5
exactly. i think in the future it will become a major issue when people start to realise that it isn't nearly as bad as some of the other drugs out there. to be honest, it should be in the same category as alcohol and tobacco.
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