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haele

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3. Yes, but they really, really need the slacker vote...and more recruits.

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 2, 2026, 03:41 PM

20 hrs ago

So the GOP will stop throwing up roadblocks on one of the favorites of their "Dems are soft on Crime" planks once they realize need to more young folks to support them or their wars.
Decriminalize pot, and there's more young males eligible for the draft.

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The feds have embraced medical marijuana. Now what? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago OP

GOP has used pot as a tool to jail people who think for themselves. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #1

Yes, but they really, really need the slacker vote...and more recruits. haele 20 hrs ago #3

Lenny Bruce also understood and shared... Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #12

Now dispensaries may start to accept credit cards GreatGazoo 21 hrs ago #2

We've Been Using Cards Here For At Least 5 Years ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #7

Interesting. In NY you have to pass cash across the counter GreatGazoo 18 hrs ago #8

I'd Say You're Right ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #9

If we ever get behind guns, or they get behind drugs, it's all over for a cycle or two. OC375 20 hrs ago #4

Great if they can ever figure out the dosage. multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #5

Well, the problem in medicine has always been standardization haele 1 hr ago #13

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Sez you. marble falls 13 hrs ago #11

I find that the people who could benefit most from it by lightening up a little are usually the most opposed to it. BannonsLiver 29 min ago #14

Sometimes the Trump administration is like a broken clock AZProgressive 16 hrs ago #10