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farminator3000

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75. why you are mistaken in your 'thoughts'. did you imagine this 'hipster' in a dream?

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:12 PM

Feb 2013

weed has been illegal for ~76 years:

“Anslingerian” Politics: The History of Anti ... - Leda Home Page
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since the first federal marijuana legislation was passed in 1937

http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/352/Ransom.pdf
\Anslingerian" Politics:
The History of Anti-Marijuana Sentiment in Federal Law and How Harry Anslinger's
Anti-Marijuana Politics Continue to Prevent the FDA and Other Medical Experts from
Studying Marijuana's Medical Utility.

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so how did humanity survive for 10,000+ years with this horrible scourge?

which is actually better for you 10-100x better than most of the poison sold as medicine?

AND not physically addictive?

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Why I'm against pot being legalized [View all] quinnox Feb 2013 OP

Ahhhhh. Reefer Madness! HERVEPA Feb 2013 #1

My first thought madokie Feb 2013 #17

Does he smoke tobacco? Do his friends? jberryhill Feb 2013 #2

Might as well make booze illegal too. Rex Feb 2013 #3

BS hobbit709 Feb 2013 #4

People own their bodies and should be able to do with them as they wish. EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #5

Does that include using cocaine and heroin? Meth? randome Feb 2013 #33

I think no one should be punished for what they put in their bodies, absent harm to others. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #66

For the good of society I think some things should remain illegal quinnox Feb 2013 #57

Alcohol is far more damaging than pot nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #80

I grudgingly agree, because guess who picks up the medical tab 4_TN_TITANS Feb 2013 #82

Ooops, forgot... jberryhill Feb 2013 #6

those that smoke already do mikeysnot Feb 2013 #7

"The young generation would be all potheads." Brickbat Feb 2013 #8

As if they're not already. Erose999 Feb 2013 #38

Do all the hip young people huff glue or spray paint? KamaAina Feb 2013 #9

Huffing is not legal in FL. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #86

I'm sure that that's all but wiped out huffing down there KamaAina Feb 2013 #88

Did someboy claim it did? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #89

Nope. Merely satirizing the whole notion of drug prohibition. KamaAina Feb 2013 #98

I agree... n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #99

The kids will see their parents and grandparents smoking the occasional bit o' weed, MADem Feb 2013 #10

That's probably pretty accurate. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #29

I wonder if this was considered during Prohibition... KansDem Feb 2013 #11

smoke pot, yes. murder children using drones, no. nt msongs Feb 2013 #12

He used the "gateway drug" argument? Smoking pot might lead them to vodka? arcane1 Feb 2013 #13

Don't buy that for a minute. Kids smoked quite a bit of weed in the 70's when I was in school. we can do it Feb 2013 #14

So what? Hugabear Feb 2013 #15

I have been smoking pot for 46 years, and in all that time... DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #16

Then that means we've never met... Bay Boy Feb 2013 #93

As an unyoung person, I disagree. Wait Wut Feb 2013 #18

Your whole thing about "a party 'hip' popular guy gype who knows what the young people are thinking Brickbat Feb 2013 #19

What nonsense. RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #20

I just don't get what's so bad about smoking weed... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #21

I think it's a little arrogant to assume that what I might do OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #22

BWAHAHAHAHA. eShirl Feb 2013 #23

+1 SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #35

I think it's regressive to the lowest common denominator, a trait that LOSES all kinds of values, patrice Feb 2013 #24

where's our unrec button? liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #25

I never did LCD either... Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2013 #59

lol. okay you got me liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #64

heh, that's why they steal flat screens ? mitchtv Feb 2013 #68

restrict it like alcohol get the red out Feb 2013 #26

Just look at what a drug infested hellhole the Netherlands has become. ( n/t ) Make7 Feb 2013 #27

Portugal too! immoderate Feb 2013 #34

add to it Spain and Italy idwiyo Feb 2013 #72

Well... ummm... yes, actually Recursion Feb 2013 #51

The conservative Dutch government sought to ban foreigners from the cannabis cafes. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #69

. Go Vols Feb 2013 #28

Quite frankly, I think he's an idiot. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #31

It is already easier for teens/minors to get pot (and other things) than alcohol justabob Feb 2013 #32

If heroin was legalized tomorrow would you start doing it? Lint Head Feb 2013 #36

No quinnox Feb 2013 #41

I think it's the same argument I heard in high school 25 years ago LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #37

Anyone who wants to get stoned can already get pot. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #39

Utter nonsense. n/t Earth_First Feb 2013 #40

It's no fun if it's legal! Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #42

I think it will go the other way ThomThom Feb 2013 #43

his "point" is so highly influenced by prohibition that it's not particularly relevant.... mike_c Feb 2013 #44

he said his friends are all potheads quinnox Feb 2013 #48

perhaps I should have added that I'm 57 and in good health.... mike_c Feb 2013 #85

Pot, anything, can become a crutch in environments that are not enriched by opportunities, patrice Feb 2013 #87

Creeping like a communist it's knocking at our doors turning all our children into hooligans and..." LanternWaste Feb 2013 #45

That made my day. Brickbat Feb 2013 #49

One of the funniest movies I've ever watched... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #56

2 legal things that can be in this argument is Tobacco and Alcohol. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #46

His argument is based on a false idea he will have access. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #47

so you are for putting these people in for-profit jails... lame54 Feb 2013 #50

I didn't say that quinnox Feb 2013 #53

That is currently what is happening... lame54 Feb 2013 #58

What then is the precise and relevant difference... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #62

I think alcohol is not viewed as a "drug" by and large, by society here quinnox Feb 2013 #67

I don't think you've thought this through enough lame54 Feb 2013 #83

It doesn't matter how it's 'viewed'. Alcohol is a drug. A deadly one, at that. PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #84

Pizza sales would go up Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #52

You could say the same with alcohol, Rider3 Feb 2013 #54

that's bullshit. they are already influenced by peer pressure. spanone Feb 2013 #55

The gateway drug argument is so old and tired and invalid. phleshdef Feb 2013 #60

Series? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #61

yep, I realize it is an unorthodox opinion here quinnox Feb 2013 #65

Many of us actively resist orthodoxy here, even in regard to this question. This has to do patrice Feb 2013 #100

There is a middle ground Riftaxe Feb 2013 #63

I like it legalized. Young people will no longer be arrested for possession Autumn Feb 2013 #70

Completely disagree. zappaman Feb 2013 #71

You could have spent a little bit of time looking for report papers from countries that have soft idwiyo Feb 2013 #73

Breast milk is a gateway... Most heroin junkies tried breast milk first NightWatcher Feb 2013 #74

why you are mistaken in your 'thoughts'. did you imagine this 'hipster' in a dream? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #75

Acutally,the reverse would happen DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #76

have you heard of a little country called Portugal? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #77

Um.... are these lemmings all alcoholics? PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #78

We need to stop filling up the prisons and clogging the courts with non-violent drug offenders bluestateguy Feb 2013 #79

The Emperor Wears No Clothes <--- if you are a 'reading type', try this farminator3000 Feb 2013 #81

Your young friend does not sound like he's thought this through. surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #90

People die from smoking "fake pot". No one has ever died from smoking pot. Case closed. Scuba Feb 2013 #91

Instead of Pot.. substitute Coke or Pepsi BlueJazz Feb 2013 #92

Prohibition is a failed public polcy... TeamPooka Feb 2013 #94

Do any facts enter into your process in forming this opinion? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #95

He makes some good points loyalsister Feb 2013 #96

I don't believe you talked to anybody... Upton Feb 2013 #97

You are implying there is egregious harm if all his friends started smoking it too NoOneMan Feb 2013 #101

I'd rather have stoned kids than alcoholic kids. geckosfeet Feb 2013 #102