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In reply to the discussion: The President Has a Growing Marijuana Problem [View all]hunter
(40,524 posts)37. The first black President can't support it, especially not his first term.
The white racist minority would go violently Harry J. Anslinger batshit insane and the republican clown meisters would play it for all it's worth.
...Anslinger has been accused to be responsible for racial themes in articles against marijuana in the 1930s.
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."
"Colored students at the Univ. of Minn. partying with (white) female students, smoking [marijuana] and getting their sympathy with stories of racial persecution. Result: pregnancy"
"Two Negros took a girl fourteen years old and kept her for two days under the influence of hemp. Upon recovery she was found to be suffering from syphilis."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger
I think it's that simple.
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It would be stupid of him to give his opponents amunition to use against him this year.
Kurmudgeon
Feb 2012
#14
It will NOT be legal in our lifetime. It is too risky from a political standpoint.
gregtownsand
Feb 2012
#41
Legalizing Marijuana in and of itself is not pressing to be sure, but that's not really the point.
iscooterliberally
Feb 2012
#8
It's pressing to half a million New Yorkers stopped and frisked on no cause a year.
JackRiddler
Feb 2012
#30
If the ship is sinking, incremental change isnt going to do it. He made the choice to vigorously
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#13
It seems like legalizing would create tons of jobs in growing, selling, distributing, etc.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#25