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In reply to the discussion: Nixon's tapes reveal his true motivation and misinformation re: cannabis. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)11. And he was probably drunk and geezed on pills at the time. nt
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Nixon's tapes reveal his true motivation and misinformation re: cannabis. [View all]
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
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The irony is the person most responsible for promoting this particular prohibition
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#2
Nixon's Commission was leaning toward legalization until Nixon interfered/preempted their report
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#6
"He saw marijuana tied to radical demonstrators." And that is the whole reason for starting and
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#5
Well at least crap has the benefit of fertilizing the earth and helping things to grow.
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#10
I would wager that you are correct sir, this all happened during the same general time period
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#12
Control Freaks and Paranoid Authoritarians seem to share a certain number of mental traits
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#18
He believed that "the Jews," especially "Jewish psychiatrists" were behind advocacy for legalizatio
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#19
"people use marijuana "to get high" while "a person drinks to have fun.""
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#20
The Cuyahoga River catching fire in Ohio and a Democratic Controlled Congress
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#33
That paranoid asshole wanted to punish his political enemies and deny voting rights to millions.
Coyotl
Sep 2013
#34
But he was successful despite equal, fair and just democratic principles being anathema to him
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#35
Now now, let's not be giving dicks a bad name, when used properly they perform important and
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#38