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7. Totally agree with you! nt

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Tue Jan 21, 2014, 02:38 PM

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Patrick Kennedy....why so confused? [View all] Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 OP

Dry drunks. Warren Stupidity Jan 2014 #1

+1 for 'just like he wasn't' nt DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2014 #4

Well put. SolutionisSolidarity Jan 2014 #19

Textbook case. Paladin Jan 2014 #31

Weed was made by nature, Patrick Holly_Hobby Jan 2014 #2

Patrick Kennedy has been in and out of rehab for addiction to various Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #3

He's a member of family in which numerous individuals have struggled pnwmom Jan 2014 #5

Totally agree with you! nt Raine Jan 2014 #7

+ 2 Octafish Jan 2014 #14

They are disagreeing with the drug laws and arthritisR_US Jan 2014 #34

Great. Still, there's no need to smear a son of Ted Kennedy as a ''loon.'' Octafish Jan 2014 #42

There are many things Ivan agree with him on arthritisR_US Jan 2014 #45

Well hey, marsis Jan 2014 #22

The fact that pot is stronger today is exactly what makes it safer Bandit Jan 2014 #30

There continues to be an issue when teens use it. pnwmom Jan 2014 #32

I agree it should be for adults Bandit Jan 2014 #35

Yea but even if it were safe for kids... phleshdef Jan 2014 #37

My cousin had a car accident crashed into LukeFL Jan 2014 #65

I'm so sorry about your cousin, LukeFl. pnwmom Jan 2014 #70

Thank you. This was few years ago LukeFL Jan 2014 #71

Legalization is not about if todays pot is stronger than yesterdays.. Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #47

The first link you posted in claiming he was a "loon" was to an article pnwmom Jan 2014 #68

It's a complete sideshow.. Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #78

Sure, but there are pretty simple reasons *why* it's stronger. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2014 #75

As others in this thread have noted, this is more about his own demons than anything else cali Jan 2014 #6

Isn't calling President Obama uninformed and telling him to read his own government reports.. Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #8

Please. Stop dreaming.. LukeFL Jan 2014 #12

Funny. Medical professionals state publicly the govt reports are lies RainDog Jan 2014 #38

Thank you LukeFL Jan 2014 #11

Just because he may not have the same LukeFL Jan 2014 #9

People get it and smoke it whether or not it's legal. Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #13

Thank you. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #16

You're not socially liberal. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #15

I don't think that poster knows what the term means. SolutionisSolidarity Jan 2014 #23

Seems to be a trend these days. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #26

I guess you know? LukeFL Jan 2014 #53

It means that you believe personal freedom to be in line with the general welfare of society. SolutionisSolidarity Jan 2014 #86

I don't care what you think. You don't LukeFL Jan 2014 #52

Keeping MJ illegal makes other, harmful drugs more accessible RainDog Jan 2014 #50

+10000000... Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #56

One marijuana arrest every 42 seconds in 2012 RainDog Jan 2014 #59

This hAs nothing to do whith what the government LukeFL Jan 2014 #58

You can see into the future? RainDog Jan 2014 #60

Apparently you and I have the same powers LukeFL Jan 2014 #63

In places where cannabis has been effectively decriminalized RainDog Jan 2014 #66

Fair enough. As I stated above I am for LukeFL Jan 2014 #69

I understand RainDog Jan 2014 #73

On Tweety's show last night he decried those using anecdotal experiences about drugs Jersey Devil Jan 2014 #10

I suspect the right and left breakdown on this issue may have more to do with Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #17

both sides of the river could use a more valuable cash crop. bettyellen Jan 2014 #20

I think prohibition's days are numbered, for sure. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #24

sad to think decriminalization would happen because of profit, and not in the interest of justice bettyellen Jan 2014 #25

He is a member of the paternalist, authoritarian Left. SolutionisSolidarity Jan 2014 #18

Patrick Kennedy is no leftist. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #33

He probably is connected with the Mexican Drug Cartel. B Calm Jan 2014 #21

Yep. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #28

Like they say, follow the money! B Calm Jan 2014 #40

He missed the non-prohibitionist part of 12-step programs... cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #27

Well, why not ask him yourself? https://twitter.com/PJK4brainhealth nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #29

Recovery culture get the red out Jan 2014 #36

He is a recovering drug addict (and my former Congressman) hack89 Jan 2014 #39

Rehab stats for marijuana are lies RainDog Jan 2014 #41

+1,000 Vattel Jan 2014 #82

He may be a friend of Bill, but he's no fucking friend of mine Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #43

Not a RightWing panderer, at all. He's in Recovery. countryjake Jan 2014 #44

This is a problem - when people extrapolate their experience RainDog Jan 2014 #48

Which is why former substance abusers are "In recovery"... countryjake Jan 2014 #49

So, Jim Crow is better, huh? RainDog Jan 2014 #51

So you think that Kennedy wants more Black kids in prison? countryjake Jan 2014 #54

I'm saying support for prohibition is support for Jim Crow RainDog Jan 2014 #57

Interestingly RainDog Jan 2014 #55

Were you even alive then? countryjake Jan 2014 #61

The point is not "touching big alcohol" RainDog Jan 2014 #62

Not in '79 it wasn't. Nobody was allowed to sell their stuff. countryjake Jan 2014 #64

Patrick is spouting propaganda RainDog Jan 2014 #67

Okay, now I get that point, but where is the propaganda... countryjake Jan 2014 #72

"Cunning privatization" RainDog Jan 2014 #74

Yes, cunning. countryjake Jan 2014 #76

I'm a mixed economy kinda girl RainDog Jan 2014 #79

Well, that may be your solution to the monster that controls us... countryjake Jan 2014 #84

I'd love to hear about what's happening RainDog Jan 2014 #85

Would you rather buy and eat a homegrown tomato RainDog Jan 2014 #77

You mean like the cigarettes that are sold today? countryjake Jan 2014 #80

My relatives grew tobacco too RainDog Jan 2014 #81

What the Tobacco Industry did to small farmers... countryjake Jan 2014 #87

so, homegrown tomatoes no longer exist? RainDog Jan 2014 #88

Well, since you've touched on the actual benefit that Medical Marijuana... countryjake Jan 2014 #89

Thanks! RainDog Jan 2014 #90

It's the Ambien talking n't B2G Jan 2014 #46

Some of the most virulent and unrealistic opponents to a vice are former addicts of bluestate10 Jan 2014 #83