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RainDog

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59. One marijuana arrest every 42 seconds in 2012

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 09:03 PM

Jan 2014

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/16/police-made-one-marijuana-arrest-every-42-seconds-in-2012

650,000 arrests for marijuana possession in 2012... but that is down from 750,000 in 2011.

It's selfish to only look at your own life when this issue harms so many people in this nation - and primarily African Americans because of the way in which prohibition is prosecuted in this nation.

4 out of 5 arrests are for possession. The overwhelming number of those arrested have no history of violence.

Yet, in some states, someone can serve a life in prison for arrest/conviction of possession of a small amount of marijuana if they are arrested three times because of our current sentencing laws.

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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