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32. Sure it is. He doesn't pay the price, the people do.

Reply to Schema Thing (Reply #29)

Sun Jan 19, 2014, 04:10 PM

Jan 2014

What remains to be seen is how much is left on the bill now.

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Obama: Marijuana Is No More Dangerous Than Alcohol [View all] Fred Sanders Jan 2014 OP

I'd rather be sitting in front of a stoner than a drunk in a Florida movie theater, that's for sure. valerief Jan 2014 #1

I'll drive next to a pot head over a texting asshole any day. L0oniX Jan 2014 #9

IMO it's much LESS dangerous. Certainly less addictive. n/t Triana Jan 2014 #2

+1 RoccoR5955 Jan 2014 #15

It's NOT addictive Scairp Jan 2014 #36

+1 n/t Triana Jan 2014 #37

If he's said 'far less' rather than 'no more' I'd really be impressed Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #3

Yeah. Alcohol has caused more carnage on the streets, more cirrhosis of the liver Rozlee Jan 2014 #4

Whoa. Don't minimize this, folks. This.is.huge. Schema Thing Jan 2014 #5

Ouch SHRED Jan 2014 #6

That last part of that video is chilling. The War on Drugs has created monsters. gtar100 Jan 2014 #21

Indeed. It is past time for all Dems to decriminalize weed riversedge Jan 2014 #34

woa BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #24

Sounds of Obama tacking to the way the wind blows. on point Jan 2014 #7

+1 dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #40

Isn't the DEA still kicking down doors... SHRED Jan 2014 #8

Lip service is easy and cheap. n/t L0oniX Jan 2014 #10

it's not cheap for a president. Schema Thing Jan 2014 #29

Sure it is. He doesn't pay the price, the people do. jtuck004 Jan 2014 #32

He started out by giving lip service to marriage equality, too. riqster Jan 2014 #48

Prohibition is ending, and you're complaining? tridim Jan 2014 #11

"Prohibition is ending" SHRED Jan 2014 #12

No, but prohibition is ending. tridim Jan 2014 #13

I wish I shared your optimisim SHRED Jan 2014 #14

Except that State legalization is undermining the very premise of the War on Drugs and gtar100 Jan 2014 #19

points well taken...thanks SHRED Jan 2014 #22

Obama is very prudently heeding changing public opinion, but... Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #26

thank you. Schema Thing Jan 2014 #30

O's waiting for Big Pharma/Monsanto to patent/genetically modify marijuana. Divernan Jan 2014 #16

OFFS LMFAO L0oniX Jan 2014 #33

On occasion yes Scairp Jan 2014 #45

Que up the complaining social cons (as they drink their beer). WhoWoodaKnew Jan 2014 #17

Marijuana legalization is the way to get people to vote Voice for Peace Jan 2014 #18

The only socially negative effects pot has ... Deep13 Jan 2014 #20

As Obama just said. Schema Thing Jan 2014 #31

I'll bet a lot of people right here at DU have personally been affected BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #23

affected DustyJoe Jan 2014 #52

.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #53

The biggest danger with MJ is the criminal blackmarket that prohibition supports. Exultant Democracy Jan 2014 #25

Then there's legal pharma.... AlbertCat Jan 2014 #27

Leading from behind is better than more drug worrier heel digging. Methinks an evolution is afoot. TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #28

Unless you're caught with it. Then you are fucked. n/t Orsino Jan 2014 #35

And yet, his DOJ wages continual War and continues to FILL the "Private" prisons with Pot Smokers. bvar22 Jan 2014 #38

I think It's Less Dangerous colsohlibgal Jan 2014 #39

I guess he'd know firsthand. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #41

Not true. The destruction it causes to junk food is devastating. The horror. The horror. Kennah Jan 2014 #42

Them twinkies had it comin'. riqster Jan 2014 #49

The biggest risks with Marijuana are the legal and employment risks. Shoulders of Giants Jan 2014 #43

"...alcohol has caused more death and destruction since LAST NIGHT than marijuana has done... TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #44

Actually it's far LESS dangerous than alcohol SHRED Jan 2014 #46

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2014 #47

Not according to your DoT One_Life_To_Give Jan 2014 #50

More people die from cigarettes and alcohol. Lint Head Jan 2014 #51

Hypocrisy marsis Jan 2014 #54