Comments on: DC to El Paso: Shut up about marijuana legalization or we’ll bankrupt you! http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you The Growing Truth About Cannabis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Drake http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-64717 The Drake Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:31:30 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-64717 XuBlax, you have it ALL WRONG! This isn't about walking down the street puffing a doobie...grow up! This is about finding a sensible resolution to a problem that is getting out of hand. Desperate times call for desperate measures. It's illegal, yet you still get high. Lot's of people in this country get high, the question is where do you get your supply? Is it homegrown in the US or are you helping to put money in the pockets of these dangerous cartels? Even if you aren't, millions of people are and people are losing their lives over it. Take your head out of the sand, we are human beings...not Ostriches! XuBlax, you have it ALL WRONG! This isn’t about walking down the street puffing a doobie…grow up! This is about finding a sensible resolution to a problem that is getting out of hand. Desperate times call for desperate measures. It’s illegal, yet you still get high. Lot’s of people in this country get high, the question is where do you get your supply? Is it homegrown in the US or are you helping to put money in the pockets of these dangerous cartels? Even if you aren’t, millions of people are and people are losing their lives over it. Take your head out of the sand, we are human beings…not Ostriches!

]]> By: The Drake http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-64716 The Drake Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:26:41 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-64716 I live in El Paso and it's gotten to the point where even some of the more conservative people here, even some of the elderly, are supportive of at least putting the idea of legalization/decriminalization on the table. When you live this close to source of much of the violence that makes international news, you begin to change your mindset. The people in DC don't have bullets flying across their interstates or hitting city hall that come from Mexico! It is to the point where I avoid my old traffic routes that paralleled Juarez. There is the issue of what narcotics would be legal and which drugs would remain illegal. I question whether or not this would impact the cartels on a long-term basis. These cartels are so greedy, they would put a bullet in between their own mothers eyes if she got in their way. We also need to come down hard on corruption, on both sides...but let's be honest, we can really only take care of our side. How are all these drugs coming in? Combination of many things, but there are Americans that are selling out...we need to make examples of these people! Anyway, I could really go on and on about the problems that I see, just in the border region, but I'll just stop here. I live in El Paso and it’s gotten to the point where even some of the more conservative people here, even some of the elderly, are supportive of at least putting the idea of legalization/decriminalization on the table. When you live this close to source of much of the violence that makes international news, you begin to change your mindset. The people in DC don’t have bullets flying across their interstates or hitting city hall that come from Mexico! It is to the point where I avoid my old traffic routes that paralleled Juarez. There is the issue of what narcotics would be legal and which drugs would remain illegal. I question whether or not this would impact the cartels on a long-term basis. These cartels are so greedy, they would put a bullet in between their own mothers eyes if she got in their way. We also need to come down hard on corruption, on both sides…but let’s be honest, we can really only take care of our side. How are all these drugs coming in? Combination of many things, but there are Americans that are selling out…we need to make examples of these people! Anyway, I could really go on and on about the problems that I see, just in the border region, but I’ll just stop here.

]]> By: "Radical" Russ Belville http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-64528 "Radical" Russ Belville Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:32:59 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-64528 Uh, I just want people to stop being arrested, killed, denied education, denied employment, and separated from family when they grow, sell, or use pot. I want our government to stop wasting money fighting a war with us and sending armament and advisors to escalate the war on those south of us. Uh, I just want people to stop being arrested, killed, denied education, denied employment, and separated from family when they grow, sell, or use pot. I want our government to stop wasting money fighting a war with us and sending armament and advisors to escalate the war on those south of us.

]]> By: XuBlax http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-64517 XuBlax Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:20:29 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-64517 Jesus, its illegal but somehow i still manage to get high, what do you people want? To be able to walk down the street smoking a joint? Why is that? Do you walk down the street with a can of booze in one hand like a tramp? Its never going to be legalised, get over it, its not like its going to stop anyone getting high. Stop watching Jay and Silent Bob films and get a grip on reality... Jesus, its illegal but somehow i still manage to get high, what do you people want? To be able to walk down the street smoking a joint? Why is that? Do you walk down the street with a can of booze in one hand like a tramp?
Its never going to be legalised, get over it, its not like its going to stop anyone getting high. Stop watching Jay and Silent Bob films and get a grip on reality…

]]> By: Same Old Wine http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-4091 Same Old Wine Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:31:30 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-4091 Sorry bout that local new link above, here is the link: http://www.ktsm.com/news/mayors-veto-stays Sorry bout that local new link above, here is the link:
http://www.ktsm.com/news/mayors-veto-stays

]]> By: Sunflower Mama http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-4079 Sunflower Mama Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:22:28 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-4079 It's my understanding that the drug lords in Mexico are selling and distributing much more lethal drugs than mj! Give me a break. It's always about money.. Always. But what they fail to see is how much they could rake in if mj was regulated.. You cannot regulate something that is illegal!!! It’s my understanding that the drug lords in Mexico are selling and distributing much more lethal drugs than mj! Give me a break. It’s always about money.. Always. But what they fail to see is how much they could rake in if mj was regulated.. You cannot regulate something that is illegal!!!

]]> By: Evil Dick http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-4042 Evil Dick Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:43:04 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-4042 Russ, Sorry, I didn't mean to say the Thom endorsed the federal extortion of El Paso, which you reference in your story. Just that Thom thought that the use of this type of extortion was a "brilliant idea." It is not a brilliant idea. It is an unethical and illegitimate act. The practice of this type of extortion by the federal government is justification for any state to secede from the union. -ED Russ,

Sorry, I didn’t mean to say the Thom endorsed the federal extortion of El Paso, which you reference in your story. Just that Thom thought that the use of this type of extortion was a “brilliant idea.”

It is not a brilliant idea. It is an unethical and illegitimate act. The practice of this type of extortion by the federal government is justification for any state to secede from the union.

-ED

]]> By: Evil Dick http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-4040 Evil Dick Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:34:52 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-4040 Regarding Thom Hartmann's endorsement of extortion by the federal government, sorry, I gave you the wrong day, and link. Download the <a href="http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/PORTLAND-OR/KPOJ-AM/1-13-09%20hr%203%20POJ-cast.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=PORTLAND-OR&NG_FORMAT=newstalk&SITE_ID=674&STATION_ID=KPOJ-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=AM620_KPOJ&PCAST_CAT=Talk_Radio&PCAST_TITLE=Thom_Hartmann_-_KPOJ_Mornings" rel="nofollow">1-13-09 hr 3 POJ-cast</a> podcast. At 20:55 into the podcast, you will find Thom's endorsement of Bernie Sanders suggestion to withhold federal highway matching funds from states that offer companies tax breaks, rebates, etc. as an enticement to encourage the companies to locate their factories/facilities in the state. -ED Regarding Thom Hartmann’s endorsement of extortion by the federal government, sorry, I gave you the wrong day, and link. Download the 1-13-09 hr 3 POJ-cast podcast. At 20:55 into the podcast, you will find Thom’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders suggestion to withhold federal highway matching funds from states that offer companies tax breaks, rebates, etc. as an enticement to encourage the companies to locate their factories/facilities in the state.

-ED

]]> By: Ray DiPasquale http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-3913 Ray DiPasquale Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:41:57 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-3913 The War on Drugs was never meant to be won it was designed to be a perpetual forever. The federal goverment will use whatever means to continue this concubine to obilivion. In the words of Milton Freidman: The measures that you favor are the major source of the evils you deplore. The War on Drugs was never meant to be won it was designed to be a perpetual forever.
The federal goverment will use whatever means to continue this concubine to obilivion.
In the words of Milton Freidman:
The measures that you favor are the major source of the evils you deplore.

]]> By: OVERTIME http://stash.norml.org/dc-to-el-paso-shut-up-about-marijuana-legalization-or-well-bankrupt-you/comment-page-1#comment-3854 OVERTIME Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:27:29 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2297#comment-3854 page will not load for me ?? page will not load for me ??

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