By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2011
Legalization is a legitimate topic for debate?
Great! Name the time and place. We’ve been prepping for this debate for forty years.
Make it a televised two-hour debate with live online and call-in voting, a la American Idol.
The ratings would be historic and you (not we) will be surprised by the results of the vote.
But can we split it up into two separate one-hour debates? Hour one: Cannabis legalization. Hour two: Drug legalization.
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His response makes me question why he has had such a change of tune since his pre-presidential position.
What BS info did he receive as prez to be so indifferent and clearly opposed to something he was once in favor of?
If he is getting actual and true information, the issue would be done with by now and decrim or outright legalization would have already occurred at the fed level.
This indicates to me that he is continuing to get stone age Anslinger type information and is either too stupid, too timid, or too powerless to make a change.
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