Legalize It!!!!!!!

[BigRob]

Hell.....ya' didn't even TRY to e-mail him!!

What kind o' participatory-democracy is THAT????​

Shaman, no office is going to read and respond to correspondence from outside the district they represent. Especially not from some random person.

You might get a form letter from the Speaker, but that would be about it.

An email would be deleted, or at best it would be sent to the representative from the district it was sent from, thus negating the entire letter.

Further, from your civics class, perhaps you could have learned that it is not the job of a Congressman from MA to represent people outside of his district.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Shaman, no office is going to read and respond to correspondence from outside the district they represent. Especially not from some random person.

<Groan....> No whining....please....

​

"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation." - General Douglas MacArthur

"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato​

You'd have made a terrible Hippie!​

 

[BigRob]

<Groan....> No whining....please....





You'd have made a terrible Hippie!​

Good. The hippies are useless. As for "whining." Apparently you call reality "whining." Next time the President comes out and says we need to start supporting his plan I will inform him to "stop whining."

 

[Mr. Shaman]

August 17, 2009​

"One of us (Franklin) was the commanding officer at the police academy when Arthur (as well as Moskos) graduated. We all learned similar lessons. Police officers are taught about the evils of the drug trade and given the knowledge and tools to inflict as much damage as possible upon the people who constitute the drug community. Policymakers tell us to fight this unwinnable war.

Only after years of witnessing the ineffectiveness of drug policies -- and the disproportionate impact the drug war has on young black men -- have we and other police officers begun to question the system."

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Shaman, were you Amos or Andy?

Gee....lemme guess...that's another o' those (poorly) veiled racist-references, right?



Back on subject..........​

 

[TruthAboveAll]

Gee....lemme guess...that's another o' those (poorly) veiled racist-references, right?



Back on subject..........​

Ding-ding-ding! You get bonus points for using the bonus word of the week - 'racist'! Good job.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

"These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in CalEfornia — and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federal government toward medical marijuana.

State lawmakers are holding a hearing on Wednesday on the effects of a bill that would legalize, tax and regulate the drug — in what would be the first such law in the United States. Tax officials estimate the legislation could bring the struggling state about $1.4 billion a yearhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/28pot.html, and though the bill’s fate in the Legislature is uncertain, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has indicated he would be open to a “robust debate” on the issue.

California voters are also taking up legalization. Three separate initiatives are being circulated for signatures to appear on the ballot next year, all of which would permit adults to possess marijuana for personal use and allow local governments to tax it. Even opponents of legalization suggest that an initiative is likely to qualify for a statewide vote."

 

[PLC1]

This is an interesting development, isn't it? California just might wind up legalizing something that the federal bureaucracy calls a "class one narcotic" and attaches felony status to purveyors. The feds say they won't pursue the law, but who knows what might happen later? We could wind up with a strong authoritarian government that would then raid California and its pot industry. Civil war, anyone? How about we just let the golden state secede peacefully?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This is an interesting development, isn't it? California just might wind up legalizing something that the federal bureaucracy calls a "class one narcotic" and attaches felony status to purveyors. The feds say they won't pursue the law, but who knows what might happen later?

....After 3+ YEARS of data-compiled, regarding the affects on society, after Legalization???

The Right would have NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

"Voters in the ski resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado legalized marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia by a nearly three-to-one margin on Tuesday.

It is the first municipality in the United States to allow paraphernalia, such as pipes, bongs and bubblers.

"[The measure] passed 73 percent to 27 percent," ABC 7 News in Denver reported.

"'This votes demonstrates that Breckenridge citizens overwhelmingly believe that adults should not be punished for making the safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol,' said Sean McAllister, a Breckenridge attorney who proposed the ordinance," ABC continued.

"Possession remains illegal under state law, but Breckenridge Police Chief Rick Holman said his department will 'still have the ability to exercise discretion,'" Colorado's Summit Daily News added.

“It's never been something that we've spent a lot of time on, so I don't expect this to be a big change in how we really do business,” he said, according to the Daily News."

 

[LooseChange]

I would like to give a big congratulations to Breckenridge, Colorado for doing the right thing and legalizing Marijuana. Slowly but surely the snow ball is growing and soon very soon the country will finally accept the legalization of marijuana and embrace it and then tax it. Even some conservatives like Walton and Johnston approve of the legalization of marijuana. The snow ball is growing and soon the Federal government will have no choice but to accept it. COME ON CALIFORNIA. Legalize it so the rest of the country can do the same.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Tooooooooooooooooooooo much logic, for a Republican!!!!!!!!

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Nearly 18,000 people die in alcohol-related traffic accidents each year. Hundreds more die from alcohol poisoning.

Alcohol is toxic.

Alcohol is addictive.

Alcohol is a carcinogen.

Alcohol abuse contributes to domestic violence and sexual assault.

Alcohol is highly associated with other violent crimes.

Alcohol is bad for your skin and makes you look older.

Alcohol makes you fat.

Alcohol has many long-term negative effects that are obvious to everyone, including dissolving the lacquer on the dining room table if you spill it there.

Try to find compelling negative evidence like this against pot.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

"Today the AMA voted to reverse its longstanding endorsement of cannabis’ Schedule I prohibitive status. The vote took place during the organization’s annual Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates in Houston, Texas, and marks the first time that the AMA has revisited its position on cannabis in eight years.

....the AMA’s official position regarding the medical use of cannabis no longer “recommends that marijuana be retained in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.” Rather, the Association now resolves “that marijuana’s status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines.” "

See the subject debated, at 12:45 EST, TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​

 

[Mr. Shaman]

"California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, (D) from San Francisco, has proposed legislation to begin treating marijuana like alcohol – giving anyone over 21 the right to use it but taxing it heavily. Taxing marijuana, supporters of Mr. Ammiano's bill say, could bring the cash-strapped state $1.3 billion annually. Already the state collects about $18 million annually from medical marijuana."

 

[Mr. Shaman]

"It's already being dubbed "the Amsterdam of the Rockies" and an après-ski spliff is likely to become almost as common as a beer when cannabis possession is legalised in the hip mountain town of Breckenridge, Colorado, on 1 January.

Well known as a laid-back party resort characterised by baggy-trousered snowboarders and a vigorous happy hour, Breckenridge voted last month to relax marijuana laws.

From New Year's Day there will be no criminal or civil penalties imposed on anyone carrying up to an ounce of marijuanahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/27/cannabis-legal-america-ski-resort – or the paraphernalia usually associated with it, such as long rolling papers, a small pipe or a bong. That also goes for tourists, in a resort popular with British visitors who flock there for the exciting ski slopes and the exuberant nightlife."