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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:23 PM Original message |
Take a look at this photo, and think about it for just a moment |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. it is silly, legalize it. I don't smoke it but it seems ridiculous to make weed |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Seconded. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Apparantly liquour is worth more legally and weed is worth more illegally. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I know, they are busting him for growing flowers! |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pot should be decriminalized, but |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I am sympathetic. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Your right. pot should be decriminalized. n/t |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. It's a symbiotic relationship. The government keeps pot illegal to keep |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Well put. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. How do you feel about sodomy laws? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Exactly. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Is anyone arrested for sodomy anymore? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Hetero couple in Florida in the early 90's. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. So what? |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Agreed. He knew the risk. Painting it like that is just silly. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
61. No, that is exactly what it is. There is only one reason that pot is illegal, |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. I'm not talking about if pot should be illegal |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. But the fact is that he will likely lose the rest of his life for planting seeds |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Well the fact is he was growing pot as a business |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Well, I guess you are one who believes that "the law is the law", and I believe in right and wrong. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. . |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. As always, the police exaggerate the 'value' by ridiculous amounts. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. but $500,000 sounds so much better, omg this guy was the next Escobar! |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is just a garage |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
69. LOL! This country is, and always has been about, making sure that rich families get to stay rich, |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'll help them get rid of that, if it's too much for them. - n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. My, what green thumbs they had. |
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GainesT1958 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wow, that's a lot of healthy pot in there... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. To play devil's advocate for a moment... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'm with you. Arguments from Nature tend not to sway me either way. nt. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Your analogy isn't valid at all, even in a devil's advocate way. For one thing, the amount |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I get your point, causation v correlation, but imo |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Imagine how bad it would have been for you if they had |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
62. Your parent were bad parents (taking your word on this) because they |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Looks like some kind of space alien animals grazing. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. I agree marijuana should probably be legalized but I don't really take a shine to |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. yeah, and then think about this... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Declare the "war on drugs" over. Decriminalize pot and tax it like tobacco. Empty the prisons. |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yeah, empty the prisons of pot folks and fill them with repuks. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. A second! |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. But we will need many more prisons for that. |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Nice thought, but it'll never happen. |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
52. Defeatist. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
65. There's a lot of profit to growing pot in your garage and selling it to |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Why should anyone pay taxes on marijuana? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Why should anyone pay taxes on alcohol and tobacco? Habit and convenience |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. I see the work of a meticulous gardener. |
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yellowdogmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. I find it absurd that this plant is illegal. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. off to the greatest! Marijuana laws are a joke... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't think he was growing it because of how much he loved the plant... |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yeah, the FDA does a great job, eh? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. "The government screws up everything they touch" |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Grow up. n/t |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. If pot was legalized... |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. If it's illegal to sell, and it's illegal for |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And about the time some jackass decides to soup up pot... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
53. They do market it - called Marinol (nt) |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Read up on this a bit. You will find that the pharmaceutical industry is one |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I'm just curious but, do you expect a pot grower to report his/her earnings |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The OP was romanticizing it, IMO |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. I see the potential for a lot of pain and suffering being relieved. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yeah, I see my tax dollars being pissed away to wage "war" on a relatively benign product |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:41 AM Original message |
Good thing Bush never did illegal drugs, huh? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
42. Oh damn it's Bakersfield! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Yeah, and I will be living there in about a month :/ (nt) |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. umm.. I see someone growing drugs. Tobacco is a plant, too. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I gave up smoking fifteen years ago. I have to admit that |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #43 |
73. The drug WAR has ruined countless lives. |
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Time4Peace (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
49. Kucinich might help change all this... |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
50. he could have improved his legal odds by remaining compliant with state medical marijuana laws |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
51. We need more replies - the poor old dead blonde woman threads are beating us. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. One does wonder - if she was able to smoke it might it have helped her? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. Well, you can't go around growing Pot |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
64. primitive lighting |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. Yet a doctor can over-prescribe the shit out of 'legal' or 'corporate' drugs |
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