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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:35 PM Original message |
Will Obama "legalize it" ? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, only Congress can do that |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Medical marijuana will be first. I predict that will happen within the next 5 years. |
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democraticmuslim (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Legalize |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That's a great idea you have there! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Erm, tobacco is still legal. nt |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Is this really a priority? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. what the heck are you talking about exactly? |
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spindoctor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Wish more people would remember that... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. True, but he can order the DEA and the Justice Department to not crack down on it |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Maybe so - That disparity between state and federal law is a train wreck, isn't it? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kucinich would |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. As long as Kucinich is still in the race on Feb 5th, I will be voting for him |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. He's got my vote |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. It's already KY's #1 cash crop. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. California's too |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Karl? Is that you? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I think so. n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. An acolyte at least. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope so. |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, but decriminalization would be a step in the right direction |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. nope. |
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Bright Eyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think any of the candidates will. |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. This is actually one of the areas where Paul is NOT batshit crazy |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. He will at least lay off the medical marijuana users |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. I hope he said that wrong, or someone misheard him. . . |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Yikes, I was just going to say that |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I think he was referring to it's pain-killing effect |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. Why are you responding to me with such condescension? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. i would hope so, but there are so many REAL issues. like upholding the constitution.... |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Probably not. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Anyone who thinks that $40 Billion a year we spend trying to keep Willie Nelson from smoking it |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. No. nm |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Gravel would. Ron Paul would. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Be about fucking time, if he did. Legalize it, tax it, and help pay off the stupid debt. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. At the very least, let farmers here grow its legal cousin, HEMP. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That, too. But the bottom line is, there is no reason why people shouldn't be able to recreationally |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. For medicinal purposes, yes. And he'll de-prioritize it and focus on treatment. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. No way |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Maybe because it's well past time someone stood up to the idiocy of pot criminalization? |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I'm responding |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I understand where you're coming from. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Oops---edit |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Ah, there is the rub! Change without change. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. No. Of course not. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. racist? christ. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've been waiting going on 40 years. I wouldn't hold my breath! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. But you'll get more mileage per puff if you do. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nice gotcha, "Mr Smith". nt |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. More importantly, would Congress? |
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negativenihil (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. honestly... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Felony convictions for nonviolent drug crimes ruin peoples' lives |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. How does a president legalize anything? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Maybe he could just light one up in front of a "joint session" of Congress |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. He should |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. No but I'd appreciate it if |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes, VP Gravel will be pushing hard for it. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. you win- you've obviously been smoking more & better weed than us all. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. What should be legalized is industrial hemp. Good for the environment. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. Edwards stated that he will respect state law in enforcing marijuana laws. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. If it is ever legalized then what happens to the drug testing employers do |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Are you kidding me? I know so many people who used it at one time or other |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I'm willing too bet that more people use than don't. Who is gonna admit it? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
56. No, Mr. Big Change wouldn't do such a sensible thing, wouldn't want to piss off big pharm |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Not only piss of big pharm but the prison industrial complex as well. |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. let's focus on ending the brutal war |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
64. I would hope that the next president has more important things to do. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. We spend $40 Billion a year on a drug war aimed PRIMARILY at pot smoking. |
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