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82. I grudgingly agree, because guess who picks up the medical tab
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:17 PM
Feb 2013

for people too far gone on hard drugs?

Ahhhhh. Reefer Madness! HERVEPA Feb 2013 #1
My first thought madokie Feb 2013 #17
Does he smoke tobacco? Do his friends? jberryhill Feb 2013 #2
Might as well make booze illegal too. Rex Feb 2013 #3
BS hobbit709 Feb 2013 #4
People own their bodies and should be able to do with them as they wish. EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #5
Does that include using cocaine and heroin? Meth? randome Feb 2013 #33
I think no one should be punished for what they put in their bodies, absent harm to others. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #66
For the good of society I think some things should remain illegal quinnox Feb 2013 #57
Alcohol is far more damaging than pot nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #80
I grudgingly agree, because guess who picks up the medical tab 4_TN_TITANS Feb 2013 #82
Ooops, forgot... jberryhill Feb 2013 #6
those that smoke already do mikeysnot Feb 2013 #7
"The young generation would be all potheads." Brickbat Feb 2013 #8
As if they're not already. Erose999 Feb 2013 #38
Do all the hip young people huff glue or spray paint? KamaAina Feb 2013 #9
Huffing is not legal in FL. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #86
I'm sure that that's all but wiped out huffing down there KamaAina Feb 2013 #88
Did someboy claim it did? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #89
Nope. Merely satirizing the whole notion of drug prohibition. KamaAina Feb 2013 #98
I agree... n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #99
The kids will see their parents and grandparents smoking the occasional bit o' weed, MADem Feb 2013 #10
That's probably pretty accurate. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #29
I wonder if this was considered during Prohibition... KansDem Feb 2013 #11
smoke pot, yes. murder children using drones, no. nt msongs Feb 2013 #12
He used the "gateway drug" argument? Smoking pot might lead them to vodka? arcane1 Feb 2013 #13
Don't buy that for a minute. Kids smoked quite a bit of weed in the 70's when I was in school. we can do it Feb 2013 #14
So what? Hugabear Feb 2013 #15
I have been smoking pot for 46 years, and in all that time... DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #16
Then that means we've never met... Bay Boy Feb 2013 #93
As an unyoung person, I disagree. Wait Wut Feb 2013 #18
Your whole thing about "a party 'hip' popular guy gype who knows what the young people are thinking Brickbat Feb 2013 #19
What nonsense. RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #20
I just don't get what's so bad about smoking weed... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #21
I think it's a little arrogant to assume that what I might do OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #22
BWAHAHAHAHA. eShirl Feb 2013 #23
+1 SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #35
I think it's regressive to the lowest common denominator, a trait that LOSES all kinds of values, patrice Feb 2013 #24
where's our unrec button? liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #25
I never did LCD either... Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2013 #59
lol. okay you got me liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #64
heh, that's why they steal flat screens ? mitchtv Feb 2013 #68
restrict it like alcohol get the red out Feb 2013 #26
Just look at what a drug infested hellhole the Netherlands has become. ( n/t ) Make7 Feb 2013 #27
Portugal too! immoderate Feb 2013 #34
add to it Spain and Italy idwiyo Feb 2013 #72
Well... ummm... yes, actually Recursion Feb 2013 #51
The conservative Dutch government sought to ban foreigners from the cannabis cafes. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #69
. Go Vols Feb 2013 #28
Quite frankly, I think he's an idiot. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #31
It is already easier for teens/minors to get pot (and other things) than alcohol justabob Feb 2013 #32
If heroin was legalized tomorrow would you start doing it? Lint Head Feb 2013 #36
No quinnox Feb 2013 #41
I think it's the same argument I heard in high school 25 years ago LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #37
Anyone who wants to get stoned can already get pot. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #39
Utter nonsense. n/t Earth_First Feb 2013 #40
It's no fun if it's legal! Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #42
I think it will go the other way ThomThom Feb 2013 #43
his "point" is so highly influenced by prohibition that it's not particularly relevant.... mike_c Feb 2013 #44
he said his friends are all potheads quinnox Feb 2013 #48
perhaps I should have added that I'm 57 and in good health.... mike_c Feb 2013 #85
Pot, anything, can become a crutch in environments that are not enriched by opportunities, patrice Feb 2013 #87
Creeping like a communist it's knocking at our doors turning all our children into hooligans and..." LanternWaste Feb 2013 #45
That made my day. Brickbat Feb 2013 #49
One of the funniest movies I've ever watched... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #56
2 legal things that can be in this argument is Tobacco and Alcohol. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #46
His argument is based on a false idea he will have access. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #47
so you are for putting these people in for-profit jails... lame54 Feb 2013 #50
I didn't say that quinnox Feb 2013 #53
That is currently what is happening... lame54 Feb 2013 #58
What then is the precise and relevant difference... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #62
I think alcohol is not viewed as a "drug" by and large, by society here quinnox Feb 2013 #67
I don't think you've thought this through enough lame54 Feb 2013 #83
It doesn't matter how it's 'viewed'. Alcohol is a drug. A deadly one, at that. PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #84
Pizza sales would go up Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #52
You could say the same with alcohol, Rider3 Feb 2013 #54
that's bullshit. they are already influenced by peer pressure. spanone Feb 2013 #55
The gateway drug argument is so old and tired and invalid. phleshdef Feb 2013 #60
Series? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #61
yep, I realize it is an unorthodox opinion here quinnox Feb 2013 #65
Many of us actively resist orthodoxy here, even in regard to this question. This has to do patrice Feb 2013 #100
There is a middle ground Riftaxe Feb 2013 #63
I like it legalized. Young people will no longer be arrested for possession Autumn Feb 2013 #70
Completely disagree. zappaman Feb 2013 #71
You could have spent a little bit of time looking for report papers from countries that have soft idwiyo Feb 2013 #73
Breast milk is a gateway... Most heroin junkies tried breast milk first NightWatcher Feb 2013 #74
why you are mistaken in your 'thoughts'. did you imagine this 'hipster' in a dream? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #75
Acutally,the reverse would happen DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #76
have you heard of a little country called Portugal? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #77
Um.... are these lemmings all alcoholics? PeaceNikki Feb 2013 #78
We need to stop filling up the prisons and clogging the courts with non-violent drug offenders bluestateguy Feb 2013 #79
The Emperor Wears No Clothes <--- if you are a 'reading type', try this farminator3000 Feb 2013 #81
Your young friend does not sound like he's thought this through. surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #90
People die from smoking "fake pot". No one has ever died from smoking pot. Case closed. Scuba Feb 2013 #91
Instead of Pot.. substitute Coke or Pepsi BlueJazz Feb 2013 #92
Prohibition is a failed public polcy... TeamPooka Feb 2013 #94
Do any facts enter into your process in forming this opinion? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #95
He makes some good points loyalsister Feb 2013 #96
I don't believe you talked to anybody... Upton Feb 2013 #97
You are implying there is egregious harm if all his friends started smoking it too NoOneMan Feb 2013 #101
I'd rather have stoned kids than alcoholic kids. geckosfeet Feb 2013 #102
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