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arely staircase

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Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:36 PM

Jul 2013

Of the 17 states that have enacted medical marijuana laws, 10 are Democratic and only two are Republican. (The rest are not controlled by a single party.) As if to put an exclamation point on this difference, the same day last November that voters in Democrat controlled Washington and Colorado approved the legalization of marijuana, voters in Republican controlled Arkansas handily defeated a proposal to allow the drug to be used for medicinal purposes with a doctor’s prescription.

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The Huge Difference Between Democrats and Republicans [View all] arely staircase Jul 2013 OP

The right to choose and the right to vote. calimary Jul 2013 #1

those are my top two as well arely staircase Jul 2013 #13

not good enough for me, and I don't hear too many Congressmen pitching a fit about the voting rights liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #20

You'd think that with Republicans Jamaal510 Jul 2013 #25

TeaPubliKlans don't want people to be able to vote because it hurts their chances to win TheKentuckian Jul 2013 #26

R&K for whatever, coming from you I'm THERE11 n/t UTUSN Jul 2013 #2

And yet both parties think it's their business what I grow in my garden Fumesucker Jul 2013 #3

and yet arely staircase Jul 2013 #4

Obama disagrees with you Fumesucker Jul 2013 #5

I wish the administration would halt all raids on dispensaries arely staircase Jul 2013 #6

Only Nixon could go to China Fumesucker Jul 2013 #8

they would lose their Christian fundamentalist base, never happen nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #9

Not as many as you might think Fumesucker Jul 2013 #10

LOL yeah I was raised Baptist and then I reached the age reason arely staircase Jul 2013 #11

I know some hard core Christians that either smoke marijuana or approve of it, and many of them do liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #18

K&R. Yes, there's a huge difference between the parties. Don't let anybody DevonRex Jul 2013 #7

You are correct, AS. sheshe2 Jul 2013 #12

The difference is on the State level, the Feds are the same no matter Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #14

Anybody who says there's no difference between the Democratic and Republican parties... SunSeeker Jul 2013 #15

the people are making the marijuana laws happen, not the politicians. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #16

the Justice Depts. raids on dispensories are wrong arely staircase Jul 2013 #17

I don't agree. It was no worse under Bush than under Obama. In fact it has gotten worse under liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #19

What party you support is so much more than who you support for president arely staircase Jul 2013 #21

marijuana is only one issue. I am pissed at the democrats right now. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #22

K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #23

Here's a good question: ProSense Jul 2013 #24