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In the discussion thread: Bill proposed in Oregon would make cigarettes prescription-only drugs [View all]

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 11:16 AM

Coyotl (5,160 posts)

74. Ad hominem is not cool. Please supply some photos of yourself so we can comment on you too

You know, to help you with your empathy skills

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111 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bill proposed in Oregon would make cigarettes prescription-only drugs [View all]	Freddie Stubbs	Jan 2013	OP
Nicotine is more addictive than cocaine and heroin. nt	onehandle	Jan 2013	#1
Which will make this more difficult to enforce than pot laws, to be sure, but good idea anyway	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#73
They are getting a little carried away.Unless, it's leading to tobacco equality.Let's deal w/the NRA	judesedit	Jan 2013	#2
Meet Mitch. Mitch doesn't have a smoking problem. Mitch has other problems.	NYC_SKP	Jan 2013	#3
LMAO n/t	Ashgrey77	Jan 2013	#4
Looks like old Mitch needs	Politicalboi	Jan 2013	#27
stick to the topic without demonizing him personally. that is what the other guys do	roguevalley	Jan 2013	#44
He needs a prescription for donuts.	rug	Jan 2013	#40
Yes.	Jeevus	Jan 2013	#51
Ad hominem is not cool. Please supply some photos of yourself so we can comment on you too	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#74
You're right.	Jeevus	Jan 2013	#93
Welcome to DU	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#94
Can they do that? I thought the feds established the controlled drug list.	McCamy Taylor	Jan 2013	#5
The feds were getting close to doing this themselves years ago.	onehandle	Jan 2013	#7
Yes, they can. They did that with psuedoephedrine.	Liberal Veteran	Jan 2013	#8
There's pseudoephedrine in Soma? Who knew? n/t	bitchkitty	Jan 2013	#16
Um, I don't think I implied that.	Liberal Veteran	Jan 2013	#22
My mistake.	bitchkitty	Jan 2013	#39
Each state also has a controlled substances list. There are minor variations.	Comrade Grumpy	Jan 2013	#11
That would make me think twice about visiting my daughter	OKNancy	Jan 2013	#6
I quit smoking 5 or 6 years ago, but I'd make a fortune running cigarettes across the border	Speck Tater	Jan 2013	#9
Unless, of course, you were serving time for your offenses.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#75
I say bravo.	SoapBox	Jan 2013	#10
It's good for authoritarians to self-identify. Thank you.	Comrade Grumpy	Jan 2013	#12
so, if someone has an opposing opinion to smokers, they are full of shit?	roguevalley	Jan 2013	#45
Oh, lighten up Soapie.	bitchkitty	Jan 2013	#18
I would say bravo to banning soda and any other carbonated beverage.	LeftofObama	Jan 2013	#19
And meat. And frying oil.	Xithras	Jan 2013	#24
LOL!	LeftofObama	Jan 2013	#25
Carbonated beverages are not addictive.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#30
I fought for years for a womans right to an abortion because it's HER body - not mine! Some	DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav	Jan 2013	#79
Exactly!	LeftofObama	Jan 2013	#84
Except for the 55000 a year who didn't choose to smoke, but died from others' choices.	dmallind	Jan 2013	#109
The point is that people do choose to get drunk and drive. This kills people. my uncle didn't	DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav	Jan 2013	#110
Remind me to invite myself over to your house	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#97
Oh for fucks sake	mokawanis	Jan 2013	#23
I do hate breathing exhaust from cars. In California, we have strict emissions control laws.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#31
Breathe directly from an exhaust pipe of one of those "strict emissions control" cars.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#36
Funny...	OneMoreDemocrat	Jan 2013	#76
Rumor has it they're going to try to go after E-cigs as well.	beevul	Jan 2013	#13
But if you are an addict, you shouldn't have any problem getting a prescription.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#32
No doctor in his right mind would give a prescription.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#37
If cigarettes are known "to hurt or kill," why are they legal at all?	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#88
No, we have been told NO smoking level is safe.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#89
I applaud the effort to raise awareness of how harmful the substances in cigarettes are....	Swede Atlanta	Jan 2013	#14
Nothing is better	neffernin	Jan 2013	#20
Oregon as well as most states have a smoking ban?	Travis_0004	Jan 2013	#33
Non smokers are crusaders who live to be outraged.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#38
you have your way for 500 years and we had to put up with it. Now you are a minority	roguevalley	Jan 2013	#48
Thanks, but I don't smoke, never have.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#50
oh for god sakes. Because I have real reasons for hating cigarettes I am now not a	roguevalley	Jan 2013	#57
Some people just live to hate	neffernin	Jan 2013	#61
You spent a lot of time building a strawman you could tear down.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#69
My roommate smokes	christx30	Jan 2013	#66
My solution to that is to move.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#70
It's my house,	christx30	Jan 2013	#82
its amazing isn't it? Addicts however don't have perspective on their issues.	roguevalley	Jan 2013	#47
The War on Drugs has been so successful that expanding it is the most logical course of action.	ZombieHorde	Jan 2013	#15
The upside of the law is preventing new nicotine addictions -- or at least making it more	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#34
The data base wouldn't be an avantage.	ZombieHorde	Jan 2013	#53
Apparently, people in California get marijuana prescriptions.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#87
The war on certain odors continues!	RandiFan1290	Jan 2013	#17
Congratulations on having quit!	Bibliovore	Jan 2013	#21
Agree. Now we need to expand	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jan 2013	#67
as much as I hate cigarettes	BainsBane	Jan 2013	#26
Idiocy.	MrSlayer	Jan 2013	#28
This does not ban smoking. It merely insures that smokers are checked by their	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#35
Smokers might be less willing to share their cigs with others.	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#41
Which would be great.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#86
Unbelievable	pmorlan1	Jan 2013	#58
Yeah really bad idea	Kalidurga	Jan 2013	#29
I'm wondering what illness the prescription will be prescribed?	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#42
Residents of Oregon...	bayareaboy	Jan 2013	#43
haha... good to see what pisses off Freddie	fascisthunter	Jan 2013	#46
Oh Good!	Scruffy Rumbler	Jan 2013	#49
This guy gives Democrats a bad name.	Jeevus	Jan 2013	#52
If cops spot someone with a Newport, do they demand a prescription? And what of alcohol?	arcane1	Jan 2013	#54
this thread is greatness!	snooper2	Jan 2013	#55
You tickle the crap outa me.	Sissyk	Jan 2013	#56
this wouldn't help if it did pass	lewisjaa	Jan 2013	#59
Another bill to penalize the poor...	AmyDeLune	Jan 2013	#60
It is all a big joke...	samplegirl	Jan 2013	#103
If enacted, I would start smoking again, quit my job, and become a multi-millionaire	20score	Jan 2013	#62
You would be competing with organized crime	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jan 2013	#68
I've watched every episode of Boardwalk Empire and all three Godfather movies.	20score	Jan 2013	#77
Then you know: leave the gun, take the cannoli	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jan 2013	#78
Fuck that and fuck the prescription-only pseueohedrine. The other stuff isn't nearly as effective.	fujiyama	Jan 2013	#63
This would stop a lot of people from starting up smoking	Liberty Belle	Jan 2013	#64
Indeed. Protect our youth and future health care costs too.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#95
The attempt to	zabet	Jan 2013	#65
Shameful	pmorlan1	Jan 2013	#71
My BFF in Washington always has me bring her a few cartons -	lynne	Jan 2013	#72
Wait, you can't classify this dangerous drug with other less harmful, illegal drugs...	olddad56	Jan 2013	#83
"Without a doctor's prescription"? Yeah, because you'll ever see one of those.	hughee99	Jan 2013	#80
I hate authoritarian nannies more than I hate smokers.	Throd	Jan 2013	#81
Why not ban cars and trucks that run on fossil fuels?	Yavin4	Jan 2013	#85
so will people...	actslikeacarrot	Jan 2013	#90
I hate cigarettes and I think that this is the most idiotic idea ever	MrScorpio	Jan 2013	#91
I like the idea. nt	Mosby	Jan 2013	#92
Bottom line for me: I would never vote for this Nanny Stater.	Midwestern Democrat	Jan 2013	#96
Two things	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#98
Seeing that cigarettes have practically no redeeming features, no doctor would prescribe it	FleetwoodMac	Jan 2013	#99
Edgar Friendly	sylvi	Jan 2013	#100
demolition man	actslikeacarrot	Jan 2013	#105
This guy not only is an Idiot	fredamae	Jan 2013	#101
Cigarette smoking has declined dramatically..	Permanut	Jan 2013	#102
I guess I really would not have a problem with this	samplegirl	Jan 2013	#104
I hate smoking, but prohibition doesn't work.	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#106
it is not a good drug	samsingh	Jan 2013	#107
Just wait until cigarette are illegal... Gang wars galore...	lib2DaBone	Jan 2013	#108
A year in prison, and some here support this???	mokawanis	Jan 2013	#111

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