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Yes dammit! Deep13 Dec 2012 #1
Hear! Hear! ReRe Dec 2012 #22
I think you have to consider the difference between decriminalization and legalization frazzled Dec 2012 #2
I think you have it backwards NoOneMan Dec 2012 #31
Bingo. It will take legalization to get crime out of drugs. Scuba Dec 2012 #55
Hear, Hear! truebluegreen Dec 2012 #66
First of all he experimented and was not some hardcore user or dealer. lalalu Dec 2012 #3
People do get arrested and go to jail for experimenting with pot Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #6
Urban myth lalalu Dec 2012 #10
k Go Vols Dec 2012 #11
You proved my point. lalalu Dec 2012 #13
lol Go Vols Dec 2012 #18
He was on probation for robbery, not smoking a joint. lalalu Dec 2012 #20
At the time of his final arrest, was the arrest truly for a robbery or for smoking a joint? AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #33
Patrick is that you? snooper2 Dec 2012 #59
You are woefully uninformed. tabasco Dec 2012 #14
First of all the issue was incarceration and lalalu Dec 2012 #17
not false! wildbilln864 Dec 2012 #48
So you were hanging put with dealers and police informants and lalalu Dec 2012 #75
You need reading comprehension lessons. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #109
no doubt stupidicus Dec 2012 #140
wow! wildbilln864 Dec 2012 #142
Repeating a falsehood doesn't make it true tabasco Dec 2012 #62
Yet you keep repeating a falsehood. lalalu Dec 2012 #76
Employers and schools will still be able to test if it is legalized. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #117
It is not a myth, there are numbers to back it up Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #15
People are not arrested every 42 seconds and put in jail lalalu Dec 2012 #19
It is a fact that there are more than a million people in our prisons and jails on marijuana charges Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #28
"While it is true that a good number of those people have other things on their record " lalalu Dec 2012 #77
If you are going to quote me at least quote me in full rather than leaving out the crucial part Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #81
I ignored it because it is not true. lalalu Dec 2012 #82
False, people are taken to jail when they are first arrested Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #92
ridiculous indeed stupidicus Dec 2012 #30
Prove it was for weed only. lalalu Dec 2012 #78
What is silly is denying that people are incarcerated for weed Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #83
Actually people opposing the legalizing of weed link lalalu Dec 2012 #84
It is linked to incarceration, that is an undeniable fact Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #85
Those people are not in jail for just smoking a joint lalalu Dec 2012 #91
Can you claim that no one is taken to the county jail when first arrested for smoking a joint? Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #94
Most people are not even arrested and that is my point. lalalu Dec 2012 #96
If Obama had been arrested he would not be President today Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #98
So now you have a crystal ball? lalalu Dec 2012 #101
You de realize that people lose financial aid and scholarships when they are arrested correct? Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #106
There is at least one person who faced serious legal consequences for smoking a joint Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #95
He can hang out with whomever he chooses. lalalu Dec 2012 #100
Do you not understand that when you make something illegal, any and all activity morningfog Dec 2012 #103
News flash: pot smokers buy pot from people who sell pot Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #105
So now President Obama associated with drug dealers? lalalu Dec 2012 #107
Most pot smokers have associated with dealers Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #118
There is one person who does keep losing an argument here. morningfog Dec 2012 #125
no, you prove it wasn't stupidicus Dec 2012 #139
Support? Data? Link? Anything other than your ass talking? morningfog Dec 2012 #43
Data to support what? lalalu Dec 2012 #79
Ah, you are backtracking now. morningfog Dec 2012 #102
You really need a joint. lalalu Dec 2012 #110
That person just completely destroyed your argument and that is your best rebuttal? Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #113
NO, they did not. lalalu Dec 2012 #116
So which one of the statistics presented is skewed? Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #121
In those statistics there lalalu Dec 2012 #126
Point to such notations. morningfog Dec 2012 #130
You are making up false arguments to distract from the real numbers. Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #134
Follow the links. FBI, DOJ and Federal Sentencing Guidelines. morningfog Dec 2012 #124
Here are the federal penalities for marijuana neverforget Dec 2012 #129
You completely ignored all the facts I provided. morningfog Dec 2012 #123
which in no way rebuts the fact that many do stupidicus Dec 2012 #144
Educate yourself and stop spreading your stinky BS tabasco Dec 2012 #63
Name calling is what people do when they have lost their argument. lalalu Dec 2012 #80
Let's see laundry_queen Dec 2012 #111
Yes, some people on the left are stupid and lalalu Dec 2012 #115
Maybe you don't walk in a "goose-step" but reading your posts Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #131
Nice picture of yourself. lalalu Dec 2012 #132
Bullshit. Utter bullshit. morningfog Dec 2012 #42
Yes, it is. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #57
You need a joint lalalu Dec 2012 #86
No, you need a clue. morningfog Dec 2012 #104
I have a friend that spent 3 years in an Arizona prison over 3 joints. nt PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #51
MYTH!1111!!1!! Grabaraghhaha!!1!! morningfog Dec 2012 #128
He is a Navajo Indian and that was the 1970s. PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #137
Well, I do know people that have been arrested and sent to jail as teenagers Live and Learn Dec 2012 #53
For smoking a joint? lalalu Dec 2012 #87
good grief stupidicus Dec 2012 #143
"I have never known a single person who went to jail & had their lives ruined over smoking a joint." Hissyspit Dec 2012 #56
You heard a story a few years back..... lalalu Dec 2012 #89
All these"urban myths," examples and government statistics. morningfog Dec 2012 #133
Bullshit. It was a well documented NPR piece. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #138
are you a shill or just naive? icarusxat Dec 2012 #60
LOL, your friend was targeted for selling crap and not lalalu Dec 2012 #88
You are in heavy denial. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #70
Oklahoma woman serving 12 years for pot case released from prison Read more from this Tulsa World a Cayenne Dec 2012 #108
Here we go again. lalalu Dec 2012 #112
Don't embellish her story without facts. Cayenne Dec 2012 #120
Here is what you refuse to deal with: morningfog Dec 2012 #127
My husband's life was ruined over smoking marijuana Nikia Dec 2012 #135
Blacks account for 12% of the population, 14% of annual marijuana users, & 31% of mj arrests. progressoid Dec 2012 #136
Not a hardcore user with permanent brain damage like, um, I dunno... Deep13 Dec 2012 #8
people who use too much alcohol? Coyotl Dec 2012 #21
Too much booze, too much cocaine... Deep13 Dec 2012 #23
Coke AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #40
Don't forget Laura was drunk and killed a teenager. lalalu Dec 2012 #24
I would guess that a pretty high proportion of politicians, white or black, have used illegal drugs LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #9
I have always loved the word "experiment". It is SUCH bullshit. Bonobo Dec 2012 #41
I am still experimenting and wildbilln864 Dec 2012 #50
You've shown correlation but not causation? Ken Burch Dec 2012 #54
You should research the statistics of black men who have been in jail. morningfog Dec 2012 #44
The majority of marijuana arrests come because of a minor traffic violation obxhead Dec 2012 #47
In the '60s, some marijuana arrests came about as a result of police planting grass. Maybe they AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #64
He was a pot smoker for at least several months in New York City... JackRiddler Dec 2012 #71
So are you under the impression that an arresting officer asks black young men if Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #114
The question that should be asked to all politicians who have used any illegal drug is... Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #4
But of course the Republicans have the Born Again option. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #5
That question should be asked of Holder. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #34
, Go Vols Dec 2012 #7
Just a voice in the darkness ! chille1 Dec 2012 #12
There is no honest rational for pot to be Schedule I PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #52
Wow. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #119
According to his policies it should have been. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #16
Bingo! n/t truebluegreen Dec 2012 #67
or Bush or Gore or (insert name of a majority politicians you see on TV)? underpants Dec 2012 #25
You mean like Rush Limbaugh's life was destroyed by a drug bust. Speck Tater Dec 2012 #26
It probably would have been if he were a black college age kid Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #29
Apparently his life and his brain was destroyed by drugs, not a drug bust. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #35
Obama is way too smart to let us down on this issue. nt tridim Dec 2012 #27
Sure he is.. Upton Dec 2012 #36
I'm feeling really good about my prediction. tridim Dec 2012 #61
Fine. truebluegreen Dec 2012 #68
He already has. morningfog Dec 2012 #45
no, as no ones should stupidicus Dec 2012 #32
For him it's okay SHRED Dec 2012 #37
Well said... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #38
Excellent post. woo me with science Dec 2012 #39
agreed - i hope the democratic leadership is not stupid enough to go against the will of the people samsingh Dec 2012 #46
POTUS Obama is a liar and a hypocrite regards to pot policy. nt PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #49
You Think MSM Will Confront Him On This? YOHABLO Dec 2012 #58
No, but he was 100% opposite on the record when campaigning in 2008. PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #65
If he hasn't figured it out by now then... wildbilln864 Dec 2012 #69
Great idea for a post! I beat you to it by four years... JackRiddler Dec 2012 #72
It's a good point Canuckistanian Dec 2012 #73
Agree! LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #74
He was fortunate to avoid arrest. Or worse a minor arrest /w evidence planting by corrupt police. Sunlei Dec 2012 #90
I agree it should all be decriminalized treestar Dec 2012 #93
I hate to break this to you but 'the average white kid' does a variety of drugs that Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #122
Prohibition of anything is a big fantasyland joke. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #97
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #99
Let the Feds go after large, multi-state criminal drug-dealing gangs, Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #141
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