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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:21 AM Original message |
Schwarzenegger: Marijuana 'not a drug' |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. And coffee is a bean. |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. and opium is a flower |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ya' know, at least he admitted he inhaled. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. There's video floating around the Internets of him inhaling. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. ohhhhhhh |
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sugapablo (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Uhm.... |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
62. So, not exactly a one time thing, is it? If Ahnald wants to be a hero, |
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Diogenes2 (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Didn't inhale |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh okay. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. *I* have asthma, and I smoke. It's a bronchial dilator and used to be prescribed to asthmatics. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. *I* have asthma |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. My wife talks about her grandfather smoking "snuff" for asthma. Have no idea what the |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Well, if it was snuff |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. It wasn't actually snuff, just looked like it - some kind of brown powder. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Didn't inhale - he ate it in brownies |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Not crap at all - he ingested it in brownies |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Cocaine is just a leaf too. And heroin is just a plant. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Really? I've never heard of a heroin plant or a cocaine plant. |
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yava (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. and the flowers |
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yava (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. flowers and leaves |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. According to National Geographic coca leaves are chewed by normal people in South America |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 05:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. opium and hash |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Actually people do chew coca leaves- anyway it's a silly argument.- it is a leaf but also a drug. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
56. You get morphine from poppies, cocaine from the coca plant. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. And he couldn't sign the Agricultural Hemp bill. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Not familiar. Did he give a reason? |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Couldn't find his reason. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well that's perhaps a start toward an argument to legalize |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. no way |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. He's trying to create the illusion that he is pro-medical marijuana |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Medical marijuana IS legal in this state. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. Poor Arnie...he really hasn't smoked any pot since the 70s or he'd |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
59. IT'S NOT A TUMOR! it's a leaf. |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. He doesn't eat vegetables, either |
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rAVES (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. As much as I like to bash Schwarzenegger, I really cant find anything wrong with this. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. IT'S A LEAF! A LEAF DAMNIT! |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Amen!!! "It's a leaf!" |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. I can't believe I'm saying this, but - he's right. It's not only a leaf, it's a beneficial one! |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. it is also the stalk and the seeds, but it is the buds that get you high. |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. oh, really? the world is not round as columbus thought, either. |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. Like computers, weed has gotten stronger |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. double post |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. ha ha ha |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. There's some truth in that, |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Nothing but |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. "prohibition talking points"? I was pointing out the pros! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. Just to clarify: There is NO scientific basis to claim that marijuana (of any potency) is addictive |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. Guess what happens when you smoke really strong weed? |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
73. LOL! Enough to make you an 'addict'? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
74. BULLSHIT. There is NO evidence it is physically addictive. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. And penicillin is bread mold. Whats his point? |
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krj44 (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. i don`t the problem with |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
35. Cocaine is a leaf also and smack is sap from a poppy fruit. This guy has taken rationalization to |
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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Does marijuana go through a chemical process before it's used? No. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Oak leaves are natural also. Don't see anyone smoking them. Why not? |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I used to smoke these dried up stems that fell from a tree they were called Johnny smokers. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Neither does cocaine or morphine. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Both cocaine and opiates are PERFECTLY LEGAL for doctors to prescribe. Why not marijuana? nt |
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Melynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. I've wonder about that it. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. Coca-leaf is natural. Cocaine is processed in a way that I would hardly describe it |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #76 |
84. There's cocaine in coca leaves. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
75. There's nothing to rationalize about a beneficial plant like mj. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
37. So why did the little |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
45. Time for another episode of "You're Not Helping" |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
50. He'll apologize. |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
51. I'm all for pot legalization, but this is silly |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. is food a drug? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. No, food's not a drug. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. but marijuana is a food |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No, sorry, it's a drug. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm not playing dumb |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. No, alcohol is certainly a drug. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. Food is a drug. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Do you know that several people have died from ingesting Guarana in the past decade? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. "And just what the DEA is doing about the GUARANA MENACE???" |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
52. Marijuana is a drug .. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
80. It's an herb. It requires no processing. Drugs are arrived at through extraction & processing. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. It's an herb!! |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
72. It IS a drug. Just not a very harmful one. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. How is it a drug? How do you define "drug"? Seriously, what's your definition of "drug"? (nt) |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
77. It is the least dangerous drug out of all illicit drugs. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
78. So when will California stop prosecuting people for marijuana crimes? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
81. And that $40 Billion a year we spend trying to keep people from smoking it is monopoly money, too. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
82. actually i sort of agree |
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MLFerrell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-31-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
85. Bob Sagat agrees: |
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