Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use - CNN.com
Interesting...it will get defeated though.
Interesting...it will get defeated though.
Hell, think of all of the jobs and revenue could be made from this and I'm not just talking about fast food and pizza.
The only thing interesting here is the relative stature of the people making the proposal. Barney Frank is an active career politician at the congressional level. To see this kind of legislation being proposed by someone at his level is interesting, it could possibly mean the subject is losing it's third rail status. To see it get support, even from CA reps, and Ron Paul who would have thrown in regardless, is even better. I'm not totally sure since I haven't been on the activist side of this issue in a while, but I think this might be the most significant federal level legislation moving away from prohibition in decades.Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use - CNN.com
Interesting...it will get defeated though.
Thats great and all...We'll see what happens when Obama gets into office. He has stated publicly on several occasions that he is for the decriminalization of marijuana. I think that there stands a pretty good chance of it at least being decriminalized for medical purposes in the near future under his tenure.
You get an ounce of some fire it will definitely last a long time.honestly, 1/4 lb. is more than enough for anyone's personal use at any given time, I'd be happy even if it were limited to an oz.
Think of all the money we'd save as a country by taxing south america and canada for importing their weed instead of trying to stop the flow? Try to smuggle it in to avoid taxes? Gov't could just take it and sell it instead of destroy it.
I agree, an ounce is more than enough to be carrying around anywhere, really. I wouldn't wanna risk getting robbed for a QP. F that.honestly, 1/4 lb. is more than enough for anyone's personal use at any given time, I'd be happy even if it were limited to an oz.
Think of all the money we'd save as a country by taxing south america and canada for importing their weed instead of trying to stop the flow? Try to smuggle it in to avoid taxes? Gov't could just take it and sell it instead of destroy it.
Oh, right. Because I'm so filthy rich right now with Bush in office... And McCain also looks so promising. :think:Thats great and all...
But you wouldnt have the money to buy weed if he was president. He'd have all your "change."
I agree with everything in there except the creativity part. I think you've got that part backwards.You get an ounce of some fire it will definitely last a long time.
I'd legalize or at least decriminalize it but i'd make it a felony to sell or distribute to anyone under the age of 18. And by felony I mean immediately 6 month jail sentance that you can't plead out of... kind of like the law if you use your permitted concealed weapon for leverage you get a mandatory 5.
My problem is younger kids smoking it tend to lose their motivation and creativity... we simply can't allow that with the way our society is already degenerating.
This is currently the magnitude of decriminalization in Canada. Surprise, surprise, there isn't a linear relationship between marijuana and deviant crime!honestly, 1/4 lb. is more than enough for anyone's personal use at any given time, I'd be happy even if it were limited to an oz.
The only one to blame for your shortcomings in life is you.Oh, right. Because I'm so filthy rich right now with Bush in office... And McCain also looks so promising. :think:
yes,On the Cali comment, you have to be some sort of "registered" medical user for the dispensaries so that it's all controlled? That the way it works?
unfortunately it boils down to the discretion of the police officer
I think with a change to the laws the discretion of the police would be better relied on. A couple other comments:Yeah I hear ya and unfortunately, this is the case all too often in a multitude of circumstances...
AMEN!!!!:goodpost:I think with a change to the laws the discretion of the police would be better relied on. A couple other comments:
1) The weight limitation is idiotic. Either legalize or don't. This half asses nonsense of legalizing x amount, all it does is keep costs high by imposing restrictions on legal transportation.
2) Derrivative of that, legalization of possession and use while growth, sale and distribution are still illegal is moronic. Legalize or don't. Either adults are free to put in their bodies what they choose, in which case the growth or sale of the stuff should also not be illegal, and limitation of its transportation and legal possession amounts no more than a half assed attempt to control buying patterns, or they aren't free to chose.
3) It's time to stop lying and, at least with weed, just come out of the damn closet and says, "Yes, it should be legal." Enough of this BS about getting grandma her arthritus 'medication'. Sure, weed can help some sick people and may help more in the future if doctors can figure out where it's anti cancer properties come from, however this medical marijuana cover is wearing thing. It's time to stand up and say, "I smoke weed, and I don't belong in prison because of it. I don't deserve to be fined because of it, or limited to a certain amount. I deserve to be left the **** alone as a matter of fact."