on the topic of marijuana.
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
>> With tobacco, America has learned over the last decade that education is the most effective way to discourage use. Thank you, that was my core point. Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
Legalize it and tax it. :) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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Legalize it and tax it. :) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
Make people require a marijuana license and the test takes three days to complete :evil-grin: The tigress is here :-D
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Make people require a marijuana license and the test takes three days to complete :evil-grin: The tigress is here :-D
What would such a test entail? :) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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What would such a test entail? :) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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Why are you so interested ? :-D "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
:laugh: I was just curious, I swear! :-D -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
Well done. Mike "liberals are being driven crazy by the fact that Bush is so popular with Americans, and thus by the realization that anyone to the left of center is utterly marginal." JAMES TRAUB NY Times "I don't want a president who is friends with France or Germany" Me Paraphrasing Kerry: I've spoken to many world leaders - they all look at me and say, you've got to win. I just can't tell you who they are. Me
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
Although I do not use marijuana, and have no interest in doing so, I agree fully with your every point. Paternalistic, barbaric laws do nothing to improve the quality of anyone's life, and seriously injure all of us directly or indirectly. There is no excuse for arresting, prosecuting, and incarcerating any recreational user simply because he/she might do something bad, or to set an example for anyone. Most definitely, if a user acts irresponsibly under the influence, a suitable penalty is appropriate. But a casual user is no more a threat to society than someone who sits in front of the one-eyed-idiot after work sipping a beer and watching a ballgame. In fact, a pot smoker is far less a threat than a beer drinker; I've never seen a pothead turn ugly and mean after a couple of joints and start a brawl. No prohibition of any kind has ever solved a social problem, and every attempt to prohibit private behaviors has resulted in a new criminal class. Draconian laws against recreational marijuana use are inexcusable, and should be abolished. "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
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I wanted to say more in the last thread but there was so many seperate posts with subtopics I would like to address, I would have been posting all night to multiple threads. Instead I gathered some thoughts / material on the matter into one comprehensive text. This text still does not address every subthread this debate could theoretically get into, but covers my views on alot of the ground being debated in the previous thread. Please be aware I do all literary stunts without a safety net. ;) Marijuana Prohibition, 1937-2004 Marijuana cultivation in the United States can trace its lineage some 400 years. Cultivation of marijuana for fiber continued in American through the turn of the 20th century. Marijuana first earned recognition in the U.S. as an intoxicant in the 1920s and 1930s. Congress approved the "Marihuana Tax Act" in 1937 effectively prohibiting marijuana. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 80 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it. The vast majority of these individuals are otherwise law-abiding citizens who work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities. They are not part of the crime problem and should not be treated as criminals. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. Marijuana kills 0. There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in U.S. history. According to the European medical journal, The Lancet, "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco." More than 76 million Americans have admittedly tried marijuana. The overwhelming majority of these users did not go on to become regular marijuana users, try other illicit drugs, or suffer any deleterious effects to their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 35 percent of adults admit to having tried marijuana. Of these, only 5 percent have used marijuana in the past year, and only 3 percent have used marijuana in the past month. As with alcohol consumption, marijuana smoking can never be an excuse for misconduct or other improper behavior
Here in Sydney I was once stopped by police with a sniffer dog on suspicion of be in possession of marijuana. Eventually I was released as I was innocent. However you can get needles delivered to your door free of charge, you can go to an injecting room and get free needles and medical supervision while you shoot up or you can go on a methadone program and get free drugs, needles, and medical supervision all paid for by us tax payers. And dont be concerned about going to jail as all these services are available there free of changre as well. I think drink is the biggest problem in most first world societies. How many of us can say we have never done something we regret while drunk?