Bingo! Do asshole cops burn down the lives of people who are minding their own business and not hurting anyone, just for a paycheck, even though they and most of the nation knows it is wrong? People do.
Why? Ever watch a DEA agent talk? Search youtube, lots of busts and commentary from these folks. They’re like a hardcore religion who believe what most of us don’t, except they get a badge and get to enforce their beliefs. Yay.
My friends and I have always debated this for years. It’s the best idea out there.
Imagine this: You could theoretically charge twice the amount you charge for smokes (as a baseline for the argument for the dorks who want to do the math), and get twice the tax dollars. Eliminate the cost of the war on drugs (HAH!) by at least 50% (there’s still the coke dealers and whoever else out there doing their thing to deal with). Increased revenue from permit regulations and what not to meet the new importation regulations (ka-ching!)…
…and not to mention eliminate at least 50% loss of lives of those fighting the war on drugs.
That’s just for starters. I’m sure there are many more points to promote this idea and the big financial plan that I’m not aware of, but I can barely balance my checkbook.
C’mon, Obama - just legalize it. 
Hmm. We all remember what happened the last time we got into a big argument over states’ rights vs. the federal government…
Is that archived anywhere? Change.gov no longer has anything on it but a link to whitehouse.gov
Ah yes. :rolleyes:
Obama closes Guantanamo Bay, pulls the troops out of Iraq and tackles the massive budget deficit (all problems Bush created) and you focus on changes in marijuana as his top priority. :smack:
Wikipedia says more than 40 percent of U.S. adults have tried it, and frankly I think that figure is very low. Aside from a minority of very culturally conservative people, I don’t think people are afraid of marijuana and buy into these stereotypes. I think they just don’t care about it one way or another because they have no reason to. It’s illegal, but they never got into it or grew out of it, and moved on to legal stuff because there was less chance of getting in trouble.
This, however, is completely true.
Hey, thanks for reading and understanding my posts!
Idiot.
All he had to do was say “We’re opening a dialog on this issue,” or even, “We’ll address this issue in the future.”
That wouldn’t have required any extra effort. But he didn’t.
Cheer up. He’s not the President-elect anymore.
I think it’s funny that so many pro-legalization people practically BEG the government to tax the stuff, like it would be a great thing. Ask some cigarette smokers how THEY feel about taxes on their product.
Ask them if they prefer it over going to jail for their habit.
Oh, I know just about everyone and their Aunt May has tried it… but I just don’t think many have had the morbid curiosity to look back at the history of just how it became an illegal substance.
Not the greatest link but it’s a good start.
I wish for reincarnation just for the opportunity to meet that guy somewhere in the Universe and kick him in the groblax. Hard. With all five pseudopods.
Idiot yourself. Obama would be a fool if he spent time on marijuana right now. Er, marijuana legalization. Not marijuana itself. Though that wouldn’t be too smart either.
Kick him? I’d kill him to prevent his ideas from ruining millions of lives.
Is it okay to wish death on someone who’s already dead?
I can’t really argue with you when you have the reading comprehension of a government official studying an independent report on whether or not pot should be legal. That’s a roundabout way of saying none. You fucking have none, Captain fucking Kangaroo Carrot whatever.
I’m not asking him to do a thing right now as far as suggesting the proposal of legislation. All I wanted was a reasonable answer (or hell, even an answer with some sort of explanation) to the most popular question asked of his transition team. He refused to give one.
e: sorry I’m so pissy, but this is something I recently found out about, and I’m not too fucking happy with the candidate I voted for right now.
Er… not to be difficult, or anything, but… CITE?
OKAY! Just a MINUTE! I’ll be RIGHT BACK with it. PROMISE.
e: Here’s the second round of questions, where it’s narrowed down to the top five, but they’re not in any stated order. I’ll find something better.
And here you go:
Marijuana Legalization Tops List of Questions for Obama in Online Poll
Good enough?
Sounds to me like you wanted a hell of lot more than that.