HBO Poll: Legalizing Pot

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  JBlim on December 19 at 7:39 a.m.

  Yup, let’s get the government off our backs & legalize the use, sale, and cultivation. The state will balance the budget from the taxes and become a real tourist destination.

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  Phaedrus on December 19 at 9:54 a.m.

  I understand that when you vote in the poll your ISP goes to the police department and DEA.

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  empyrius on December 19 at 12:56 p.m.

  Legalize the Lord’s good marijuana!

  I noticed in the poll 23 people said they have never smoked pot; I wonder if they have never drank alcohol either (and they should have correctly answered “no, but I used/[use] other drugs”? Being that alcohol is a drug of course . . .

  Yep

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  spokelooneh on December 19 at 1:40 p.m.

  The criminalization of pot rewards all the wrong players.

  But I wouldn’t bet on the government getting much revenue from taxing it, as it’s so easily grown even during the northern states’ winter, and cheaply now, with LED grow lights that use 1/5 the electricity as previous generation lights, and don’t produce the heat that the marijuana gendarmes look for.

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  empyrius on December 19 at 2:33 p.m.

  And then we have dudes like this in their “letter to the editor”, http://www.spokesman.com/letters/2009/dec/18/medical-marijuana-issue/

  “One and a half cheers for U.S. Attorney Jim McDevitt when he said, “….but federally marijuana is still a scheduled drug. Period.” We can give him a rousing three cheers when he prosecutes those people who sell marijuana under the guise of “medicine.”
  Marijuana is a Schedule I drug because there is no proven medicinal value. It has not been approved for human consumption by the Food and Drug Administration. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Sam Cozza says it best: “Marijuana makes people stupid. It makes people do stupid things.” (“Maximum sentence for manslaughter conviction,” Dec. 12).
  We have the opportunity to curb the detrimental effects of marijuana by not voting for any issue on the ballot that attempts to legalize its use. I implore the Spokane City Council not to approve a ballot initiative to make marijuana offenses the “lowest law enforcement priority.” That would be like making drunken driving a low law enforcement priority.”

  A legislatively deemed “schedule I” substance, not approved by the FDA (surprise, surprise!), that, as Cozza falsely states, “makes people stupid”; and the above poster even introduces an alcohol comparison! So am I to assume then alcohol makes people smart? Is that why drunk driving is such a terribly fatal plague, b/c somebody consuming alcohol thinks, “well, I am smart now, so I will go murder a family by drunkenly crashing into their car”!

  What is the name of the author of this “letter to the editor”? Larry! Har har har har! Seriously! Larry . . .

  And the next letter will be signed my “Moe” right . . .

  Har har har har.

  Larry, put down that gin and tonic, fire up a joint, and chill out bro . . .

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  Stickman on December 19 at 3:39 p.m.

  I’m with JBlim, let’s get on with it.

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  wheels on December 21 at 7:26 a.m.

  Absolutely.

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  Kendramama on December 21 at 8:35 a.m.

  Even as a drug addict- the kind that was addicted to the biggies- I never once considered marijuana to be dangerous, a “gateway” drug, etc.
  In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that I just pretty much lost my taste for it, and subscribe to the policy that I myself have lost the right to use ANY drug, I would have no problems smoking it myself.
  Regardless of its illegality. Some idiotic rules are just asked to be broken, IMHO.
  Lots of my friends and family partake, and I still gladly sign any petition or initiative that comes my way. Also, I’m a card-carrying member of NORML (probably one of the very few who doesn’t smoke!)

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