I smoke two joints in the morning…
And my doctor says it’s OK.
The Justice Department announced on Monday that federal drug agents will no longer arrest or prosecute people who are legally using, selling or supplying medical marijuana in the states that allow it.
great.
Actually, I don’t know whether to be upset or elated. There’s the fact that The Won has now sewn up the votes of pretty nearly all the Ron Paul supporters, and O’s liberal minions will be even more elated.
On the nother hand, there’s the effects that dopesmoking provide. “Duuude, yesterday? I thought it was super WEDNESDAY. Sorry, man, I’ll vote next time”. Though not being at a polling place never prevented millions of people from voting before.
I’m agnostic on the point. I give a shit what chemicals someone wants to jam in their kisser, and if you see the folks who do this, and what losers most of them are, it puts you off it right away. Or at least causes you to be more temperate. Never knew a hardcore wake&baker that didn’t end up a convenience store clerk or a roadie. Not that there’s a damned thing wrong with either profession, I just can’t imagine that being the pinnacle of my success, I surpassed both those professions in my teens.
So yeah, I don’t necesarily think this is a bad thing- it’s a waste of a lot of law enforcement dollars, and a lot of people become petty criminals and do time because of something that pretty much by definition is about as innocuous as smoking a Lucky. And now The Won gets to take credit for making it easier, and you KNOW the other states will follow suit so quickly it will make your head spin.
The Won. I like that. Heh,heh.
This does piss me off. Bigtime.
Making it legal wouldn’t, for mostly the same reasons you just gave, but saying “Yeah, it’s illegal, but (winkwink) we’re going to ORDER law enforcement officers to not do their jobs and enforce the law…”
Bullshit. Pure bullshit.
Repeal the law, or enforce it. Period.
“[I] you see the folks who do this, and what losers most of them are, it puts you off it right away.”
No joke. I tell people I don’t do drugs because I burned out on Ritalin as a kid, but it’s really more of a “just don’t ever want to go there” type of thing. You wanna get baked? Fine. Just don’t drive for the duration, and don’t come cryin’ to me when you have to choose between paying the rent and buying Cheetos.
““Duuude, yesterday? I thought it was super WEDNESDAY. Sorry, man, I’ll vote next timeâ€. ”
heh.. yea…
I was going to go vote, but then I got high, I was going to pull the lever for Obama, but I got high…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_qD9uZ8kB8
It really is something that you should have gotten-over by the end of High School. It’s not a destination, and if you make it one… well you can easily see the results all around you – people who come up way short of their own potential, drifting sideways on a low current. They become Academics.
I stayed away from “friends” in school who tried to get me to try drugs. Nope, don’t need dope. Lintman gets high off of life!!!
That said, I don’t see one thing wrong with using ANY substance for a truly medicinal purpose. If a Doctor prescibes inhaling the smoke from burning hyena shit to cure what ills you then go for it.
Having had not one, but two parents who went through chemo and radiation, and who would have benefited greatly from a little pot to take away the constant nausea and appetite loss, I see this as a good thing. Wish I’d have had the courage to defy the law and buy it for them myself, actually.
If Alice B. Toklas brownies would have helped, I should have been able to bake and serve them to them.
Quite frankly, pot should have been legalized, regulated and taxed a long time ago.
I’ve never seen a violent stoner, but I certainly HAVE seen violent drunks. So, no, this legislation bothers me not one little bit.
It does rankle, however, that Chicken Little gets the credit.