NY Times calls for legalizing pot (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

Does anyone here seriously oppose legalizing marijuana? I mean anyone lucid and who can read.

 

[urbanhack]

Hippies....

smoke some and you might not be a D-bag any longer.

 

[DrJ]

Does anyone here seriously care what the NYT has to say about it?

 

[Otis]

Does anyone here seriously care what the NYT has to say about it?

Sure. For such a major newspaper--maybe the most major newspaper--to officially take this position on it is, I think, a big deal.

 

[DrJ]

Does anyone here seriously care what the NYT has to say about it?

Sure. For such a major newspaper--maybe the most major newspaper--to officially take this position on it is, I think, a big deal.

It's a safe position to take. They didn't do this when they thought there was a chance they'd lose subscribers. Seems like a money grab to me.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Does anyone here seriously care what the NYT has to say about it?

Sure. For such a major newspaper--maybe the most major newspaper--to officially take this position on it is, I think, a big deal.

Yes, the NYT usually jumps on the bandwagon after 20 years.

 

[The General]

Weed should be legal, but 32 oz soft drinks are just way over the line.

Yeah that is dumb. The soda is probably worse for you though.

It depends on how often you do each. 32 oz of weed can wreak some havoc on your lungs.

Well, can't argue with that.

 

[Mr. Cross]

We do not need more drug users.

 

[DrJ]

We do not need more drug users.

The number of users will only change slightly, but the number of criminals will drop significantly.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

We do not need more drug users.

Have you seen how many people go to your local CVS or Walgreen?

 

[The General]

We do not need more drug users.

Sheesh.

 

[DrJ]

We do not need more drug users.

Have you seen how many people go to your local CVS or Walgreen?

And have you seen the lines at Starbucks?

 

[meatwad1]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

 

[Rohn Jambo]

We do not need more drug users.

Have you seen how many people go to your local CVS or Walgreen?

And have you seen the lines at Starbucks?

And the supermarkets? You put anything in your mouth and it has drugs in it.

 

[Mr. Cross]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

 

[Otis]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

 

[Christo]

Does anyone here seriously care what the NYT has to say about it?

Sure. For such a major newspaper--maybe the most major newspaper--to officially take this position on it is, I think, a big deal.

It's a safe position to take. They didn't do this when they thought there was a chance they'd lose subscribers. Seems like a money grab to me.

Yes, that's exactly what it is.

 

[Pots]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

Gotta say, you come off as more judgmental than most of the conservatives on this board.

 

[Mr. Cross]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

 

[Christo]

We do not need more drug users.

I guaranty you legalization will not increase the number of drug users. Because even those who will try it for the first time have been using some other drug.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jesus was a stoner.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

 

[The General]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

 

[Mr. Cross]

We do not need more drug users.

I guaranty you legalization will not increase the number of drug users. Because even those who will try it for the first time have been using some other drug.

Only God can guaranty.

 

[The General]

We do not need more drug users.

I guaranty you legalization will not increase the number of drug users. Because even those who will try it for the first time have been using some other drug.

Only God can guaranty.

What kind of guarantee we talking here?

 

[Christo]

We do not need more drug users.

I guaranty you legalization will not increase the number of drug users. Because even those who will try it for the first time have been using some other drug.

Only God can guaranty.

Get back to us when you hear from him.

 

[NREC34]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jesus was a stoner.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

I don't believe it.

Why would God's son need it?

 

[Rohn Jambo]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jesus was a stoner.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

I don't believe it.

Why would God's son need it?

It could not be wrong to do as Jesus did.

 

[MaxThreshold]

Plenty of politicians opposed allowing black people to vote and ending prohibition. Doesn't really mean that are even within a football field of being right.

Oh great, now those politicians who don't support legalization of pot are racists too? Any possibility that they are Nazi's as well?

 

[Christo]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jesus was a stoner.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

I don't believe it.

Why would God's son need it?

Why not?

 

[NCCommish]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

It would be a good start. This country has gone to Satans britches now that we do not honour our Christian roots.

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jesus was a stoner.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

I don't believe it.

Why would God's son need it?

Cannabis has been part of religion for a long time. As they pointed out the temples used to burn incense that had cannabis in them to help achieve the proper mood for the worshipers. Man has been using cannabis for millennia.

 

[NCCommish]

Plenty of politicians opposed allowing black people to vote and ending prohibition. Doesn't really mean that are even within a football field of being right.

Oh great, now those politicians who don't support legalization of pot are racists too? Any possibility that they are Nazi's as well?

Why don't you check out who smokes pot and who gets the most jail time and then decide if the laws don't end up being a tad racist. If they would put white teens in the system at the rate they do black teens the war on marijuana would have ended long ago.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Does anyone here seriously oppose legalizing marijuana? I mean anyone lucid and who can read.

This board has always been overwhelmingly pro-legalization. It's one of the very least controversial issues in the FFA. And solid majorities of elected officials in both parties disagree with us.

 

[Slapdash]

Plenty of politicians opposed allowing black people to vote and ending prohibition. Doesn't really mean that are even within a football field of being right.

Oh great, now those politicians who don't support legalization of pot are racists too? Any possibility that they are Nazi's as well?

Obama is obviously a racist

 

[NCCommish]

Does anyone here seriously oppose legalizing marijuana? I mean anyone lucid and who can read.

This board has always been overwhelmingly pro-legalization. It's one of the very least controversial issues in the FFA. And solid majorities of elected officials in both parties disagree with us.

Yeah but now the people are with us. Latest survey 55% support legalization now. At some point the pols will have to come around or they will start losing elections on this issue.

 

[Ned]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

 

[wadegarrett]

Reader Responses:

3548 for legalization

176 against

37 unsure

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Reader Responses:

3548 for legalization

176 against

37 unsure

That's not surprising. Everyone knows it's unconstitutional to ban marijuana.

 

[urbanhack]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

You know you can do this right now, correct?

 

[Rohn Jambo]

I don't think you can get in trouble growing some in the garden, as long as you don't go overboard and farm a whole acre.

 

[Otis]

We do not need more drug users.

What if it cut down on the amount of people who drink on a daily basis?

We should.

RESTART PROHIBITION!

AND MANDATORY CHURCH PRAYER FOR EVERYONE!

Your world is weird.

Gotta say, you come off as more judgmental than most of the conservatives on this board.

He agreed with me.

And yes, I'm judgmental about this. Sometimes when you're on the right side, that's ok.

 

[Otis]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

You know you can do this right now, correct?

Not legally.

 

[John Bender]

So sick of drinking a few nights a week to take the edge off from a rough day.

But I refuse to risk my career by buying pot. I wish they'd just make it legal. I'd happily replace alcohol with a small joint 2-3 times a week.

 

[Apple Jack]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

You know you can do this right now, correct?

Not legally.

I can't speed legally, but I still do it. Unless you get randomly tested for your job, there's no reason to worry about buying and smoking weed in your home.

 

[humpback]

At this point any politician who wants to keep pot illegal is just mindlessly following a party line or has such screwed up judgment and analytical ability (probably crazy social conservative views too) that there's no way I could vote for them.

It's just like things were in the days before they ended prohibition or gave black people the right to vote. The fat rich grey haired white guy way of thinking is about to lose out to reason and enlightenment.

How does it feel to be on the losing side?

Well, I'm white anyway.

But if feels like the winning side.

Anywho, love the schtick that it's only those "mouth breathers" who oppose it, when the reality is plenty of the "critical thinking" politicians are opposed as well.

Plenty of politicians opposed allowing black people to vote and ending prohibition. Doesn't really mean that are even within a football field of being right.

Yes, and just like with pot, plenty of Dems were on the wrong side of those things as well.

 

[Otis]

So sick of drinking a few nights a week to take the edge off from a rough day.

But I refuse to risk my career by buying pot. I wish they'd just make it legal. I'd happily replace alcohol with a small joint 2-3 times a week.

This.

 

[Otis]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

You know you can do this right now, correct?

Not legally.

I can't speed legally, but I still do it. Unless you get randomly tested for your job, there's no reason to worry about buying and smoking weed in your home.

Certain offenses have a larger impact on certain careers than others. Nobody's career is in trouble over a speeding ticket.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

You know you can do this right now, correct?

Legalize everything. It would create some problems but would solve so many more.

 

[eurotrashman]

I just watched a discussion about this on Stephanopoulos. Tom Cole, R from OK said he wants to see some real legislation on this and didn't say he was against legalization. Maybe that was just a political answer and he didn't want to say how he really feels but it really feels like to me it's a question of "when" not "if".

Totally looking forward to a day I can come home from work after a long week, sit out in my yard and smoke a bowl with the missus. I love drinking, I love cigars, but a little variety will be nice.

God I'd love this more than anything.

You know you can do this right now, correct?

Not legally.

I can't speed legally, but I still do it. Unless you get randomly tested for your job, there's no reason to worry about buying and smoking weed in your home.

Certain offenses have a larger impact on certain careers than others. Nobody's career is in trouble over a speeding ticket.

Do you get drug tested?

 

[Henry Ford]

So sick of drinking a few nights a week to take the edge off from a rough day.

But I refuse to risk my career by buying pot. I wish they'd just make it legal. I'd happily replace alcohol with a small joint 2-3 times a week.

This.

Yup.

 

[DrJ]

@ "risking your career"