Medical marijuana prosecutions

[aTailOf2Kitties]

there are plenty enough lazy people sittin' on their ass watching TV and eating Cheetos already, thanks.

Sure the stoner doesn't beat his wife, but is he motivated to go to work to support his family?

[pomtzu]

there are plenty enough lazy people sittin' on their ass watching TV and eating Cheetos already, thanks.

Sure the stoner doesn't beat his wife, but is he motivated to go to work to support his family?

Oh please!!!! Just because you smoke a joint, does that make you a lazy, do-nothing slacker?

IMO - it's no different than Cataholic coming home to a glass of wine or a beer on a hot day.

Everything can be taken to the extreme and abused. Used in moderation - where's the harm??

If someone smokes pot, it's most likely in their own home. Where do the drinkers go most of the time??? - to a bar!! Then they get sloshed and have to drive home. They pose more danger to the public and themselves when they get behind the wheel, than the guy (or gal), relaxing at home and smoking weed!!!

And as far as posing a danger to children - well they still find a way to get alcohol if they really want to - don't they?? Same difference.

[Cataholic]

IMO - it's no different than Cataholic coming home to a glass of wine or a beer on a hot day.

Oh, but, wait, it is different. First, what I profess to doing is legal. And, I neither eat cheetos nor watch TV all day on my a**.

[pomtzu]

Oh, but, wait, it is different. First, what I profess to doing is legal. And, I neither eat cheetos nor watch TV all day on my a**.

My point - it shouldn't be different!

[Prairie Purrs]

The people I knew from my college days who indulged (and inhaled) are now authors, journalists, corporate executives, professors, lawyers, and so on. Not a slacker (or a hard-drug user) in the bunch.

I realize than anecdotes are not data, but stereotypes aren't data either.

[RICHARD]

there are plenty enough lazy people sittin' on their ass watching TV and eating Cheetos already, thanks.

Sure the stoner doesn't beat his wife, but is he motivated to go to work to support his family?

Cheetos?

Yes,

I know quite a few married pairs where one or the other smokes pot and they provide for a family.

I know one couple where the husband works at a studio -on feature films, no less- and he supports his family in grand style.

Yes,
Pot probably isn't the best vice to have?

But, you can look at it this way.........

How many people do you run into each day with a vice that you would never suspect?

Just like booze and ciggies - they are not a problem until you have to have a drink to wake up in the morning or go out of the office 10-15 times a day to sneak a smoke?

I would love to see pot legalized and the monies used to offset the deficeit, IMPROVE health care while reforming it and paying for a little of the local infra-structure.

We will run into problems-like the bikini car wash girls who wanted to donate money they made washing cars to a charity- Only to have the charity turn them down.


Would I have a problem with extra school books, materials, renovations and more teachers being paid out of a 'pot tax'?

Maybe a little, But, I love the idea that any extra money coming the way of the local city or state would make life easier, cheaper and less of a load on my pocketbook!

[Randi]

There’s a heated discussion amongst politicians here, on whether to legalize hash or not. In Holland they have “coffee” shops where people can go and buy it. I believe it has decreased the crime level. In Copenhagen, we have a place called Christiania, a community where people could go and buy their little lumb in “Pusher street”, take home and smoke it, but since the police cleared that (several times), it has spread to all over Copenhagen and caused a lot of crime. We have real big problems with two gangs, who are fighting over the hash market (HA and 2nd, generation immigrants). There have been several shootings lately because of it.

Whether hash is dangerous... I don’t believe so. I believe alcohol is far more dangerous! Oh, and let's not forget all the legal pills people are eating like sweets! If people who smoke hash go on to harder things, like amfetamin, cocaine etc. I’m sure they would have done anyway.

I know and have known people who smoke hash. They are all decent law abiding people. One was a teacher, he went mountain climbing on holidays. Another is working in his garden most of his spare time. Their homes are spotless and they can cook a good meal too.

Like alcohol, hash in moderation I don’t believe will harm anyone. Me, I prefer a glass of wine, though.