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thenewgreen  ·  4597 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: War on Drugs ( in spirit of the "holiday")
The problem with "dispensary culture" is that the whole medical marijuana thing is a rouse. We all know it. 90% of prescriptions are written for bogus ailments so people can get high. There's an easy fix, quit pretending and just legalize it outright. Make it available over the counter in sealed containers. Driving with an open container would be akin to open-intox with alcohol. -Illegal. Period.

Nobody likes shitty parents or people which is essentially what you're saying. Legalizing marijuana isn't going to create or eliminate bad people. It is going to save us money and it is the right thing to do.





steve  ·  4597 days ago  ·  link  ·  
"Nobody likes shitty parents or people which is essentially what you're saying. Legalizing marijuana isn't going to create or eliminate bad people."

You're right. And I acknowledge that you could just about substitute alcohol or tobacco or prescription pain killers in any of the sentiments in my rant. Weed is just an easy target on my radar at the moment.

Maybe I'm just a judgmental prick. I just wish people would use (and not abuse) their drug of choice) in the comfort of their own home.

thenewgreen  ·  4596 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Steve, I'm a "judgmental prick too". If I saw a guy smoking a joint while driving with his kids in the car I'd want to pull a citizens arrest. I actually think it would be easier for cops to enforce an "open intox" law than a driving while stoned law. -pretty tough to prove.

It's amazing that this isn't a larger issue nationally. This is the power of interests at hand.

I've been impressed with the atheist/secular humanists movement in the US. It seems to have some focus of late. I wish the same type of focus would be brought to the legalization of drugs in the US. Someone call Jon Stewart and Colbert and get them on this.