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« on: May 10, 2005, 11:35:13 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2005, 11:38:11 PM »
Of course it should be.
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2005, 11:45:58 PM »
Yes.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2005, 11:48:33 PM »
Im actually torn on this issue.
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2005, 12:20:38 AM »
absolutely -as long as tobacco is legal, i see no reason why marijuana should be treated any differently. 
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2005, 12:23:51 AM »
Quote from: Frodo on May 11, 2005, 12:20:38 AM
absolutely -as long as tobacco is legal, i see no reason why marijuana should be treated any differently. 

Mary Jane actually does inhibit many of your reflexes, much like alcohol. I say legalize it and regulate it the same way alcohol is regulated.
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2005, 12:27:29 AM »
Yes, with - of course - arrests for driving baked and the like.
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2005, 12:29:34 AM »
Quote from: Governor StatesRights on May 11, 2005, 12:23:51 AM
Mary Jane actually does inhibit many of your reflexes, much like alcohol. I say legalize it and regulate it the same way alcohol is regulated.
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2005, 01:27:59 AM »
Quote from: Governor StatesRights on May 11, 2005, 12:23:51 AM
Mary Jane actually does inhibit many of your reflexes, much like alcohol. I say legalize it and regulate it the same way alcohol is regulated.

Wow, I agree with StatesRights.

I think I'm going to go lie down. Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2005, 02:18:45 AM »
No, decriminalize it.










Just kidding. Hell Yes!
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2005, 03:05:21 AM »
Quote from: Governor StatesRights on May 11, 2005, 12:23:51 AM
Quote from: Frodo on May 11, 2005, 12:20:38 AM
absolutely -as long as tobacco is legal, i see no reason why marijuana should be treated any differently. 

Mary Jane actually does inhibit many of your reflexes, much like alcohol. I say legalize it and regulate it the same way alcohol is regulated.
YES! I've been preaching that for ages!
Except of course alcohol is overregulated in the U.S. ...

Oh, btw, Philip, since you didn't include text to say "Leftist independents please vote Dem", I voted that I am NewFederalist.
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« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2005, 05:57:22 AM »
Quote from: Lewis Trondheim on May 11, 2005, 03:05:21 AM
Except of course alcohol is overregulated in the U.S. ...


Amen!  Marijuana should be legalized, obviously, but we should also eliminate such things as the nonsensical drinking age, and most of all bar closing times.  I'm philosophically against the driving-while-intoxicated laws, but I suppose they would be tolerable if the police couldn't pull you over without cause, as appears to be the case currently.  One actually sees DWI checkpoints in the US.  What a police state!

I don't even drink when in the US, I just find the police being allowed to pull people over pretty much at will terribly disturbing and dangerous.
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« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2005, 06:02:54 AM »
Eliminate the Drinking Age? What, I pray thee, will be the point in getting drunk for the first time in your life, at some party, when you're 13 year old, if what you're doing is legal?
Drastically lower the Drinking Age (to 16), but don't scrap it.
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« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2005, 09:31:19 AM »
i see no reason why it SHOULDNT`T BE.
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« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2005, 12:37:14 PM »
Libertarian (you didn't give me a f-ing option either)   Yes
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« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2005, 12:58:47 PM »
« Edited: August 06, 2005, 10:35:08 PM by RED NJ AVATAR »
HELL YES!!!! Why are alcohol and tobacco legal when this isn't. Regulate it just like alcohol (no driving, ect.) and with some of the present smoking policies to avoid second-hand smoke (no smoke in public places).

Oh....and tax it heavily
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« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2005, 02:44:03 PM »
Quote from: NewFederalist on May 11, 2005, 08:05:56 AM
No F-ing option, eh? How's this... I prefer the term "decriminalize" to "legalize". I believe the former gets the job done while the latter implies some sort of sanction. Either way, it is insane to load up our prison system with marijuana users and let rapists, pediophiles and other violent criminals out early to "make room".
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« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2005, 06:58:01 PM »
I am all for legalizing it.
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« Reply #18 on: May 11, 2005, 07:00:42 PM »
I say yes. Slap a massive tax (200% sounds nice) on it and regulate the hell out of it.
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« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2005, 07:02:02 PM »
Quote from: Jake on May 11, 2005, 07:00:42 PM
I say yes. Slap a massive tax (200% sounds nice) on it and regulate the hell out of it.

Yeah. That won't create any black markets.

And why regulate it, as long as they comply with the Pure Food and Drug Act?
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« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2005, 07:02:56 PM »
Well taxing it after it was legalized would still mean reduced prices.
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« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2005, 07:03:40 PM »
Quote from: A18 on May 11, 2005, 07:02:02 PM
Quote from: Jake on May 11, 2005, 07:00:42 PM
I say yes. Slap a massive tax (200% sounds nice) on it and regulate the hell out of it.

Yeah. That won't create any black markets.

And why regulate it, as long as they comply with the Pure Food and Drug Act?

That's regulating it.
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« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2005, 07:05:43 PM »
Well, you said regulate the hell out of it. Obviously I understand labeling restrictions, which is all the Pure Food and Drug Act does (to my knowledge).

Quote from: AuH2O on May 11, 2005, 07:02:56 PM
Well taxing it after it was legalized would still mean reduced prices.

How low do you think prices would be?
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« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2005, 11:52:16 PM »
Quote from: David S on May 11, 2005, 12:37:14 PM
Libertarian (you didn't give me a f-ing option either)   Yes

agree with both.  There's really no reason why it shouldn't be legal.  The War on Drugs is a big government program that wastes too much money.  I'd list other reasons, but I'm tired.
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« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2005, 11:58:46 PM »
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