The Glade 4.0

And probably on other drugs. Or alcohol. Or ignorance.

People drive drunk all the time, and yet, alcohol is still legal and has far fewer redeeming qualities.

Police found injection needles and what appeared to be marijuana in the truck driver's pockets. He refused a field sobriety test, but troopers said he appeared to be under the influence of drugs.

Maybe the guy had a unicorn in the back of his truck.

Facepalm all you want, but you're the one bringing up irrelevant statements. It doesn't say anything about the stop other than the fact that he refused a sobriety test and they found needles and marijuana in his pockets. If you want to pretend that this guy wasn't a heroin junky that's your right. He could have had long sleeves on, it wasn't mentioned. What else should we talk about that they didn't mention? Maybe the guy had a unicorn in the back of his truck.

And probably on other drugs. Or alcohol. Or ignorance.

People drive drunk all the time, and yet, alcohol is still legal and has far fewer redeeming qualities.

1.The qualities of one drug have no bearing on the qualities of other.

2. I am aware that we are probably inconsistent on our controlled substance policies.

3. However, I cannot in good conscience promote mj use with my vote.

4.What does this have to do with Russia again?

Over the past decade, drug policy in some foreign countries, particularly those in Europe, has gone through some dramatic changes toward greater liberalization with failed results. Consider the experience of the Netherlands, where the government reconsidered its legalization measures in light of that country's experience.
After marijuana use became legal, consumption nearly tripled among 18- to 20-year-olds. As awareness of the harm of marijuana grew, the number of cannabis coffeehouses in the Netherlands decreased 36 percent in six years.

Almost all Dutch towns have a cannabis policy, and 73 percent of them have a no-tolerance policy toward the coffeehouses.

In 1987 Swiss officials permitted drug use and sales in a Zurich park, which was soon dubbed Needle Park, and Switzerland became a magnet for drug users the world over. Within five years, the number of regular drug users at the park had reportedly swelled from a few hundred to 20,000.

The area around the park became crime-ridden to the point that the park had to be shut down and the experiment terminated.

Smoking Rates Increased Among Teens

Marijuana use by Canadian teenagers is at a 25-year peak in the wake of an aggressive decriminalization movement. At the very time a decriminalization bill was before the House of Commons, the Canadian government released a report showing that marijuana smoking among teens is "at levels that we haven't seen since the late '70s when rates reached their peak."
After a large decline in the 1980s, marijuana use among teens increased during the 1990s, as young people apparently became "confused about the state of federal pot laws."

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

I'm not sure, aside from the anecdotal evidence about gateways and the destruction of desire. I realize they are small potatoes to the destruction of lives caused by Alcoholism and drunken driving. All I said is I'm accountable for my vote and therefore I can't feel that I can support any legalization effort I have seen.

Imagine all of the wonderful things Carl Sagan could have accomplished if he hadn't ruined his mind with marijuana.