Legalized Marijuana

[Fisherking]

The article also go a fact or two wrong. It was the President who moved the agency from Treasury to the DOJ after 9-11. Congress had nothing to do with it. The reason for Congress putting the director on the conformation list was because under the previous administration it had been used more as a political tool than as an enforcement agency.

I don’t know how you feel about that but I find it a good idea to limit the use of any agency to push the agenda of any political party.

[TinCow]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...it-poll-shows/

High points:

A majority of Americans now say marijuana should be made legal, with far fewer viewing it as a gateway to harder drugs or as morally wrong, according to a poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

By 52 to 45 percent more say marijuana should be made legal than not, with support for legalization jumping seven points in two years and 20 points since the 2002 General Social Survey. Last November, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found the public split 48 to 50 percent on whether to legalize small amounts of marijuana for personal use. And 51 percent of registered voters supported legalization in a December Quinnipiac University poll.

The rapid change matches an increase in usage – in the new poll, nearly half of Americans report trying marijuana at some point in their lifetime (48 percent), up eight points since 2010 and also a record high.

The overall shift in support is driven by younger Americans who overwhelmingly support legalization, with nearly two-thirds of people born since 1980 (between ages 18 and 32) saying marijuana should be legal (65 percent). Baby Boomers and Generation Xers have become far more supportive than in the early 1990s, with at least half of each now supporting legalization.

Far fewer people see marijuana leading to harder drugs today (38 percent) than in the 1970s (60 percent), and only one in three say smoking marijuana is morally wrong (32 percent), down 18 points from 2006.

The day is coming. And on that day, I will smoke so much goddamn weed my head will explode.

[Major Robert Dump]

WEED A HAIKU

Gonna Smoke Some Weed
Weed, Weed, Weed, Weed, Weed, Weed, Yeah
Weed Weed Weed Sweet Weed

[drone]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...it-poll-shows/

High points:


The day is coming. And on that day, I will smoke so much goddamn weed my head will explode.

Am I the only one that noticed that this was post 420?

[Idaho]

It's already fully legal in my house. Well out the back door anyhow.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

[URL]High points: The day is coming. And on that day, I will smoke so much goddamn weed my head will explode.

"High" points....and post #420 no less...what a coincidence....

[Fragony]

Sleepers... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-im...deep-inside-us

Sure, deprive them of 6 billion a state, they will go down without a fight for sure

[ajaxfetish]

Sleepers... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-im...deep-inside-us

Sure, deprive them of 6 billion a state, they will go down without a fight for sure

Didn't see anything in the article about $6 billion. Assuming the figure is correct, how much of that is weed, compared to the cocaine and heroin also mentioned?

Ajax

[Fragony]

Didn't see anything in the article about $6 billion. Assuming the figure is correct, how much of that is weed, compared to the cocaine and heroin also mentioned?

Ajax

Isn't in the article, sorry. It is estimated that cartels will lose 6 billion per state on just cannabis

[Major Robert Dump]

I just wanted to point out to everyone who has to take urinalysis that in approximately 3 weeks I will not be subject to such and will henceforth do the pot