Federal Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced

[Pokey]

I enjoy the recreational and personal use of firearms, yet they want to ban those.    And as far as pot goes, it is much less harmless and addictive than alcohol. And how many people have been reported becoming violent after enjoying some puffs of the chronic?

[stevewfl]

I enjoy the recreational and personal use of firearms, yet they want to ban those.    And as far as pot goes, it is much less harmless and addictive than alcohol. And how many people have been reported becoming violent after enjoying some puffs of the chronic?

[Tabarswaacky]

[size=12ptPot should not be legalized , because, Just imagine all the poor, poor POLICE and Jail workers that will be laid off.
They will have to find real criminals to take up their time[/size]

[Daytona_Mike]

I know there  are cannabinoid pills for medical use. No THC and you cannot get high from them but they fall under medical marijuana laws.
The history on this topic  is interesting.
Go to youtube and watch When W Grow.  Ford owned huge plantations and his first cars were made to run on bio fuel made from cannabis (hemp) and the car  bodies where made  from hemp.

'Ford recognized the utility of the hemp plant. He constructed a car of resin stiffened hemp fiber, and even ran the car on ethanol made from hemp. Ford knew that hemp could produce vast economic resources if widely cultivated.'

It makes excellent clothing, far far better than cotton yet banned in this country.

[devilboy]

For those that asked about Legal THC capsules for dispensing in pharmacies it is called  Marinol brand name of  drobinol.
It is only one of thousands of canibinols  that have different effects on the body. This product is marketed strictly as an appetite stimulant for  HIV patients. It is federally classified  schedule 3. It is in the same controlled drug class as Vicodin.
http://www.marinol.com/
Marijuana is classified as Schedule 1. Schedule one medications  have no  accepted medical use with a HIGH potential for abuse .
Also in schedule 1 is Heroin, LSD and hallucinogenics.  Schedule 2  has accepted medical usage BUT has HIGH potential for abuse
and addiction.In this class we find  Oxycodone,  Dilaudid ,Morphine, amphetamines  including Methamphetamine .
Schedule one drugs can be used by Doctors using special  licensing  authorized by DEA. When I did my internship for my 6th year of pharmacy School  I worked in  the special dispensing pharmacy at  NYU . We made a product called Bromptons Cocktail that used
Heroin and Cocaine taken as an oral solution for pain relief for  terminal  Cancer patients.. Just a little background on the current
classification of the drugs being discussed.  does it make sense???  I dont think so..
back to our regularly scheduled program.....

[Conrad]

I enjoy the recreational and personal use of firearms, yet they want to ban those.    And as far as pot goes, it is much less harmless and addictive than alcohol. And how many people have been reported becoming violent after enjoying some puffs of the chronic?

You gotta double negative going there Poke.

I got your point though. When is the last time that anyone has heard of someone smoking a bunch of weed and beating up their wife and/or kids? There is no Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde syndrome with weed like there can be with booze.

[twowheeladdict]

It makes excellent clothing, far far better than cotton yet banned in this country.

Not banned in the US.  There are even motorcycle jackets.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/397/5171/Motorcycle-Article/Joe-Rocket-Hemp-Jacket-Review.aspx

On sale too!
http://www.jafrum.com/Shop-By-Brand/Joe-Rocket-Jackets/Joe-Rocket-Jackets-Mens-Joe-Rocket-Hemp-Motorcycle-Jacket?gclid=CMDKmrnvybUCFYqk4Aodnw0AiA

[Cholla]

IIRC the growing of hemp is banned. Products made from hemp are not.

[gPink]

Have you seen this man?

[T Cro ®]

I always thought it was ignorant to have outlawed Pot and the continual fight to keep it illegal.  It is not as dangerous as alcohol.  The argument that it is a "gateway drug" is a red herring.  Pot smokers do not automatically become crack heads, anymore than a beer drinker automatically becomes an alcoholic. Regulate it, tax it, and sell it in the liquor store.  If someone over does it and screws up, arrest them for operating under the influence, just like you would with a drunk.

All very well said Leo; pot is no more the "gateway drug" than beer is to distilled spirits; long ago I used pot on a daily basis and I even experimented with a few others but throughout I had absolute disdain for drunks and dopeheads who ruin their lives and the lives of others as well as that garbage such as meth and crack... Today I have no use for drugs as I have to pass both random and specific drug tests that are much higher than DOT as without my 120,XXX.XX income my family and myself would be screwed.... And who said that pot heads never amount to anything?

[Mettler1]

[.... And who said that pot heads never amount to anything?
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     I will be impressed when I see your Cayman Island Bank account. 

[sherob]

... as without my 120,XXX.XX+ income my family and myself would be screwed.... And who said that pot heads never amount to anything?

+1  I'm lucky... I don't currently have to take the random tests, or I would be screwed as well. 

[turbojoe78]

All very well said Leo; pot is no more the "gateway drug" than beer is to distilled spirits; long ago I used pot on a daily basis and I even experimented with a few others but throughout I had absolute disdain for drunks and dopeheads who ruin their lives and the lives of others as well as that garbage such as meth and crack... Today I have no use for drugs as I have to pass both random and specific drug tests that are much higher than DOT as without my 120,XXX.XX income my family and myself would be screwed.... And who said that pot heads never amount to anything?

+1   been there, done that, and that, and that, and some other stuff too.  I'm in the 90 - 110K range depending on how much OT I work.

[twowheeladdict]

And who said that pot heads never amount to anything?

Some even became President of the United States!

[sherob]

Some even became President of the United States!

Some even cultivated it themselves...

[Pokey]

Some even became President of the United States!

For 2 terms. 

[T Cro ®]

[.... And who said that pot heads never amount to anything?


     I will be impressed when I see your Cayman Island Bank account. 

You've seen my garage and drank my beer; is that not enough? 

[VirginiaJim]

I've not seen nor I have drank beer from the T garage...this saddens me greatly.

[T Cro ®]

I've not seen nor I have drank beer from the T garage...this saddens me greatly.

If your ever in the south Mi area just come on over.... Always cold import and local made beer in my garage.....

[VirginiaJim]

Sounds like a road trip this summer if you're not on the boat...