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A weed is an unwanted plant, most flowers are not unwanted
Look up the definition of weed... a flower is a type of weed... and not all weeds are flowers... that should be a clue... whether you want a weed or not is not the definition of a flower...
Since there's a thread alleging many on the left are "enamoured" with smoking marijuana, I have to ask why so many on the right are apparently so smitten with 1936's Reefer Madness, have such fear of a silly little weed, and despite their claims of being for less government control/spending are perfectly willing to support law after law about the weed and spend who knows how many taxpayer $$$ trying to control it?
I am a conservative- smoke all the weed you want, just don't drive. And stop claiming that a recreational drug is a "medicine". It is a "medicine" in the same regard as Granny's whiskey was on the Beverley hillbillies.
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Originally Posted by AuDiBelle
Apparently you are too short-sighted to see that many conservatives are against weed because of the associated expenses to society. Personally, I could care less if you or anyone else wants to smoke weed but I don't want to be held fiscally accountable for the ramifications when there are swaths of addicts who can't hold jobs, resort to theft and petty crime, rely on government programs for housing/food, parent children they cannot afford, move on to more dangerous and addictive drugs, incur all sorts of health costs, etc.
You want to smoke up? Be my guest but don't expect me to be happy about paying for your stupid decisions.
That you refer to 'swaths of addicts' in a discussion of marijuana shows you know little about the subject.
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Why do liberals want everyone else to pay for their bad decisions?
They don't, it's just a talking point of the sheeple.
It's certainly no worse than alcohol. The fact it's placed in the same Schedule 1 class of drugs as heroin and LSD certainly shows it's treatment is based more on hysteria than fact.
Cool, let's party! I'll swing by before I go to work at the hospital and we'll burn one. I may be taking care of your little girl or little boy, I'll be stoned but no problem, I can handle it.
Of course I wouldn't do this, I don't do drugs. You wouldn't do it either because you won't be able to get the job.
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So you based your entire argument on ONE person... that sounds like a typical liberal argument...
No, I simply responded to your baseless allegation that "liberals try to frame it otherwise" mby saying I don't think it was a liberal who started the 'The left loves marijuana' thread.
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I don't know why you don't know this... but a flower IS a weed...
I don't know why you can't comprehend dried latex isn't a weed.
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Based on how people abuse alcohol, I don't think society deserves more drugs they can't handle responsibly.
Oh? Can you supply anything factual proving marijuana poses anywhere near the risk of physical addiction alcohol does? Realistically, the only thing that makes society 'deserve' alcohol over marijuana is the $$$ of the alcohol lobby.
That you refer to 'swaths of addicts' in a discussion of marijuana shows you know little about the subject.
Wrong. I gave supporting evidence in my follow-up post that specifically referred to the numbers of addicts. What did you give other than baseless opinions and talking points?
Again, in case you missed it the FIRST time around...
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According to the 2013 NSDUH, marijuana accounted for 4.2 million of the estimated 6.9 million Americans dependent on or abusing illicit drugs.3
Would you like to argue the semantics of "swaths" now?
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They don't, it's just a talking point of the sheeple.
Touche.
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, have such fear of a silly little weed, and despite their claims of being for less government control/spending are perfectly willing to support law after law about the weed and spend who knows how many taxpayer $$$ trying to control it?
