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I thought they changed that law back in Alaska. But about the feds, don't forget they have the Controlled Substances Act as well, since the 70s. Marijuana is schedule I, for no good reason I should add.
Alaska legislators did make marijuana illegal again in 1989, but it didn't last long. Once again, the Alaska Supreme Court tossed the law for violating the State Constitution. One other attempt to make marijuana illegal was made in 2004, but it never made it out of the legislature.
I did mention in my prior post that under federal law marijuana was a controlled substance.
Not to worry, BigPharma will crush this in a minute. Not to mention the timber companies. So many big people stand to lose money if this goes through, they will be out in force in the lobby. Might even be camping in the lobby like they are waiting for concert tickets. But if, by the slightest chance, this goes through I will be pleased as punch. I guess we might have to add a "smoking smiley face" to the panel off to the right huh
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Not to worry, BigPharma will crush this in a minute. Not to mention the timeber companies. So many big people stand to lose money if this goes through, they will be out in force in the lobby. Might even be camping in the lobby like they are waiting for concert tickets. But if, by the slightest chance, this goes through I will be pleased as punch. I guess we might have to add a "smoking smiley face" to the panel off to the right huh
Could you imagine the corporate smoke breaks. LMAO...
I'm not a pot smoker, but who cares if someone wants to smoke it. I have absolutely no problem with adults getting high on pot. Who knows, we might have fewer wife beaters, less violence, and less drunks on our roads (don't stoners like to stay home and veg instead of going out to clubs and bars). Also, the gov't would save a lot of money and maybe we wouldn't have problems with prison overcrowding. I wonder how many Americans are still locked up for having less than 3.5 ounces of weed.
All true. But politics is a game of ideology, as the Bush Admin. has shown us over the past 8 years, and the adherents to their fascist principles are always in making things illegal, thereby profiting in the arrest and fines levied.
As long as their is a sizable bloc of politico's who are drunk on power like so many in Congress they will fight this as they would fight any progressive legislation.
I dont expect this to go far but its a step in the right direction.
haha, I didnt think about that.. I wonder if Frank is getting payoffs by companies that would benefit from hemph legalization.. haha.. ooh the humor..
Hemp doesnt get you high. Hemp was outlawed because DuPont invented nylon/polyester and hemp was a competitor to the industry. A close friend of DuPont's was the Secretary of the Treasury, who used his influence to make hemp illegal.
I don't care if it is legalized. As long as the consequences of its use come down like a hammer when it results in travesty. First person that says "but I was stoned" I think we should put a bullet in their head. Don't think I feel the same way about people who drink and excuse it when they act like idiots.
I can't wait to hear the elegant arguments from the too stupid to breathe when the anti-smoking claims come up. Again, when they complain and demand special treatment, a bullet to the head will suffice. Society has enough hypocrites and stupid people to have yet more proclaim "Pot good, tobacco bad".
I don't care if it is legalized. As long as the consequences of its use come down like a hammer when it results in travesty. First person that says "but I was stoned" I think we should put a bullet in their head. Don't think I feel the same way about people who drink and excuse it when they act like idiots.
I can't wait to hear the elegant arguments from the too stupid to breathe when the anti-smoking claims come up. Again, when they complain and demand special treatment, a bullet to the head will suffice. Society has enough hypocrites and stupid people to have yet more proclaim "Pot good, tobacco bad".
The personal use of marijuana has been legal in the state of Alaska for quite a long time. Society has not fallen apart here. It's the people using meth and too much alcohol who are committing stupid crimes against other people and property. No one gets "stoned" on weed and goes out hi-jacking cars, breaking into houses, getting in bar fights, etc.
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