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(CNN) Obvious Arizona Attorney General : "The violence that we see in Mexico is fueled 65 to 70 percent by the trade in one drug: marijuana." Hmm... if only there was some way to stop the illegal trade of this substance   (cnn.com) divider line 452
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toddalmighty [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 08:06:47 PM  
I hereby authorize my state to become the first to legalize any form of weed.

Amen.

 
daychilde [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 08:22:15 PM  
Reefer madness, reefer maaadneeesssss!

 
namegoeshere 2009-03-17 08:34:34 PM  
For all of you farkers thinking that legalizing marajuana would solve all of our country's problems, you'd better do a little actual research.

Think the pot is harmless?? Hmm?? Well, then start your research here. (pops like your brain on drugs.)

 
robmilmel [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 08:34:55 PM  
toddalmighty: I hereby authorize my state to become the first to legalize any form of weed.

Amen.

Not a chance with the % of old folks in Arizona-they still believe Reefer Madness; and even worse the Phoenix Valley (where most of the population is) loves Joe Arpaio.

 
robmilmel [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 08:38:57 PM  
namegoeshere

I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.

Nice straw man.

 
madmann [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 08:43:06 PM  
robmilmel: namegoeshere

I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.

Nice straw man.

I dunno, my satire meter is going off. "The pot" was my first clue.

And if not, hey.... make ya a deal. If I ever turn into a spider, I'll quit smoking weed. Until then, nobody gets a vote what I do. Deal?

/Because I am totally down with that agreement.

 
LegacyDL 2009-03-17 08:49:19 PM  
If weed was legal, it would be taxed and regulated, however that doesn't necessarily mean that illegal weed is going to just vanish like a fart in the wind.

And all we know the weed that people buy legally might be used to support illegal activities.

 
robmilmel [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 08:51:49 PM  
If I ever turn into a spider, I'll quit smoking weed.

If I was a spider, I think drugs would be superfluous! I mean webs, hanging on walls and ceilings, scaring people...that would be crazy enough for me!
Maybe....

 
HulkHands [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 09:11:30 PM  
robmilmel: I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.

Nice straw man.

The resin has rendered your ability to notice satire drastically.

 
PainInTheASP [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 09:12:17 PM  
If the US legalizes pot, can we please keep the Mexican brick weed illegal?

/I would support mandatory castration of anyone caught dealing the brown frown.

 
Cog [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 09:24:37 PM  
LegacyDL: If weed was legal, it would be taxed and regulated, however that doesn't necessarily mean that illegal weed is going to just vanish like a fart in the wind.

And all we know the weed that people buy legally might be used to support illegal activities.

Alcohol and tobacco are legal and there are plenty of bootleggers of these products. Same goes for prescription drugs too.

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 09:37:48 PM  
madmann: robmilmel: namegoeshere

I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.

Nice straw man.

I dunno, my satire meter is going off. "The pot" was my first clue.

You don't say.

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 09:39:15 PM  
The #1 drug that is fueling the violence (and I can support this with anecdotal evidence) is meth.

 
namegoeshere 2009-03-17 10:00:34 PM  
robmilmel: namegoeshere

I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.



That's what bothered you about that video?

You either need to back away from the bong, or fire it up. I can't tell which.

 
Iwouldhitit [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 10:24:08 PM  
namegoeshere: For all of you farkers thinking that legalizing marajuana would solve all of our country's problems, you'd better do a little actual research.

Spiders aside, I don't believe it would solve all of our country's problems. The primary problem I believe it would solve is that I find myself not high a distressingly large percentage of the time.

 
shanrick [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 10:31:13 PM  
namegoeshere: For all of you farkers thinking that legalizing marajuana would solve all of our country's problems, you'd better do a little actual research.

Think the pot is harmless?? Hmm?? Well, then start your research here. (pops like your brain on drugs.)

Is your brain like a spiders? Seriously, I'd like to know what it's like to hang upside down from the ceiling.

 
And-1 2009-03-17 10:37:57 PM  

Just some of the reasons why I believe marijuana should be legal for responsible adults (sorry for the copypasta - scroll over it if it bores you):


* The "war on drugs" is a failure, prohibition is a failure, and a new approach is needed.
* Billions of dollars a year of my tax dollars, and the tax dollars of millions of voters, are wasted on this war on American citizens.
* There is no medical or social reason for responsible adults to be prohibited from using marijuana
* When responsible adults make an informed choice to use marijuana it is a victimless crime.
* Responsible adults should be legally free to enjoy a victimless recreational substance
* Responsible adults have a constitutional right to liberty in their actions, as long as their actions do not harm others
* Medical professionals and experts know that marijuana can relieve pain and suffering for cancer and AIDS victims and other sick people
* There is evidence that marijuana may be useful in fighting MRSA, a deadly infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics
* There is evidence that marijuana cuts tumor growth in lung cancer in half and reduces the ability of the cancer to spread
* Marijuana has far fewer dangerous and hazardous effects on individuals and on society than legal drugs such as alcohol
* Unlike alcohol, marijuana is proven to be non-toxic, impossible to overdose on, and never directly responsible for any deaths
* If marijuana is legalized, it can be better regulated, controlled, and kept out of the hands of children
* Legalized marijuana could generate billions of dollars in tax revenue to fund important government programs
* Marijuana arrests and incarceration disproportionately target minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics
* Legalizing marijuana will reduce the drug money funneled to terrorists and international criminals
* Legalized marijuana will provide thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of legal, tax-paying small businesses
* Marijuana will provide huge income opportunities for existing business in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, farming, and other industries
* There is no consistent or definitive medical evidence that marijuana is per se harmful to the health of any individual
* Marijuana (as hemp) is a valuable source of resources for paper, textiles,
* Marijuana (as hemp) can be used to produce biofuels, and can help to reduce American dependence on oil
* Too many innocent citizens and law enforcement officials are hurt and killed during prosecution of marijuana laws

 
And-1 2009-03-17 10:40:37 PM  
(also, I wanna get high without getting locked up, dammit!)

 
Procedural Texture [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-03-17 11:16:46 PM  
I'm posting from Vancouver, were the local police do not enforce the federal anti-marijuana law and you can't walk 3 blocks in any neighbourhood without getting a whiff of pot, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

 
cryinoutloud [TotalFark] 2009-03-17 11:34:29 PM  
Procedural Texture: I'm posting from Vancouver, were the local police do not enforce the federal anti-marijuana law and you can't walk 3 blocks in any neighbourhood without getting a whiff of pot, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

Oh yeah? Well, you post like a fag and your country is....is cold and full of moose. And pasty white people.

 
sloppy shoes 2009-03-17 11:40:58 PM  
If they legalize it, do what they do with Tobacco-

1. Run addiction/rehab clinics partially funded by Mary Jane taxes and manufacturers

2. Allow personal growth, but restrict sales to liscenced companies.

3. Limit the number of coffee shops that can sell it. (Like we do with liquor).

4. Make coffee shops and other places of use have a functional relationship with a reliable form of public transportation, since it is far easier to get past your limit.

I'm for legalization, but you do have to acknowledge the social problems that will occur, already are occuring.

 
Snowflake Tubbybottom 2009-03-17 11:43:06 PM  
www.spada.co.uk

Just mount one of these every 1/2 mile or so. Except for, you know, down and with infrared and heat reading. It'll get a lot of the problem.

 
eff ewe 2009-03-18 12:00:36 AM  
subby: Hmm... if only there was some way to stop the illegal trade of this substance

Of course... and it involves a very very big wall.

*This comment brought to you by Acme Brick, Inc.

 
Squidgilum 2009-03-18 12:00:56 AM  
jaylectricity: The #1 drug that is fueling the violence (and I can support this with anecdotal evidence) is meth.

A friend of mine is a hazmat guy who made his living cleaning up meth busted labs in Tacoma. His business has all dried up. No one here in Tacoma is making meth anymore. It's all coming ready-made from Mexico.

 
maniacbastard [TotalFark] 2009-03-18 12:02:22 AM  
Simply put, If American weed is legal and Mexican is not and American weed is cheap and Mexican is not, guess what happens?

You have a shiatload of money to slaughter scumbags in Mexico that sell crappy expensive weed.

So legalize American weed farms. Put difficult to replicate holographic tax stamps on it and sell it. If you are caught with inferior Mexican ditch weed, you get a visit to the buttrape hotel.

 
Squidgilum 2009-03-18 12:02:28 AM  
Um... that should read "busted meth labs." Looks like I'm on the stuff, huh?

 
ShamWowofDamocles 2009-03-18 12:02:34 AM  
Snowflake Tubbybottom.....

A phalanx might be overkill. Why not let them police their own? Set up an illegals for amnesty kind of thing. Illegals already in country can safely apply for a 30-day visa. If during that 30-days they can capture (detain by means of their choosing) 3 illegals crossing the border - they get fast-tracked towards citizenship. Miss getting 3 by the end of the month...back you go to your country of origin.

/not serious
//but am willing to entertain any out-of-the-proverbial-box solutions for the illegal immigration problem.

 
tenpoundsofcheese 2009-03-18 12:03:15 AM  
I hope that all those who want to legalize pot also support legalizing meth, coke, heroin, speed, X, steroids, etc

Otherwise you are just hypocrites

 
serial_crusher [TotalFark] 2009-03-18 12:03:22 AM  
And 10 years after subby gets his wish:
"'the violencce in Mexico is fueled 75% by one drug, cocaine'. f only there was some way...."
And 10 ears later:
"'...heroine...'"
And 10 years later:
"'...child sex slaves...'"

Trafficking is their business, not marijuana

 
Doem 2009-03-18 12:03:29 AM  
i call bullshiat on that statement.

Marijuana is Bulkier, more difficult to transport, and is sold for much much less than coke or meth. Also it is of lower quantity than what is readily being produced in Canda and the US. I doubt Mexican cartels are fighting a war over the "precious marijuana smuggling routs"

 
sloppy shoes 2009-03-18 12:04:03 AM  
tenpoundsofcheese: I hope that all those who want to legalize pot also support legalizing meth, coke, heroin, speed, X, steroids, etc

Otherwise you are just hypocrites

How so? Pot is no where near as dangerous as meth or the others.

 
knoxvelour 2009-03-18 12:04:18 AM  
Arizona obviously isn't really thinking things through.
Think about it...joints and bottle rockets do not make a good combination.

/Keep fireworks illegal, just let me have my weed

 
RemyDuron 2009-03-18 12:04:45 AM  
HulkHands: robmilmel: I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.

Nice straw man.

The resin has rendered your ability to notice satire drastically.

Did you drastically the whole thing?

/Rendered your ability to notice satire drastically what?
//But yes, it's obvious satire, though they have indeed done spider son drug studies IIRC.

 
Telos 2009-03-18 12:04:49 AM  
robmilmel: namegoeshere

I notice they didn't give the spider alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or even aspirin.

Nice straw man.

Umm... they did give it alcohol... I think you missed some sarcasm.

 
serial_crusher [TotalFark] 2009-03-18 12:04:55 AM  
I should clarify my last comment. I think marijuana should be legal. I just don't think that "criminals profit from crime" s a good argument.

 
EL_FABREZ 2009-03-18 12:05:03 AM  
tenpoundsofcheese: I hope that all those who want to legalize pot also support legalizing meth, coke, heroin, speed, X, steroids, etc

Otherwise you are just hypocrites


Those would kill you, so I guess I'm selfish.

 
bearded clamorer 2009-03-18 12:05:32 AM  
A friend with weed is a friend indeed.

 
ShamWowofDamocles 2009-03-18 12:05:33 AM  
...oh yeah - another vote for legalizing marijuana.

 
Bhasayate [TotalFark] 2009-03-18 12:06:34 AM  
never should have been illegal in the first place stupid politicians

legalize it!

you won't have so many people complaining about how farked up the country is ...

really, bail us out here, Brobama! let us fire up the bowls and smoke the bong

 
antidisestablishmentarianism 2009-03-18 12:07:05 AM  
Well, why don't we just do it?

 
Vanis 2009-03-18 12:07:59 AM  
tenpoundsofcheese: I hope that all those who want to legalize pot also support legalizing meth, coke, heroin, speed, X, steroids, etc

Otherwise you are just hypocrites

True! We should also ban Aspirin, NyQuil, and Coffee at the same time because all drugs are created equal!

 
albertalaska 2009-03-18 12:08:08 AM  
Legalizing all illegal drugs would make them almost worthless compared to today's prices,also putting millions of humans out of work. This would have ramifications worldwide causing one of the biggest economic downturns of all time. Oh wait, maybe this is a good time to do it since we are already in a depression it wouldn't be hardly noticed.

 
Scrotar 2009-03-18 12:09:11 AM  
Just legalize the shiat, you dumb mother farkers.

Let the CIA help itself to a portion of the tax revenue if it likes.

 
tenpoundsofcheese 2009-03-18 12:09:13 AM  
EL_FABREZ: tenpoundsofcheese: I hope that all those who want to legalize pot also support legalizing meth, coke, heroin, speed, X, steroids, etc

Otherwise you are just hypocrites


Those would kill you, so I guess I'm selfish.

so what? alcohol will kill you so it doesn't matter. plus in moderation coke or heroin or even meth don't kill.

if you think drugs are okay to legalize you should be okay with all of these.

 
gund 2009-03-18 12:09:33 AM  
LegacyDL: If weed was legal, it would be taxed and regulated, however that doesn't necessarily mean that illegal weed is going to just vanish like a fart in the wind.

And all we know the weed that people buy legally might be used to support illegal activities.

The gasoline we buy legally IS used to support illegal activities....

nice troll, bastard...

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2009-03-18 12:09:51 AM  
namegoeshere: For all of you farkers thinking that legalizing marajuana would solve all of our country's problems, you'd better do a little actual research.

Think the pot is harmless?? Hmm?? Well, then start your research here. (pops like your brain on drugs.)

STFU bonehead. We all know the arguments. The effects of marijuana have nothing to do with the question of legalization as posited here.

Just because you hate pot is no reason to trot out these tired old arguments every time anyone wants to have a reasoned discussion of the issue.

 
Mrbogey 2009-03-18 12:10:16 AM  
serial_crusher: Trafficking is their business, not marijuana

Pretty much it.

 
Terrified Asexual Forcemeat 2009-03-18 12:10:53 AM  
ShamWowofDamocles: Snowflake Tubbybottom.....

A phalanx might be overkill. Why not let them police their own? Set up an illegals for amnesty kind of thing. Illegals already in country can safely apply for a 30-day visa. If during that 30-days they can capture (detain by means of their choosing) 3 illegals crossing the border - they get fast-tracked towards citizenship. Miss getting 3 by the end of the month...back you go to your country of origin.

/not serious
//but am willing to entertain any out-of-the-proverbial-box solutions for the illegal immigration problem.

That wouldn't work at all. They'd just trade off catching each other. Why is illegal immigration a huge problem anyway if the immigrants are peaceful? If they're not, they should be caught for their crimes as easily as anyone else.

 
PunGent 2009-03-18 12:11:02 AM  
"Think the pot is harmless??"

No. Neither is booze or tobacco.

Think the War on Drugs is working?

If so, you've been using too many yourself...

 
squeez cheez 2009-03-18 12:11:21 AM  
serial_crusher: And 10 years after subby gets his wish:
"'the violencce in Mexico is fueled 75% by one drug, cocaine'. f only there was some way...."
And 10 ears later:
"'...heroine...'"
And 10 years later:
"'...child sex slaves...'"

Trafficking is their business, not marijuana

Have you heard of supply and demand?

 
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