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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:05 PM Original message |
Fmr Seattle Police Chief: Legalize It, All of It |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended n/t |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. The War on Drugs *is* prohibition |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. What Norm Didn't Say |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah, my parents heard that too. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. You know something? I agree with the chief...Legalize EVERY BIT OF IT |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Technically pot is now legal in Colorado |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. do you have link for more info? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My mistake it's just Denver |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I just started chemotherapy. Need I say more? Yes, I might as well... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Pot is not legal in Colorado... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. as a former Meth addict.... I take serious offence to your statement. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Hey, listen Viva...take offence all you want.... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. damn... |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. OK...I forgot about using it....I'll try to remember.... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Drug abuse is a medical problem |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Medical, Social, Cultural, Spiritual, and Legal |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Legalizing it makes it easier to control. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. good to hear some sanity on this issue. n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Can't happen - the for-profit prison complex needs the slave labor |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. I thought the gov't kept drugs illegal so they would have a way to put |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. It can happen if we dare to imagine a different future. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Well, of course you are right. I shouldn't have been flip, it doesn't work |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. can't think of another issue that clearly makes so much sense |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. I have one teeny tiny issue with legalization-- The idea of Coca-Cola |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. From what I understand |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Coca-Cola's "willingness" aside, after reading about how Big Tobacco |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. It wouldn't effect the labeling laws that currently exist, and I'm sure |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. wasn't he on Olberman a few weeks ago? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Agreed, of course, but this is a major source or black ops revenue. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've heard him speak and he is passionate and articulate as well as damn |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. But I thought wars on inanimate objects were winnable... - n/t |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yup. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Wonder if Norm read this article today? |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ban cigarettes |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well said. |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Great article |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. It'll never happen, but K&R anyway...eom |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. The prisons are not just a boondoggle for law enforcement, they have a |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
34. haven't you people been addicted to smokes? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Actually it has been shown in countries that lift drug bans |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. do you want large corporations marketing crack to child audiences? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. You raise an important point... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. that is known as a false dichotomy. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Please, stop being so over the top with the rhetoric friend |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I just think you have to look at how complex it is. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. turns out that tobacco is a bit of an anomaly |
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SupplyConcerns (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. I've never had a cigarette. Self-dicipline. n/t |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. The WoD(tm) is no more about DRUGS than the WoT(tm) is about |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. All part of the same vile bullshit. nt. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. My cousin, a wingnut Starr prosecutor, said the same thing |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. I agree-- complete prohibition does not work.... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. The War on Drugs is the stupidest, most wasteful, |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. Where is a Democratic politician who will move on this issue? |
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SupplyConcerns (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Drug abuse is a medical and a spiritual problem, it's not a legal one" |
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