Ron Paul introduces legislation to repeal fed. marijuana laws

[John]

along with barney frank:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/06/ron-paul-barney-frank-marijuana-/1

its not to legalize it, its to remove the federal laws against it, and letting the states decide.

and today retard lamar smith says his committee will not even consider it.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/marijuana-bill-officially-introduced-to-congress-by-ron-paul-barney-frank.html

"Marijuana use and distribution is prohibited under federal law because it has a high potential for abuse and does not have an accepted medical use in the U.S.," said Smith, who like Paul is a Texas Republican. "The Food and Drug Administration has not approved smoked marijuana for any condition or disease."

Smith cited the theory that pot is a gateway drug, and then added the curious belief that legalizing weed would increase the coffers of drug lords.

"Decriminalizing marijuana will only lead to millions more Americans becoming addicted to drugs and greater profits for drug cartels who fund violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Allowing states to determine their own marijuana policy flies in the face of Supreme Court precedent," Smith said.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy echoed some of Smith's fears and said decriminalizing pot was a nonstarter.

"Our concern with marijuana is not borne out of any culture war or drug war mentality, but out of what the science tells us about the drug’s effects. The facts are that marijuana potency has tripled in the past 20 years and teens are using the drug at earlier ages," the office said in a statement to The Times.

what a load of horse shit. sounds like something out of reefer madness. they should have just stuck with anslingers reasoning that it should be illegal because it "makes darkies think they are as good as the white man"

its even sadder that people BELIEVE these lies.

Edited June 24, 2011 by John

[RSVDon]

^

If marijuana has no medical benefits, why is there such a thing as medical marijuana Mr. Smith?...

[kawi kid]

I thought the same thing lol

[John]

heres the deal with that. it has never been accepted by the FDA.

http://www.slate.com/id/2140503/

but as, this article points out, its not a medical or scientific conclusion. its a political one.

[JStump]

I work at a place where 90% of the store smokes pot. so what they are saying is that those people going become hardcore drug addicts because of it? I don't think so. But you get people like my parents who have never tried it who think it's as bad as cocaine or something and it gives it a bad rap. It sucks that people are so closed minded about things that are no worse than alcohol, in fact alcohol is way worse.

[RSVDon]

It sucks that people are so closed minded about things that are no worse than alcohol, in fact alcohol is way worse.

All this is true for sex, drugs, and rock & roll. It's not going to change anytime soon either.

[John]

@ FDA

the sad part is, if they are making decisions based on political views instead of on science and research, then how the fuck can you trust ANYTHING that they say at all?