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[quote=Mattyk;1012867]Too bad issues like this can't generate as much public outcry as a gaming console having DRM or mandatory online check-in requirements. :doh:[/quote]

Like I've before, when the aliens dig up our civilization and study it...it wont be hard to tell the story of why.

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[quote=RedskinRat;1000394]Must be some roads we need built. Parks need cleaning up, rivers dredged, that kind of stuff.[/quote]
This ... make them work 10 hrs / day , 6 days / week laying roads , planting trees ect. I would also fine criminal's ( not just drug arrests ) . As far as food , give them seeds and plant there own garden .

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[url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/index.html?hpt=hp_t1]Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I changed my mind on weed - CNN.com[/url]

another convert, time to decriminalize

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[quote=Chico23231;1018082][url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/index.html?hpt=hp_t1]Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I changed my mind on weed - CNN.com[/url]

another convert, time to decriminalize[/quote]

It's inevitable.

The wheels of change are already in motion.

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I love listening to some drunk talk about how drugs should be illegal.

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[url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/09/opinion/st-pierre-armentano-marijuana/index.html?hpt=hp_t4]Opinion: Americans agree: Pot's no crime - CNN.com[/url]

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[url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/politics/holder-mandatory-minimums/index.html?hpt=hp_t2]Holder to call for scaled-back mandatory minimum sentences - CNN.com[/url]

This is really good news, but with Holder, actions will speak louder than words. Mandatory mininums are garbage and part of the problem with the justice system. The application of how laws are enforced is the the next step imo, the enforcement is based on race and a word we never use but certainly should more often, class.

Holder, imo, has probably been the worst of the entire Obama administration. He's been a really horrible Attorny General. Lying, inconsistent, and def not transparent with his department's actions.

Its good to see some leadership on such a tough issue, but we need to do more. This is a good first step.

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[quote=firstdown;1018439]I love listening to some drunk talk about how drugs should be illegal.[/quote]
kind of like listening to rush saying it should be illegal?

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[quote=dmek25;1018574]kind of like listening to rush saying it should be illegal?[/quote]

Iguess I don't listen to rush.

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[quote=Chico23231;1018542][URL="http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/politics/holder-mandatory-minimums/index.html?hpt=hp_t2"]Holder to call for scaled-back mandatory minimum sentences - CNN.com[/URL]

This is really good news, but with Holder, actions will speak louder than words. Mandatory mininums are garbage and part of the problem with the justice system. The application of how laws are enforced is the the next step imo, the enforcement is based on race and a word we never use but certainly should more often, class.

[B]Holder, imo, has probably been the worst of the entire Obama administration[/B]. He's been a really horrible Attorny General. Lying, inconsistent, and def not transparent with his department's actions.

Its good to see some leadership on such a tough issue, but we need to do more. This is a good first step.[/quote]

Thats as about as low as one can go. You think someone would have to try and be that bad.

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Mandatory minimums really need to go the way of the dinosaurs.

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[quote=Chico23231;1018542]Holder, imo, has probably been the worst of the entire Obama administration. He's been a really horrible Attorny General. Lying, inconsistent, and def not transparent with his department's actions.[/quote]


Well, he's only doing what the President is instructing him to do. His boss is also full of lies and def not transparent with his administration's actions.

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This could be seen by history as the turning point of the drug war:

[url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23973568/federal-government-wont-block-colorado-marijauna-legalization?source=rss]Federal government won't block Colorado marijuana legalization - The Denver Post[/url]

[QUOTE]The guidance instead speaks to prioritization of federal resources and lists eight federal priorities that prosecutors should consider when deciding whether to undertake a prosecution. They are:

• Preventing marijuana distribution to minors

• Preventing money from sales from going to criminal groups

• Preventing the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal to states where it is illegal

• Preventing criminal groups from using state laws as cover for trafficking of other illegal drugs

• Preventing violence and the use of illegal firearms

• Preventing drugged driving

• Preventing the growing of marijuana on public lands

• Preventing marijuana possession or use on federal property[/QUOTE]

Most of these things are appropriate regulation even once it get legalized

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1021249]This could be seen by history as the turning point of the drug war:

[url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23973568/federal-government-wont-block-colorado-marijauna-legalization?source=rss]Federal government won't block Colorado marijuana legalization - The Denver Post[/url]



Most of these things are appropriate regulation even once it get legalized[/quote]

I always figured they would start to ease up on this stuff in O's second term. Just paving the way for full scale legalization in the next 5-10 years.

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[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/marijuana-legalization-states_n_3838866.html]These States Are Most Likely To Legalize Pot Next[/url]