$1 fine for marijuana possession. Hopefully they can get this done.

[Fat Bones]

i feel this way. marijuana for medical purposes great! for personal use no. the thing is though allow the medical use and people are going to exploit it that way and use it anyways ruining it for the people who NEED it not just want it to use it for their leisure

Congratulations on your support of medicinal use. The current restrictions are vicious and criminal in themselves; just completely reprehensible.

So, why are you threatened by recreational use? Personal use in the privacy of your own home and that sort of thing?
You know, responsible, adult use.

[SAGambler]

Well I think it is hypocritical to fine people a dollar for doing it.

Either something is illegal and worth fining people over or it isn't. And if somethng is illegal then people should be fined substancially for doing it- every time.

By fining people only a dollar, they are basically okaying usage of marijuana without coming right out and fully legalizing it. That is a double standard, one I find to be unacceptable.

Do you agree about it being a double standard?

Do you even know why it was declared criminal in the first place? Had more to do with politics and the "saving" of (IIRC) Rockerfeller's huge timber holdings.

[SAGambler]

The real issue is not the marijuna, the tobacco, and the alcohol- it is the people who abuse it and the people who make it available. Problems are caused by the disregard of the users of pot, alcohol etc of the consequences of their actions and also by the greed of the company who sells the products.

Even if there was no more fighting over drugs, people would find something else to war over. Sadly, that is human nature.

Uh, like Religion.

[johnsmith]

Although I disagree with many of her points....
Angel_luv stood her ground and traded replies with the best the Club has to offer and did so without pulling Tpark/johnsmith/koriwhat meltdowns, I think she deserves credit!

I post about once a month nowadays and I'm still in your head.

[Kermit]

Picture 1




Picture 2




Lets play a game. One of these pictures comes from God's Earth and the other is man made. Which is it?

One is legal and one is not, which is it?

One is causing a major health crisis and kills more people than the other, which is it?

One makes the other one attainable and delicious.

[jb4g]

Im glad to see another major US city finally come to the realization that policing pot is a waste of resources and taxpayers money. The seeds of change are coming, but will have to start at the local level and work up, outright federal legalization is still many years if not decades away. However, ive read that Obama has instructed the DEA to focus elsewhere, and leave it up to the states to decide how to handle the issue for now, which is a positive step forward.

Texas recently changed their law and left the door open for local cities to make weed a ticketable offense only in small amounts. Austin is the only city that has fell in line, and the results have been very good. They estimated in the first year since the change took affect they saved something like 2 or 3 million on policing and jail costs, and the appearance rate in court to resolve the ticket was over 90%.....which is far better than appearance rates for any other tickets they hand out. During that same time period over 5000 people were arrested in San Antonio for the same offense, because our DA flat out refuses to follow the guideline because in here eyes its still a drug. Mind you the city budget is having to be slashed left and right due to the economy, you'd think they would see this as an easy way to save a few million right away.

[Heat Miser]

I post about once a month nowadays and I'm still in your head.

Lets give Angel a break! after all she just found out a week ago what her vagina is really used for, so let her take her time learning about "the pot"
as she calls it.

[Lance]

[balli]

[marini martini]

I wish we could grow it. I think it would be a lovely annual in our flower beds.

[mouse]

Hey Angel download or rent this do entary!

[Bigzax]

if Satan smoked pot, we wouldn't have half the ty problems in this world to deal with...if only...

[mouse]

[Heat Miser]

Angel don't let Satan change you, stay as you are!

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I don't smoke weed, but I have no problem with those who do. I definitely think the money spent to fight this 'crime' could be put to better use. Legalizing pot makes perfect sense.

[baseline bum]

If people would act lawfully just because it was the right thing to do, would there be a need for courts and prison sentences?

Who says acting lawfully is always the right thing to do?

[angel_luv]

Who says acting lawfully is always the right thing to do?

What I meant by lawfully was if, for example, people would respect privacy and property and not break into other people's houses, there would be no need for locks on doors or security systems.

[balli]

lol

[z0sa]

Taxpayers foot a $1 billion bill for incarcerating 800,000 pot smokers in 2005. About 50,000 actually served time. That's annual. Click.

[DisAsTerBot]

If people would act lawfully just because it was the right thing to do, would there be a need for religion?

fify

[mouse]

2008 number of Deaths due to Pot smoking 0


2008 number of deaths due to drinking coffee 6,000

any questions?

[baseline bum]

It's funny that this country has such a hard at ude towards weed. In various times through history tobacco was an evil drug whose use was punishable by execution, coffee was once an evil drug... I honestly think everything from weed to coke to acid should be legal for an adult to put in his own body though. If I can legally stuff myself with chili fries and pepsi I don't see why I can't do something much less destructive like smoke a bowl or two.