Politically Incorrect, Drug War, Parenting, Dec. 2000

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   PuppetMasterKankuro on 2013-01-29 at 12:06 AM

   Call me nerdy, but I can’t but? imagine Doc Ock when I see Alfred. XDD

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   popaw666 on 2013-01-29 at 1:00 AM

   How did marijuana, the one “drug” that never killed anybody, wind up? in the illegal category?

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   Vida Starr on 2013-01-29 at 1:03 AM

   LOL @ Morphine being? ok only because it’s legal but weed is just a slippery slope. She’s stupid… Chemical pharmaceuticals are more dangerous and they are narcotics. Weed is a natural herb.

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   hollaatyaboy12 on 2013-01-29 at 1:47 AM

   truth is humans? have been using drugs FOREVER! What makes us this great society where suddenly this needs to stop. The problem is in over consumption and addiction which NEEDS to be handled as a social and health problem NOT a criminal offense.

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   Alan Davila Ramos on 2013-01-29 at 2:18 AM

   man? in ten years michelle phillips aged a lot

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   Cawby on 2013-01-29 at 2:33 AM

   Yeah, I? wonder if she would have argued that slavery is fine because it’s the law of the land 200 years ago.

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   juresaiyan on 2013-01-29 at 3:23 AM

   Molina? rocks!!

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   xXHuitreXx on 2013-01-29 at 3:38 AM

   ppl? need to distinguish between hard and soft drugs.

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   jamesr197307 on 2013-01-29 at 4:27 AM

   Jimmy Walker looks good. He used to be so skinny on Good Times, now he’s all muscular and jacked in this? show. Good for him.

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    KurtCobainof21 on 2013-01-29 at 5:20 AM

    I talked about hard drugs because you made the point about ODing and increased usage.

    Well like I said, it did not decrease because they decriminalised it, it decreased due to the increased medical facilities and awareness measures that Portugal put in place to combat the increased usage.

    I say, they should’ve done it? despite it being a criminal offense. That would’ve helped a lot more.

    And I was talking about food rations purely for health reasons, not unavailability

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    acphenom on 2013-01-29 at 6:01 AM

    Firstly, they decriminalised, not legalised, and secondly I thought we were debating pot. If you’re going to debate the harder drugs though, isn’t that a success? Usage is no? one else’s business, it’s the problems created that is the issue and they decreased as you said. Well during the 2nd World War they made food rations here in the UK – extreme circumstances but the point is that drug prohibition is impractical (and immoral), just like food rationing

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    KurtCobainof21 on 2013-01-29 at 6:17 AM

    Well dear, Portugal legalised ALL hard drugs dear, including cocaine and heroin. Not just Marijuana. So , I am very much? accurate. They found the usage had increased but ODs, and HIV cases from dirty needles had decreased.

    I’m not sure they could possibly do that. I’m not aware of a country that has done that. And like I said its because almost every healthy human being eats these things as well. So the government would find serious trouble putting the law in place.

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    acphenom on 2013-01-29 at 6:35 AM

    Well that can’t be accurate because you cannot overdose on marijuana. And there could be legislation to tackle poor diet. They could outlaw certain foods or introduce food rationing. It’d be difficult and anti-liberty but so? is drug prohibition, which has done nothing to curb use of illicit drugs

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    KurtCobainof21 on 2013-01-29 at 6:50 AM

    First of all thats not accurate. The usage actually increased but the number of overdose cases decreased.

    That happened in Portugal because they took medical and awareness measures after legalization which they should’ve done anyway.

    Thing with poor diet, lack of exercise etc there are reasons why theyre not illegal. You can’t possibly monitor every persons diet. You can’t shutdown McDonalds because every healthy guy eats there? too. Same with the rest

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    acphenom on 2013-01-29 at 6:50 AM

    Well although I’d imagine that to happen, it hasn’t happened with decriminalization (admittedly, not the same thing exactly but…) in places? like Portugal, where usage has dropped. Also, there are plenty of habits that could be construed as ‘bad’, the legality of which isn’t debated (poor diet, lack of exercise, excessive video-game/internet usage etc.)

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    KurtCobainof21 on 2013-01-29 at 7:06 AM

    When I said addict I was quoting to daily marijuana smokers. Similarly daily beer drinkers and people who smoked more than 10 cigs a day.

    I know maybe “addict” was too strong? a word for that level of usage, but it still doesn’t disqualify the point Im making.

    …which is..
    The reason there are fewer daily smokers of marijuana than people who smoke more than 10 cigs a day is because Marijuana is not “as” easily available and because theres an aura of “illegal” around it.

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    acphenom on 2013-01-29 at 7:32 AM

    Jeez, what was that black woman on about, a ‘slippery slope’? Alcohol and nicotine are legal; gambling is legal; porn is legal. Her expressing her dimwit views on a? show watched by millions of people is legal. But apparently, after that point somebody spilled some oil and the rest of the slope, from marijuana-onwards becomes slippery. Well ain’t that convenient? Alcohol, nicotine etc. are part of the slippery slope. You either go down the slide or you don’t go on it at all.

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    acphenom on 2013-01-29 at 8:05 AM

    Well how do you define an ‘addict’? The stereotypical pot-head causes less harm than a typical alcoholic. Also, most find alcohol or nicotine a lot? harder to give-up than pot, despite the greater harm being caused by them

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    KurtCobainof21 on 2013-01-29 at 8:43 AM

    I think both sides have totally missed the point.

    YES cigarettes are WORSE.
    YES beer is worse.

    I smoked Marijuana, drank and smoked cigs a while back till I stopped? them all.

    BUT
    BUT BUT

    I have a number of friends who have done the legal but not the illegal stuff, simply because its not EASILY AVAILABLE.

    Thats what legalizing drugs does, makes it readily available.Simple fact is number of addicted are fewer for marijuana than beer or cigarettes. It being illegal is most certainly the reason

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    eddo1983 on 2013-01-29 at 8:46 AM

    The deaths from legal drugs we never hear about…why? Lobbyists. illegal drug deaths we? hear about all the time because its demonized

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    suk mainuts on 2013-01-29 at 9:17 AM

    Weed is the least likely drug for one to get addicted to, and the least dangerous of any drug that I could think of. It’s completely backwards that it is illegal. I’m happy more states are taking steps to make it legally availiable, but? it just needs to be completely legalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco. If they do that it will actually get HARDER for kids to get their hands on. When i was young it was easier for me to get weed than it was for me to get alcohol.

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    addymemsey on 2013-01-29 at 9:54 AM

    Quick note, cigerettes don’t alter perception like alcohal and marijuana.? You are not under the influence after smoking cigerettes. I’m not against marijuana, I don’t think it should be illegal if alcohal is legal. But I also cannot imagine the business institutions that would be regulating it. It’s hard to imagine a store selling it. I’ve smoked pot before. I don’t do it anymore, not to say I won’t do it again. But I think decriminalizing should be done in incriments, not one sweeping law.

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    cooliovasquez on 2013-01-29 at 10:50 AM

    god black people continue? to disappoint me on this show i cant help it

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    DrinkSkateSleep on 2013-01-29 at 10:57 AM

    Hahaha nice.?

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    texjoy86 on 2013-01-29 at 11:43 AM

    A law professor should know that the words “slippery slope” always? precede a fallacious argument.

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