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Jan 12, 2008 11:06 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
girlnextdormouse
girlnextdormousegirlnextdormouseMarietta, Ohio USA34 Threads 544 Posts
I just saw the last few minutes of a news report that said that one of the presidential candidates said smoking pot was better than drinking alcohol, and maybe it's time to legalize it.

I didn't see the rest, so I don't know who the presidential candidate was. Does anyone happen to know which one said something like this and maybe where I could find out the context in which it was said?

Thanks
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Jan 12, 2008 11:14 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
GREEN_08
GREEN_08GREEN_08Algonac, Michigan USA89 Posts
Not sure who but he has already got my vote thumbs up
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Jan 12, 2008 11:17 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
Tiffanie
TiffanieTiffanieNijkerk, Gelderland Netherlands40 Threads 1,324 Posts
You guys should come over here, to the land of the free laugh
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Jan 12, 2008 11:17 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
JOESINGLEDAD
JOESINGLEDADJOESINGLEDADNavarre, USA1 Threads 414 Posts
Didn't see it.Govener elect of New Mexico in the late 80's was said to have commited political suicide when he was for legalizing pot.
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Jan 12, 2008 11:21 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
apbtlover
apbtloverapbtloverAppleton, Wisconsin USA1 Threads 25 Posts
There has not been one death as a direct result of smoking pot to date. It has the same health risks as smoking nicotine. How many people a year die from alcohol related accidents???
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Jan 12, 2008 11:28 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
girlnextdormouse
girlnextdormousegirlnextdormouseMarietta, Ohio USA34 Threads 544 Posts
You've got to be kidding yourself if you think there aren't people who have lost a loved one to a stoned/high driver.
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Jan 12, 2008 11:30 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
jodigirlsfree
jodigirlsfreejodigirlsfreeConway, South Carolina USA48 Threads 1,843 Posts
people who smoke pot dont get on the road they dont get off the couch eitherrolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 12, 2008 11:31 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
o.k. compare the traffic fatalities from etoh and fron cannabis. Both are in the bloodstream when a auto death is committed. Any statistics on cannabis? We have plenty on ETOH
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Jan 12, 2008 11:32 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
couch potato heretongue
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Jan 12, 2008 11:33 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
apbtlover
apbtloverapbtloverAppleton, Wisconsin USA1 Threads 25 Posts
Ever hear of a death caused by a pot overdose? If someone who was stoned got into an accident while driving, my guess would be they feel asleep or was looking for the cookie they dropped.
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Jan 12, 2008 11:35 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
jodigirlsfree
jodigirlsfreejodigirlsfreeConway, South Carolina USA48 Threads 1,843 Posts
or a roach rolling on the floor laughing tongue
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Jan 12, 2008 11:37 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
jodigirlsfree
jodigirlsfreejodigirlsfreeConway, South Carolina USA48 Threads 1,843 Posts
I smoked ONCE but i didnt inhalerolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 12, 2008 11:37 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
OUCH!!!tongue
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Jan 12, 2008 11:40 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
fireliter
fireliterfireliterAllen Park, Michigan USA502 Threads 14 Polls 5,902 Posts
much in the way they are taxing all other consumable pleasures to feed and provide for many, I say "bring it"... tax all facets of it growers, (big and small), users and those that provide places for consumption...

no matter how it is decribed (less harmful /more harmful) I would rather have a new vice legalized and taxed to the max.

Then raise my property, income or fuel tax....Sorry but if theres such a thing as "acceptable body count". then those who by choice choose to partake of it are willing to pay for the right to use it, let it happen and soon.
I still remember my basics on "cannabis growing 101"
compliments of a High Times publication in the 70's
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Jan 12, 2008 11:40 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
my running mate!!laugh
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Jan 12, 2008 11:41 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
girlnextdormouse
girlnextdormousegirlnextdormouseMarietta, Ohio USA34 Threads 544 Posts
I'm not denying that alcohol is a factor in traffic fatalities.
Nor am I saying that pot causes more traffic fatalities than alcohol.
I wasn't comparing the two at all.
I'm just pointing out that to say pot has never caused anyone's death is a bit of a far stretch and is a bit insensitive to people who have lost a loved one due to a high driver.

I wasn't really even trying to justify or not justify either side of the argument. I was just wondering which presidential candidate had mentioned it. Legalization of marijuana hasn't really come up as an issue in several years and I'm curious why now, in the midst of every other issue, during the primaries, a candidate would bring it up.
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Jan 12, 2008 11:41 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
fireliter
fireliterfireliterAllen Park, Michigan USA502 Threads 14 Polls 5,902 Posts
what of the victims of what they hit while cookie surfing on the floorboard?
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Jan 12, 2008 11:41 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
jodigirlsfree
jodigirlsfreejodigirlsfreeConway, South Carolina USA48 Threads 1,843 Posts
laugh tongue
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Jan 12, 2008 11:42 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
Hugz_n_Kissez
Hugz_n_KissezHugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada59 Threads 2 Polls 25,438 Posts
Just say...YES!!!!!!!!!!smoking cool smoking grin
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Jan 12, 2008 11:43 AM CST candidate says ok to smoke pot???
GREEN_08
GREEN_08GREEN_08Algonac, Michigan USA89 Posts
That may and probably is true but i know id rather be on the road with a bunch of high ons insted of drunks. High ons drive 10 mph under the limit and concentrate. Drunks think its a nascar race. JMOhandshake
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