Comments on: Drug Policy Alliance runs full-page New York Times ad: “Prohibition is Finally Coming to An End” http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1614813 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1614813 You mean like we regulate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drugs_affected_by_grapefruit" rel="nofollow">grapefruit juice</a>? You mean like we regulate grapefruit juice?

]]> By: Vincent Maldia http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1614294 Vincent Maldia Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1614294 if its taxed and legal, marijuana better be subject to the same safety regulations and studies as common medications. wouldnt want future comparisons with thalidomide if its taxed and legal, marijuana better be subject to the same safety regulations and studies as common medications. wouldnt want future comparisons with thalidomide

]]> By: Steve Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613565 Steve Baker Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613565 Free Mark Emery Free Mark Emery

]]> By: C.J. Casey http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613258 C.J. Casey Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613258 Also, "President" Clinton said no such thing about the drug war... that would be Former President Clinton. I'm not nit-picking, I'm just pointing out that no sitting President has had the cojones to come out against the war on drugs. Also, “President” Clinton said no such thing about the drug war… that would be Former President Clinton. I’m not nit-picking, I’m just pointing out that no sitting President has had the cojones to come out against the war on drugs.

]]> By: Rindan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613150 Rindan Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613150 The crystal ball says "the future is unclear".  Obama made some extremely vague noises about them having better things to do.  He also said during his first term that he would stop raiding California and promptly launched more raids than Bush did.  He has certainly made no formal policy statements, and he sure as shit hasn't rescheduled marijuana... something he could do at anytime with asking for permission from congress. When it comes to the war on drugs, Obama is a raging hypocrite. How the fuck that guy sleeps at night knowing that people are having their lives ruined for something that he personally did is beyond me.  If Obama (or George Dubya Bush for that matter) had been caught with the coke and pot that they both partook in during their youths, neither one of those assholes would have been president. Hell, they probably would have been kicked from college. Obama is a thousand times better than what the alternative was, but when it comes to drugs, he is a piece of shit hypocritical asshole whose word isn't worth spit. I'll believe Obama isn't a piece of shit when he proves it. The crystal ball says “the future is unclear”.  Obama made some extremely vague noises about them having better things to do.  He also said during his first term that he would stop raiding California and promptly launched more raids than Bush did.  He has certainly made no formal policy statements, and he sure as shit hasn’t rescheduled marijuana… something he could do at anytime with asking for permission from congress.
When it comes to the war on drugs, Obama is a raging hypocrite. How the fuck that guy sleeps at night knowing that people are having their lives ruined for something that he personally did is beyond me.  If Obama (or George Dubya Bush for that matter) had been caught with the coke and pot that they both partook in during their youths, neither one of those assholes would have been president. Hell, they probably would have been kicked from college.

Obama is a thousand times better than what the alternative was, but when it comes to drugs, he is a piece of shit hypocritical asshole whose word isn’t worth spit. I’ll believe Obama isn’t a piece of shit when he proves it.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613148 Jake0748 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613148  Yeah, actually I believe he has.  I think his quote was, "we have bigger fish to fry right now".   Yeah, actually I believe he has.  I think his quote was, “we have bigger fish to fry right now”. 

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613045 Boundegar Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613045 I think the victory dance is a bit premature.  Last I heard Obama hadn't backed off vigorous DEA enforcement against dispensaries that fully comply with state law. I think the victory dance is a bit premature.  Last I heard Obama hadn’t backed off vigorous DEA enforcement against dispensaries that fully comply with state law.

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613029 eviladrian Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613029 Do you think that in some future, pot-smoking utopia, people will look back on our time in the same romanticised way we do on the 1930s? Like they'll just imagine it was just constant drive-bys and police busts with anachronistic remixes of 2010s hit songs playing the whole time? Do you think that in some future, pot-smoking utopia, people will look back on our time in the same romanticised way we do on the 1930s?
Like they’ll just imagine it was just constant drive-bys and police busts with anachronistic remixes of 2010s hit songs playing the whole time?

]]> By: Alissa Mower Clough http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1613016 Alissa Mower Clough Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1613016 Their roster of supporters made my head spin. Who would have known  a former Fed chief, Walter Cronkite, and Sting were on the same team? And...Harry Belafonte? Wow. Their roster of supporters made my head spin. Who would have known  a former Fed chief, Walter Cronkite, and Sting were on the same team? And…Harry Belafonte? Wow.

]]> By: Michael Langford http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1612944 Michael Langford Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1612944 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/pat-robertson-backs-legalizing-marijuana.html  No, I think this is a principled stance, not a gaffe. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/pat-robertson-backs-legalizing-marijuana.html  No, I think this is a principled stance, not a gaffe.

]]> By: blissfulight http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1612919 blissfulight Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1612919 Pat Robertson is probably like, 'Oh, shit.' Pat Robertson is probably like, ‘Oh, shit.’

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/drug-policy-alliance-runs-full.html#comment-1612914 Jake0748 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201853#comment-1612914 As a citizen of WA, who voted - You're Welcome.   :D As a citizen of WA, who voted – You’re Welcome.   :D

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