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John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot * 2
    #18809061 - 09/06/13 07:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

http://news.yahoo.com/john-mccain--%E2%80%98maybe-we-should-legalize%E2%80%99-pot--192226634.html



Drug war hawk John McCain is turning pot dove.

McCain appears open to making a dramatic shift on marijuana policy, saying during a town-hall meeting in Arizona that he's open to potentially legalizing weed.

“Maybe we should legalize. We're certainly moving that way as far as marijuana is concerned,” McCain said in comments first reported by Arizona Daily Star columnist Tim Steller. “I respect the will of the people."

In the past, McCain has been a hard-liner on federal drug policy. During his 2000 presidential primary campaign, the Arizona Republican suggested increasing penalties and sentence guidelines for those convicted of drug crimes.

During a 1999 Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College, McCain said, “I can’t support the legalization of marijuana. Scientific evidence indicates that the moment that it enters your body, one, it does damage, and second, it can become addictive. It is a gateway drug.”

However, national attitudes on pot have changed dramatically in recent years. Arizona is one of 20 states that allow patients with a medical prescription to use marijuana.

A recent poll of Arizona voters showed 56 percent of respondents saying they favored legalizing small amounts of marijuana. Advocates of legalization are working to get a ballot measure before Arizona voters in 2014.

In 2012, McCain’s daughter Meghan told NBC’s “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno that she favors legalizing marijuana and admitted to having smoked a joint.

“Yes, I come out for legalizing marijuana in this book,” McCain told Leno. “I was living in Los Angeles very briefly last year, and I was shocked at how people here smoke weed the way people in New York pour wine.”


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Panick] * 4
    #18809117 - 09/06/13 08:01 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

McCain 2016. Will be just like Obama and DEA raids.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Adden] * 4
    #18809227 - 09/06/13 08:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

politicians are fucking robots.  He's gonna say whatever he thinks will make him seem cool. 

did you know he has an otic implant that cost more than a college education??  paid for by your truely

fuck congress

bunch of useless self-important wishy washy nincompoops


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Panick]
    #18809297 - 09/06/13 08:45 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Another politician supports legalization, that's a step in the right direction whatever his motivation. Its good news to me, our news section seems to have been focused on negativity recently


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Repertoire89] * 4
    #18809368 - 09/06/13 08:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Watch what they do, not what they say, talk is cheap.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: qman] * 1
    #18809385 - 09/06/13 09:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Just because you say yay to pot doesn't mean we will go to war with Syria with you.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: qman] * 1
    #18809388 - 09/06/13 09:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I think you're overlooking how this affects public opinion, they know the drug war has failed but they can't back out overnight. What we've seen the past few years is the beginning of the end


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Repertoire89]
    #18809600 - 09/06/13 09:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

What we've seen in the past few decades is the beginning of the end.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Camwritesgonzo] * 2
    #18809671 - 09/06/13 10:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

It's really picking up. I never understood why a republican would want to suppress a states rights....I thought they were pro states rights....I don't see how they can be for big government telling states what to do. Interesting.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: joshisstoned]
    #18809743 - 09/06/13 10:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

people are delusional about pot becoming legal. everyone seems to think were taking steps in the direction of making it like cig's but for 21+ and a limit on how much you can posses at any one time :shrug:

Honestly they like all the money and assets they get to seize from people with small bags of pot. And all the money the gov gets from alcohol and big tobacco, pot doesn't stand a chance

There's no way to really quantify how intoxicated you are while driving on pot either, unlike alcohol. I smoke 10+ times a day so my blood would be saturated even after a day or two of not smoking. Cant have something be legal and yet if you've smoked within the past 2 or 3 weeks any cop can get a warrant for your blood and slap you with an ouid :courtjudge:


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Chuckfinely]
    #18809834 - 09/06/13 11:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Idk man. We seem to be breaking new ground.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Chuckfinely] * 1
    #18809844 - 09/06/13 11:04 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Chuckfinely said:
people are delusional about pot becoming legal. everyone seems to think were taking steps in the direction of making it like cig's but for 21+ and a limit on how much you can posses at any one time :shrug:

Honestly they like all the money and assets they get to seize from people with small bags of pot. And all the money the gov gets from alcohol and big tobacco, pot doesn't stand a chance

There's no way to really quantify how intoxicated you are while driving on pot either, unlike alcohol. I smoke 10+ times a day so my blood would be saturated even after a day or two of not smoking. Cant have something be legal and yet if you've smoked within the past 2 or 3 weeks any cop can get a warrant for your blood and slap you with an ouid :courtjudge:




That's the same sentiment I had 10+ years ago. There's progress. 90s child?


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Chuckfinely] * 1
    #18810008 - 09/06/13 11:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Chuckfinely said:
people are delusional about pot becoming legal. everyone seems to think were taking steps in the direction of making it like cig's but for 21+ and a limit on how much you can posses at any one time :shrug:

Honestly they like all the money and assets they get to seize from people with small bags of pot. And all the money the gov gets from alcohol and big tobacco, pot doesn't stand a chance

There's no way to really quantify how intoxicated you are while driving on pot either, unlike alcohol. I smoke 10+ times a day so my blood would be saturated even after a day or two of not smoking. Cant have something be legal and yet if you've smoked within the past 2 or 3 weeks any cop can get a warrant for your blood and slap you with an ouid :courtjudge:



you must be living in a cave


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Panick]
    #18810088 - 09/07/13 12:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

This is another step in the right direction and an awesome turn around. He's putting his neck out there by backing legalization, and he deserves credit and support for doing so.

He's a cool dude for this as far as I'm concerned :thumbup:


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Chuckfinely] * 4
    #18810439 - 09/07/13 04:00 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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And all the money the gov gets from alcohol and big tobacco, pot doesn't stand a chance




It's not cool to smoke anymore.  In California it's down to like 1 in 10 people or less.  It's not socially acceptable, it's not healthy, the customers are dieing off, and the regulations and information about smoking have hurt the industry.
But what's this, a new plant that we can deliver in much the same way, rolled up cigarettes of paper and sold in packs of 20 joints - sounds to me like it would be the perfect time for the big cigarette companies to switch to a brand new cash crop, and this time it's healthy!  They don't even need to change much of the manufacturing machinery, it's practically handled, prepared, and processed in the same way.  They just need to replant the fields.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: nooneman]
    #18810443 - 09/07/13 04:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

there all bullshit. lies. then do what they want when they are given any power.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Panick]
    #18810763 - 09/07/13 08:18 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

They can't roll pot into packs of joints.  It gums up the automatic rolling machine.
When you get real legalization you get bottles of oil or tincture on the shelf.  The farmers take their crop to the perfume factory and turn it into oil.
Something like 50% of Americans drink regularly.  If pot was legal and 50% of Americans smoked pot, the farmers would have to grow like crazy to supply the want.


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: sunshine]
    #18810808 - 09/07/13 08:46 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Weeds a weed, it can be grown very high density. Decades of prohibition have endured that :lol:


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: Panick]
    #18810876 - 09/07/13 09:13 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Panick said:
Quote:

Chuckfinely said:
And all the money the gov gets from alcohol and big tobacco, pot doesn't stand a chance




It's not cool to smoke anymore.  In California it's down to like 1 in 10 people or less.  It's not socially acceptable, it's not healthy, the customers are dieing off, and the regulations and information about smoking have hurt the industry.
But what's this, a new plant that we can deliver in much the same way, rolled up cigarettes of paper and sold in packs of 20 joints - sounds to me like it would be the perfect time for the big cigarette companies to switch to a brand new cash crop, and this time it's healthy!  They don't even need to change much of the manufacturing machinery, it's practically handled, prepared, and processed in the same way.  They just need to replant the fields.



weed is not really healthy man


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Re: John McCain: ‘Maybe we should legalize’ pot [Re: morrowasted] * 1
    #18811255 - 09/07/13 11:30 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Not sure what you mean by that, there is no reasonable risk associated with smoking outside of prohibition and a lot of medical benefits


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