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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 01-21-2014 01:37 PM
I'll bet all you parents and grandparnets are happy with Obama for saying this. The Huffington Post | By Mollie Reilly Posted: 01/19/2014 12:05 pm EST | Updated: 01/20/2014 11:15 am EST In an interview with the New Yorker's David Remnick published Sunday, Obama said while he believes marijuana is "not very healthy," the drug isn't as harmful as some insist. ¡°As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. I don¡¯t think it is more dangerous than alcohol," Obama told Remnick. When asked if he believes marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, Obama said it is less damaging "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer." "It¡¯s not something I encourage, and I¡¯ve told my daughters I think it¡¯s a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy," he added. Marijuana is currently classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule 1 substance, which the DEA considers "the most dangerous class of drugs with a high potential for abuse and potentially severe psychological and/or physical dependence." Other Schedule 1 drugs include heroin, ecstasy and LSD. Obama said his focus on reforming laws that punish drug users, noting the racial disparity in drug arrests. "We should not be locking up kids or individual users for long stretches of jail time when some of the folks who are writing those laws have probably done the same thing," he said. In August, the Obama administration announced it would not stop Washington and Colorado from legalizing recreational marijuana use, marking a major step away from the administration's war on drugs. In the New Yorker interview, Obama said he believes these new laws are "important." ¡°It's important for it to go forward because it¡¯s important for society not to have a situation in which a large portion of people have at one time or another broken the law and only a select few get punished," he said.
President Obama¡¯s latest claims about marijuana are contradicted by research and official positions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is part of the White House. And Mr. Obama¡¯s words have anti-drug leaders worried about negative repercussions among youth. The National Drug Control Policy¡¯s official stance, posted on the whitehouse.gov website, says the opposite of Mr. Obama on all counts. The Drug-Free America Foundation responded on its blog: ¡°His laissez-faire attitude about legalization has drug policy and prevention experts scratching their heads in confusion as to why the president will not give clear guidance¡either he is seriously ill-informed about the issue or is completely ignoring warnings from his highly-esteemed advisors.¡± It is impossible to reconcile that post with Mr. Obama¡¯s failure to enforce federal drug laws against marijuana, and with his statement to The New Yorker about Colorado¡¯s and Washington¡¯s open violation of those laws, namely, ¡°it¡¯s important for it to go forward.¡±
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attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 01-21-2014 02:26 PM
OBAMA IS WRONG! ALCOHOL IS CONSIDERABLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN RECREATIONAL USE OF POT. NO ONE HAS EVER DIED FROM POT USE! WE CANNOT SAY THE SAME OF ALCOHOL.
ITS TIME TO STOP THE CRIMINALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL POT USE. ITS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY I HAVE NEVER EVEN TRIED POT....FOR THE SAME REASON I HAVE NEVER TRIED SMOKING....IT STINKS. THAT BEING SAID HOWEVER, THE MONEY SPENT ON ARRESTING, DEFENDING AND INCARCERATING PEOPLE FOR POT USE IS MIND NUMBINGLY DUMB. This message has been edited by attyedhall on 01-22-2014 at 12:52 PM |
Gort Prowler Junkie From:Clinton Tn,USA |
posted 01-21-2014 02:40 PM
In Obamas book he admits doing pot and ocassionally blow. Is he ready to legalize Cocaine? Doesn't that prove pot leads to blow? It did for him by his own admission. How about Heroin?, Meth.? Where does it stop? Has anyone ever heard of a crackhead that did'nt try pot first? "I had learned not to care," he wrote. "I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ..." How about sniffing glue,gasoline,gold paint? I always said Jimmy Carter was the worst president in my lifetime..I could be wrong. This message has been edited by Gort on 01-21-2014 at 03:55 PM |
bjprowler POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Clarksville,Ohio,USA |
posted 01-21-2014 03:36 PM
I agree with Ed....And I too have never tried it and find the smell of it awful.... But it's time to stop the mindless criminalization of something that is no more harmful than alcohol......Legalize it, tax it, and lets move on..... |
Gort Prowler Junkie From:Clinton Tn,USA |
posted 01-21-2014 05:31 PM
quote: What about Cocaine? It's legal for personal use in Mexico. That seems to be working really well. This message has been edited by Gort on 01-21-2014 at 05:40 PM |
heynow14 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Waterford,Mi USA |
posted 01-21-2014 10:29 PM
As a Parent & Grandparent who does not use pot. I have no issue with President Obama's comments. Getting rid of another of Reagan's failed policies can only help this nation. ------------------ |
idive POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Texas USA |
posted 01-21-2014 10:54 PM
Just say no to drugs was a Nancy thing, not a Ronnie thing. I know Hillary would beg to differ, but to my knowledge, first ladies don't set a national policy. Maybe if cocaine was legalized years ago, there wouldn't have been a need to mix up a legal concoction in a trash can in someone's garage and call it crack. Kinda how extasy also came about. Food for thought. |
attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 01-22-2014 12:54 PM
its ironic that we have this discussion while tobacco, which is the only known legal product that when used exactly as it is intended to be used...will kill you....remains not only legal...but still subsidized by tax dollars. makes no sense.... |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 01-22-2014 02:36 PM
attyEd,,,while there may not be no exact directions on how to use 'alcoholic beverages',,,which are known legal products, it will kill your liver, your brain, and other people while driving down the road.. I consider it much worse than tobacco.
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attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 01-22-2014 05:12 PM
"conventional wisdom".....whatever that actually is....says that moderate use of alcohol...(2 drinks or less per day) is not harmful....and in some cases, might actually be helpful....thats my story and i am sticking with it! so not to put too fine a point on it...but tobacco does kill...alcohol...when abused can kill This message has been edited by attyedhall on 01-22-2014 at 05:16 PM |
Gort Prowler Junkie From:Clinton Tn,USA |
posted 01-22-2014 05:28 PM
Is this the "three finger " rule? A lot of difference in three fingers in a drinking glass and three fingers in a wash tub...smiles.
This message has been edited by Gort on 01-22-2014 at 05:29 PM |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 01-22-2014 07:06 PM
attyEd,,,,My grandpa always had a pipe or a cigar in his mouth, all day long.... Lived a healthy life 'til he was 93 years old. I worked with a ole boy for four years at the newspaper plant, while attending college, who drank between a pint to a full quart of straight whiskey every day,,,,smoked one and a half packs of Camels each day, plus a half dozen cigars each day as well. He was 5'6" and 305 lbs, and lived to 88.... Died from a bad liver from the alcohol drinking.. Go figure. Examples for everything,,,isn't there.. |
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