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DU A Poll On Denver's Image - NO Longer On DP Site. (Original Post) otohara Apr 2014 OP
There's no poll at your link. MADem Apr 2014 #1
Scroll down, it's on the left. Ptah Apr 2014 #2
"Yes" is certainly winning at this point...n/t monmouth3 Apr 2014 #3
Ah ha...there it is! MADem Apr 2014 #5
Done. immoderate Apr 2014 #4
I will never completely understand the people who care about pot so so much theboss Apr 2014 #6
Google "End of Prohibition" otohara Apr 2014 #7
Well, that's different theboss Apr 2014 #8
Your Friend otohara Apr 2014 #11
Which I'm cool with theboss Apr 2014 #12
It's A Start otohara Apr 2014 #14
I look forward to the day pot is fully legal everywhere. MicaelS Apr 2014 #9
Anti-tobacco zealots? theboss Apr 2014 #10
Yes. MicaelS Apr 2014 #13

MADem

(135,425 posts)
5. Ah ha...there it is!
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 11:53 AM
Apr 2014

Do you think the 4/20 marijuana celebration in Civic Center this past weekend harmed Denver's image?

Yes
No


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theboss

(10,491 posts)
6. I will never completely understand the people who care about pot so so much
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 11:57 AM
Apr 2014

I'm in favor of legalization, but it just seems like such a strange thing to be passionate about.

It also seems strange when you consider that if I posted pictures of a thousand people smoking cigarettes in a park, people here would be calling for the national guard.

 

theboss

(10,491 posts)
8. Well, that's different
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:42 PM
Apr 2014

Booze was far more ingrained in certain cultures. Plus, it was allowed and then taken away. Plus, it's being taken away created a whole host of new problems.

My best friend has always been obsessed with legalization. Which seems weird to me because a) I don't think he would ever smoke in a public place, b) would never smoke in front of his daugther, and c) was never lacking in supplies in the first place.

It's like he has spent 25 years wanting to make sure that the .01 percent chance he had of being charged with a misdemeanor never occurred.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
11. Your Friend
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:59 PM
Apr 2014

Isn't so different than most parents who enjoy weed in Colorado.

A. We don't smoke in public.
B. We don't smoke in front of our kids ... until they are in mid-twenties and smoke it themselves.
C. Retired parents who don't have connections can drive to the nearest dispensary without fear of jail. (I know many aging hipsters who have gone back to the pot in the past year)

 

theboss

(10,491 posts)
12. Which I'm cool with
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 01:02 PM
Apr 2014

I hip, man.

I'm with it.

But I know folks for whom this is the only "political" issue they care about. And I find that deeply odd.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
9. I look forward to the day pot is fully legal everywhere.
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:46 PM
Apr 2014

If for no other reason than because it will make the hardcore anti-smoking zealots heads explode.

 

theboss

(10,491 posts)
10. Anti-tobacco zealots?
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:51 PM
Apr 2014

Because I'm not sure there are any truly strong anti-marijuana people left.

The whole pro-pot/anti-tobacco thing on the Left utterly puzzles me - when I think about it, which is not often.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
13. Yes.
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 01:12 PM
Apr 2014

The kind who go into screaming fits when someone dares to use tobacco near them. I don't use tobacco, and won't use pot. I just don't like anti-tobacco zealots.

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