a question about the pentagon and legal marijuana

[niyad]

today in a civic discussion group, one of the members said that he had attended a briefing about one of our military bases (which, we are told on a regular basis, is going to reduce in size, though I have yet to see that reduction).

anyway, he said that the general giving the briefing stated that the pentagon has announced that it is seriously considering closing bases in the states with legal mj--because it is such a threat to the safety and well-being of the troops.

has anyone heard anything about this? (hey, I managed not to collapse in hysterical laughter when I heard it!)

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Hey, that's how Vietnam was lost.

All us grunts got over there, discovered really good weed, and got demotivational syndrome. Just sat around in our foxholes & bunkers, blowin' reefer & not wanting to do anything much.

[annabanana]

2. Did your nose

go up like an infield fly?

We have met the enemy, and he has been smashed.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. You mean, like…

We all lit up and by and by
The whole platoon was flying high.
With a beautiful smile on the captain's face
He smelled like midnight on St. Mark's Place.
Cleaning his weapon, chanting the Hare Krishna.

[annabanana]

7. yup

ah memories

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Can you remember the first time you smoked pot?

(If so, then how can pot be bad for your memory?)

[annabanana]

13. When I was 17 (It was a very good year)

1967, summer
New Haven Ct.

[Jackpine Radical]

14. 1967, Fall, Vietnam.

It was a very bad year.

[annabanana]

15. I was trying hard

to get you back... (If it's worth anything)

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Whatever you did musta worked.

I got back.

An then I got into the antiwar movement, first while still in the Army at Ft. Hood. Google "Oleo Strut" in Killeen. I was peripherally involved with that crowd.

And then of course the streets of Madison, from January '69 until it sorta ended.

[annabanana]

19. Damn good stuff, my friend.

Feels like I'm renewing old ties....

[lordsummerisle]

3. They also ought to consider closing bases

where there are bars since alcohol is responsible for thousands of deaths every year.

[niyad]

4. I wonder what will happen to all the bars in this area if the military goes. a while back,

there was a very intense controversy over the fact that the military police were actually patrolling the downtown bar area--fully armed, of course.

[hack89]

6. It is not up to the military- Congress keeps tight control over base closures

and you can bet no politician is going to let a military base in his/her district close.

[Tsiyu]

9. On the show, Pot Barons of Colorado

"Concerned Nanny State Representatives" showed up at grand openings of retail shops and took pictures of "parents going into the shops." The HORRORS.

Why aren't they taking pictures down at the local liquor store? Most cops will tell you alcohol fuels a lot of rages. A lot of bad decision making. Cannabis not so much, if at all.

Why aren't they taking pictures down at the pain clinics, where parents are getting vials full of oxy and hydros and xanax? The cocktails of painkillers are destroying people.

Why focus on a benign plant, when so much evil has been going on for years?

I cannot stand hypocrites, and I cannot stand people who don't have lives of their own, who never learned to mind their own business.

[niyad]

18. I wish I thought you were joking. taking pics of "parents'?? now, how did they know these

people are parents? and, since it is now legal, what business is it of theirs anyway? probably some of the same people who protest outside planned parenthood.

must be nice to have so much free time on one's hands.

[KamaAina]

10. Yeah, right. NORAD is in Colorado.

And I can't see the Navy giving up Bremerton, Wash.

[TeamPooka]

11. When it's legal in every state we will have no more miltary bases left. ok. nt

[Bandit]

12. When I was stationed in Germany in 1970

The Company Commander said matter of fact, that he would much rather have his troops using hash than alcohol. He said alcohol caused him many problems. Guys getting in fights in local establishments and not being there when needed, whereas the hash heads were always hanging around the base and could be relied upon in emergencies, since they were able to function where the drunks could not do anything. I guess things have changed some since way back then..

[niyad]

17. well, it fascinates me that the military police are actually patrolling our downtown bar area (or

at least they were until we raised such a fuss). don't see any problems around the mmj dispensaries or the stores.