Could Pot Legalization Amendments be the Way to Get People to the Polls in 2014?

We all know that the GOP successfully used anti-same sex marriage amendments to get people to the polls and re-elect Bush II. Could we use pot legalization amendments to get our base out to the mid-terms and thus, retain the senate and make gains in the house?

It's worth a thought.

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Could Pot Legalization Amendments be the Way to Get People to the Polls in 2014? (Original post)	dballance	Jan 2014	OP
Actually, the opposite, I would think.... nt	Xipe Totec	Jan 2014	#1
I think decriminalizing it would be better. We	riversedge	Jan 2014	#2
That and paid vacation and maternity leave like most other countries have.	hollowdweller	Jan 2014	#3

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Wed Jan 8, 2014, 05:22 PM

Xipe Totec (43,668 posts)

1. Actually, the opposite, I would think.... nt

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Wed Jan 8, 2014, 05:36 PM

riversedge (64,935 posts)

2. I think decriminalizing it would be better. We

need to start that conversation on medical and moral grounds. Making amendments could come later. I think decriminalization talk could hit people's compassion button more, esp. if it is coupled with the rising prison rates and what once folks get a prison record--they languish the rest of their lives (well, if you have connections you do not--witness the Republican who just got treatment) Personally, I wish all folks could get treatment IF they it. Not prison

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Wed Jan 8, 2014, 06:01 PM

hollowdweller (4,229 posts)

3. That and paid vacation and maternity leave like most other countries have.

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