Reply #11: I see that comprehension, critical thought & honesty aren't your strong points...

[Ghost in the Machine]

"So let me get this straight, we hated it when GOP presidents made orders regardless of what the people thought, or what polls said, but we that we have a democrat in office, we like that? One of the goals we should have been looking for was to put the executive branch in it's proper place, the chief executive whose job it is to enforce the will of congress, not the imperial presidency it has been since Nixon. If you do not research that, I suggest you take a high school civics class which very plainly says that president is NOT supposed to just rule on high like some sort of king."


There's a huge difference between an order legalizing marijuana and an order legalizing torture or warrantless wiretapping of American Citizens.... see if you can figure out what that difference is.


"Gee, I suppose Time Magazine does no research:

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101021104/story.html

Here is a little quote in case you are too lazy to read the article.

"A Time/CNN poll last week found that only 34% want pot to be totally legalized (the percentage has almost doubled since 1986). But a vast majority have become mellow about official loopholes: 80% think it's O.K. to dispense pot for medical purposes, and 72% think people caught with it for recreational use should get off with only a fine."

In case you cannot count, there is a big difference between 34% and 72% As I said in the OP, there are at least two separate issues, Medical use and Recreational use, which is how Obama should have addressed it. Obviously, according to Time, the American people seem to think the issues are totally different too, as shown by the difference between 34% and 72%."

You want to use a 6 year old article for a debate? That's lame, man... just totally lame. This shows both your intellectual dishonesty *and* your lack of reading comprehension skills. The first thing you need to do is try to understand the difference between "totally legal" and "legal". You see, bubblegum is *totally legal*, anyone can buy and use it. Alcohol & tobacco are "legal", but the purchase and use of them are restricted to adults. Prescription drugs are "legal".. as long as a doctor prescribes them for you to use. However, it's illegal for *you* to sell your prescription to someone else. You also realize, don't you, that the 72% who favor only a fine for recreational use are actually favoring *decriminalization*? It would make it a civil infraction instead of a criminal infraction.


"OK, Time is part of that evil anti-pot media, right? OK, put this in your bong.

http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/1904

"Forty-six percent of respondents -- including a majority of those polled on the east (53 percent) and west (55 percent) coasts -- say they support allowing states to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. Forty-nine percent of respondents opposed taxing and regulating cannabis, and five percent were undecided."

In short, we have a very pro Marijuana magazine, one that you may very well have read yourself, and even they cannot get more than 50% of the people to say they would legalize the smoking of pot."

More of your intellectual dishonesty is exposed here. Why didn't you post the headline of this 3 year old article, which is:
"Zogby Poll: Nearly Half Of Americans Believe Pot Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol -- Majorities In The East And West Coasts Back Legalization"
Once again, use some reading comprehension skills, and some critical thinking skills, to figure out the difference between "legalizing" and "regulating". Yes, *some* people want legalization without any taxation or regulation. I'm not one of them, and I don't agree with them.


You still don't seem to understand the difference between hemp and marijuana either. I'm also a strong proponent of legalized hemp and the industries it will spawn. Here's you a good starting place to learn the difference:

Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa var. sativa is the variety grown for industrial use in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere, while C. sativa subsp. indica generally has poor fiber quality and is primarily used for production of recreational and medicinal drugs. The major difference between the two types of plants is the appearance and the amount of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) secreted in a resinous mixture by epidermal hairs called glandular trichomes. Strains of Cannabis approved for industrial hemp production produce only minute amounts of this psychoactive drug, not enough for any physical or psychological effects. Typically, Hemp contains below 0.3% THC, while Cannabis grown for marijuana can contain anywhere from 6 or 7 % to 20% or even more.

Industrial Hemp is produced in many countries around the world <7>. Major producers include Canada, France, and China. While more hemp is exported to the United States than to any other country, the United States Government does not consistently distinguish between marijuana and the non-psychoactive Cannabis used for industrial and commercial purposes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp

Please go educate yourself, then come back to me with something more intelligent and less intellectually dishonest.


Thanks,

Ghost