Is Legalizing Weed Obama's Secret Weapon?

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics ... pon/53504/

Secret weapon? You mean secret flip-flop.

Rush was declaring that Obama was considering decriminalizing MJ to pick up the Ron Paul vote. Might just work to sway my vote, dude. (Kidding!)

FredHayek wrote: Rush was declaring that Obama was considering decriminalizing MJ to pick up the Ron Paul vote. Might just work to sway my vote, dude. (Kidding!)

And maybe it just makes sense.

I have to admit it would create jobs, imagine all of the new positions in the Gubment it would take to tax, regulate, and ensure quality standards are met. I can see it now, new branches of the USDA, IRS, and FDA.

Would you rather be in a room full of drunks? or stoners? I rest my case. Not to mention the latest research on fighting cancer with marijuana. The real drug cartels (Big Pharma) don't want you to be able to grow a cure in your backyard.

Big liquor spent a lot of money in Cali defeating legalization. Big Pharma? Imagine Phizer brand Acapulco Gold.

fillmore wrote: Would you rather be in a room full of drunks? or stoners? I rest my case. Not to mention the latest research on fighting cancer with marijuana. The real drug cartels (Big Pharma) don't want you to be able to grow a cure in your backyard.

I don't want to be in a room with pot smokers or drunks. So what does that have to do with anything? Typical stoner logic. P.S. And while you at it, show me a scientific study that proves pot cures cancer. And don't tell me that Big Pharma doesn't want to do any studies. There are 100's of research facilities in colleges country wide, and tons of taxpayer grant money supporting those research centers. If there was any evidence of your claims, at least one of those research center would have produced a paper or some research.

Anecdotal evidence is not scientific evidence. Tommy Chong is not a science project (although he could be an interesting subject for some psychological study).

you are welcome to do your own research....but here is a well known study that I quickly found on the net from a top government researcher.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy/200 ... er_changes

Here is one more. Education is a wonderful thing.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/05/mar ... cells.html