Complete legalization and nothing short of it. If the exalted leaders of our nation, namely Bush, Clinton and the obamanation have all smoked marijuana and the obamanation confessed in his book that he snorted cocaine. Yea, let’s get those low life’s outa there.
The facts of the matter is that alcohol and cigarettes didn’t combine to make marijuana. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, and you obviously don’t, zip it.
We have a system in place where our children go to a felon to buy marijuana. Is that preferable? It’s easier for those children to buy alcohol than it is to buy marijuana. Why? Alcohol is regulated. This nation is spending BILLIONS and gives MILLIONS to third world countries to fight the marijuana trade and it ain’t working, so we’re lining up to throw MORE money at it. Is that preferable?
Our citizens can’t walk or hike in the national forests because of Mexican marijuana growers protect their profits with deadly force. Is that preferable?
This nation doesn’t have the resources to police the border, the drug gangs or the end users – the USA. We’re going broke and this is one reason why. Is it preferable?
How many non-violent pot smokers are prosecuted, tried and controled as prisoners? Last count was close to 800,000. They’re all convicts now for smoking a little weed. They won’t get very good jobs and their tax base will be small. These low life’s include presidents (obviously exempt), lawyers, doctors and other hard working folks. Is this preferable?
This country was bujilt from 1492 to the present. Most of the time marijuana was legal. In that time we forged the greatest nation on earth – while marijuana was legal. We engineered the Industrial Revolution – while marijuana was legal. Then suddenly, marijuana was illegal. Why? Our government wanted to show Mexicans and negroes in a racist light. The publisher, Hearst, didn’t want paper making competition with his vast wood holdings. Marijuana makes better paper than wood. Does all this make sense to you?

One does tend to wonder where those that were crazed about the AZ immigration law are on this one.

In that event, there was much acrimony about the audacity of a state taking on a federal responsibility. Even though the AZ law was more strict in its standard (reasonable cause was needed to inquire about immigration status, federal officials only need to believe there is a reason to question it) support of the AZ law still meant one was a racist. The absurdity was obvious, but that didn’t stop the hurling of the charge by the mob of sanctimony.

Since marijuana is a federally controlled substance, we would expect to hear much of the same on this issue.

Surely those who made the argument against states taking on federal responsibilities will show equal concern.

My bet is we won’t. We will hear silence or misdirection. The pious do not like having the inconsistency in moral indignation pointed out to them.

Personally I support states legalizing whatever they feel a need to in this area. However a strong support of states rights in other areas is often met with hinting about any mention of states rights implying a support of segregation.

Of course the anointed would never apply such standards to themselves. However it is fun to watch their antics to dodge that moral derision which they apply so freely to others. Although I don’t smoke it, in that sense I truly love marijuana.

Im with Dude, how scientific this pole was conducted? What part of the state were the respondents?

Lol, this poll is ridiculous. We all know Cali will legalize in Nov. And when everyone sees how much money can be saved and earned and the world DOESN’T end, other states will follow.

IN THAT SAME CNBC POLL 56% OF PEOPLE WANT MARIJUANA TO BE TREATED THE SAME OR LESS HARSHLY AS ALCOHOL
This “Poll” makes me laugh

the people who smoke weed should get off of that stuff like i did