Oregonians say no legalized marijuana for personal use
An Oregon petition has started that would legalize marijuana for private, personal use. Do you agree? If you say “yesâ€, you would be in the minority. The vast majority of Oregonians, 85% of 988 respondents, said “noâ€.No: 836 – 85%
Yes: 152 – 15%
Total Respondents: 988
Are we out of step with the rest of America?
A national CNBC poll shows respondents agree with Oregon. Even though our results showed a much larger number in opposition to legalization, the determination in both instances was unmistakable.
The CNBC Poll asked, “Do you favor, oppose or neither favor nor oppose the complete legalization of the use of marijuana for any purpose?â€
Oppose: 55%
Favor: 33%
Neither: 11%
Total Respondents: 1001
The CNBC Poll asked, “Do you favor, oppose or neither favor nor oppose the complete legalization of the use of marijuana for any purpose?â€
Oppose: 55%
Favor: 33%
Neither: 11%
Total Respondents: 1001
How do you figure that? Alcohol (in excess) gives people liver and kidney disease. Cigarettes give them lung cancer and heart disease. Marijuana does neither of these things.
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?
You really want the government banning a plant!!? A PLANT?!?!
Despite the war on marijuana being a dismal failure and wasting millions, this is a personal freedom issue as well
It is time to end prohibition!
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.
This "Poll" makes me laugh