tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post6386653698364645990..comments2024-03-26T14:01:36.240-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: Two Fifths of Californians Have Tried Marijuana and More Want it LegalizedTom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-80214914466524336062010-07-30T18:19:20.478-05:002010-07-30T18:19:20.478-05:00As goes California, so goes the nation. Brace you...As goes California, so goes the nation. Brace yourself Red States, you're running out of arguments.<br /><br />Lets Talk More<br />http://Letstalkaboutpot.comPrimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456935383659515834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-52447614180512322152010-07-28T14:38:39.972-05:002010-07-28T14:38:39.972-05:00I hope my kids don’t use marijuana, either as teen...I hope my kids don’t use marijuana, either as teenagers or as young adults, but if they do, I REALLY hope they don’t end up in jail! I hope that all parents will join in the fight to stop putting our own kids in jail over something as silly as marijuana. Yes, it dumbs a person down for a little while (about as bad as a day on the video games) and yes, it has some minor health effects (about as bad as smoking a cigarette, I suppose), but those aren’t NEARLY as bad as the effects of being locked up IN JAIL WITH THE SEXUAL PREDATORS, and loss of financial aid, etc. that comes, not from the marijuana, but from the LAW. It’s time to quit letting government officials ruin our kids’ lives over a little marijuana! <br />Californians: register to vote at<br />h t t p s://w w w .sos.ca.gov/nvrc/fedform/ Just fill out the form and mail it in!<br />Other states: Google your state name and “voter registration” to find out how to register!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-9014602593866728472010-07-28T09:50:49.343-05:002010-07-28T09:50:49.343-05:00This is a poll of likely votersThis is a poll of likely votersElena Fanjul-Debnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669243800226872792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-71281475245948522062010-07-27T21:56:43.692-05:002010-07-27T21:56:43.692-05:00Well what did we expect? Californian decadence is ...Well what did we expect? Californian decadence is legendary. Their state is going to pot--pardon the pun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-29368025820256312502010-07-27T20:31:50.317-05:002010-07-27T20:31:50.317-05:00Of those who responded to the poll, which group is...Of those who responded to the poll, which group is most likely to vote?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-54924987706634481282010-07-27T15:07:46.577-05:002010-07-27T15:07:46.577-05:00Antinomian, very well said.Antinomian, very well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-6350320048297434482010-07-27T12:16:42.191-05:002010-07-27T12:16:42.191-05:00I really like the results of this poll, but i don&...I really like the results of this poll, but i don't know how reliable it is.. Different polls show VERY different results. I read an article just 2 days ago that said Prop 19 was losing 43-48, now this says they're winning 52-36. I hope the latter is true, but i don't really know what to believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-26503864368658489162010-07-27T10:10:05.990-05:002010-07-27T10:10:05.990-05:00One cannot make the assumption that all 65+ years ...One cannot make the assumption that all 65+ years old resented their offspring smoking marijuana. Ridiculous. Did anyone ask Willie Nelson? Paul McCartney? It is HIGH TIME that marijuana become legal for adults with impunity for cultivation. <br /><br />That was quite a rant Antinomian and I agree wholeheartedly. Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-90172973920417139992010-07-27T08:17:14.463-05:002010-07-27T08:17:14.463-05:00I stand corrected on the "baby boomer" i...I stand corrected on the "baby boomer" issue. According to the US Census Department the first Baby Boomers were born in 1946, which would make them 64 today. <br /><br />Others define the baby boomer generation as slightly older. But as an anonymous commenter said this group represents Baby Boomer's parents who resented smoking. I have amended the post. Thank you for your comments.Elena Fanjul-Debnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669243800226872792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-47208810536310839692010-07-27T01:32:37.466-05:002010-07-27T01:32:37.466-05:00Many nurses that I spoke with at the clinics I go ...Many nurses that I spoke with at the clinics I go to for my HIV say they support this too. One stated loudly... legalize it, tax the hell out of it and get CA out of debt! I was RIGHT ON. Cannabis works miracles, it's naturally grown (unlike alcohol) and helps with a myriad of health issues as well as makes you feel good. So what's the big deal?? They want to poison us with alcohol and claim that weed is going to lead to using harsher stuff? Bullocks to that. They are making ignorant and misinformed statements and spreading fear to keep folks against it's use. I was totally addicted to alcohol, almost killed me. Weed I use when I need it or want it and leave it alone just fine when I don't want it. Imagine that! and admittedly, I have an addictive personality. Just ask my chocolate addiction, it will tell ya! Seriously. I think I'd have withdraws if that were to go away! EEEEEEEEEKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-27355138556042718592010-07-26T23:17:05.120-05:002010-07-26T23:17:05.120-05:00"I must say it’s a little ironic that the Bab..."I must say it’s a little ironic that the Baby Boomers, the generation partly known for their epic marijuana use is against the legalization of the drug that colored their youth." <br />That's crap. You don't know your facts. People 65+ are not baby boomers. They're the generation that gave birth to baby boomers and hated it when they're kids came home from college in the late 60's early 70's smoking pot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-70442672771357290542010-07-26T22:41:22.924-05:002010-07-26T22:41:22.924-05:00There's also the matter of your Fist Amendment...There's also the matter of your Fist Amendment Right. Freedom of Speech is meaningless without Freedom of Thought, this has been upheld time and time again. Freedom of Thought is meaningless if the government dictates how you may, or may not, modify your thoughts through use of chemicals. That's why alcohol prohibition required a Constitutional Amendment, otherwise, it wasn't within the purview of the federal governments powers, which ostensibly should be limited to handling issues where states don't have or shouldn't have jurisdiction (piracy on the high seas, for example). To have the federal government micromanaging medical marijuana in California is like having the CEO of Bank of America, spending almost all day, every day, telling the groundskeeper which plants have too many leaves. You don't think that CEO might have something better to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-91102394167882620862010-07-26T22:09:42.666-05:002010-07-26T22:09:42.666-05:00for those who don't have facebook: http://taxc...for those who don't have facebook: http://taxcannabis.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-27782080597562031812010-07-26T22:06:45.617-05:002010-07-26T22:06:45.617-05:00support the campaign: http://www.facebook.com/home...support the campaign: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/taxcannabisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-15463168362503425432010-07-26T21:07:55.077-05:002010-07-26T21:07:55.077-05:00legalize legalize legalize! it's time!legalize legalize legalize! it's time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-50969770791970003382010-07-26T20:16:44.851-05:002010-07-26T20:16:44.851-05:00One need not travel to China to find indigenous cu...One need not travel to China to find indigenous cultures lacking human rights. America leads the world in percentile behind bars, thanks to the ongoing open season on hippies, commies, and non-whites in the war on drugs. Cops get good performance reviews for shooting fish in a barrel. If we’re all about spreading liberty abroad, then why mix the message at home? Peace on the home front would enhance global credibility. <br /><br />The drug czar’s Rx for prison fodder costs dearly, as lives are flushed down expensive tubes. My shaman’s second opinion is that psychoactive plants are God’s gift. Behold, it’s all good. When Eve ate the apple, she knew a good apple, and an evil prohibition. Canadian Marc Emery was extradited to prison for helping American farmers reduce U. S. demand for Mexican pot. <br /><br />The CSA (Controlled Substances Act of 1970) reincarnates Al Capone, endangers homeland security, and throws good money after bad. Fiscal policy burns tax dollars to root out the number-one cash crop in the land, instead of taxing sales. Society rejected the plague of prohibition, but it mutated. Apparently, SWAT teams don’t need no stinking amendment.<br /><br />Nixon passed the CSA on the false assurance that the Schafer Commission would later justify criminalizing his enemies, but he underestimated Schafer’s integrity. No amendments can assure due process under an anti-science law without due process itself. Psychology hailed the breakthrough potential of LSD, until the CSA shut down research, and pronounced that marijuana has no medical use. <br /><br />The RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993) allows Native American Church members to eat peyote, which functions like LSD. Americans shouldn’t need a specific church membership or an act of Congress to obtain their birthright freedom of religion. God’s children’s free exercise of religious liberty may include entheogen sacraments to mediate communion with Him.<br /><br />Freedom of speech presupposes freedom of thought. The Constitution doesn’t enumerate any governmental power to embargo diverse states of mind. How and when did government usurp this power to coerce conformity? The <i>Mayflower</i> sailed to escape coerced conformity. Legislators who would limit cognitive liberty lack jurisdiction. <br /><br />Common-law holds that adults are the legal owners of their own bodies. The Founding Fathers undersigned that the right to the pursuit of happiness is inalienable. Socrates said to know your self. Mortal lawmakers should not presume to thwart the intelligent design that molecular keys unlock spiritual doors. Persons who appreciate their own free choice of path in life should tolerate seekers’ self-exploration. Liberty is prerequisite for tracking drug-use intentions and outcomes.Antinomianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604354518404421014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-90663333772980605022010-07-26T20:14:36.668-05:002010-07-26T20:14:36.668-05:00Get information on Proposition 19. Visit http://ye...Get information on Proposition 19. Visit http://yes19.orgAB390https://www.blogger.com/profile/17803811463925174843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-42236455796607938342010-07-26T20:14:18.975-05:002010-07-26T20:14:18.975-05:00its not a drug, its a plant. tylenol and advil are...its not a drug, its a plant. tylenol and advil are drugs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-71647948126544928812010-07-26T20:11:34.259-05:002010-07-26T20:11:34.259-05:00thats exactly what i was going to say my tshirt sa...thats exactly what i was going to say my tshirt says baby boomers support prop 19. its the greatest generation our parents who are against it still <br />except for mine and my in laws promised they would support itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-57988220139055620082010-07-26T19:56:45.845-05:002010-07-26T19:56:45.845-05:00I would be interested to see the methodology of th...I would be interested to see the methodology of this polling. I myself will vote "yes" on prop 19 so I am not complaining about the outcome of this poll, but since most other polls seem to suggest that 44% of Americans have tried marijuana, I find it hard to believe that only 38% of Californians have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-79906225616298984652010-07-26T19:56:12.474-05:002010-07-26T19:56:12.474-05:00That's not necessarily true. My father is a b...That's not necessarily true. My father is a baby boomer - born in '45- and he turned 65 this spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-49737780853232797782010-07-26T15:47:15.090-05:002010-07-26T15:47:15.090-05:00The first person born after the end of WWII doesn&...The first person born after the end of WWII doesn't turn 65 until next year, so none of the 65+ group are boomers..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com