tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1018654230834343272..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Oh, You Shouldn't HaveRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-71776296477215422522015-11-06T08:46:35.763-05:002015-11-06T08:46:35.763-05:00Monty: so, did pot-smoking increase or decrease af...Monty: so, did pot-smoking increase or decrease after the Feds outlawed it? (Yeah, trick question). My point was that we are *in* "prohibition" now, and we have the same kinds of problems the Volstead Act caused: widespread flouting of the law, distribition via organized crime, and so on.<br /><br /> Most potheads I have known (not many) were spacey, largely-harmless types. Some held down decent jobs. I think of them as I think of functional alcoholics: dangerous in certain circumstances, which are in and of themselves illegal. Legal booze didn't take DUI laws off the books.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-7244539447344888272015-11-06T07:04:14.888-05:002015-11-06T07:04:14.888-05:00Monty James - "If anyone is interested in lea...Monty James - "If anyone is interested in learning the argument against legalization, try hanging around with a pothead for a day."<br /><br />I'm surprised anyone who isn't a pothead could think that's an argument against legalization rather than an argument against usage. 'Cause one would think a person of unimpeded intellect would notice it's easy to hang around with a pothead where pot's illegal. That it's bad for you is not a sufficient condition for whether it should be illegal.EgregiousCharlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-16311434484704395682015-11-05T10:55:02.066-05:002015-11-05T10:55:02.066-05:00The Monopoly provisions DEFINITELY hurt it. The Is...The Monopoly provisions DEFINITELY hurt it. The Issue was run/sponsored completely separate from the normal pro legalization groups, and several actually came out against it. Apparently atleast one of the exit polls by the regular groups was showing 60% support for legalization, and the measure only made 36%. <br /><br />There's both a medical bill under consideration in the statehouse and a good ballot measure that the regular groups(not the monopoly guys) will be collecting signatures for next year. Peter Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842335517662996536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66374288622973788562015-11-04T21:30:04.449-05:002015-11-04T21:30:04.449-05:00I really think the monopoly provisions hurt it mor...I really think the monopoly provisions hurt it more than the recreational legalization.<br /><br /> I think the stuff makes people fools -- but so does alcohol. It seems to me it is a class of crime we don't need to have. Let employers regulate the use of it -- mine already does: zero tolerance, random drug tests. Don't like it? Abstain while you seek other work.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-90718412619030791912015-11-04T20:17:23.033-05:002015-11-04T20:17:23.033-05:00When reps from NORML were dissing the legalization...When reps from NORML were dissing the legalization ballot issue (due to the monopoly issue)....<br /><br />It'll be interesting to see if they wise up when they take a run at it again in the next year or so and limit it to medicinal to get their foot in the door.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-87062590628735547692015-11-04T16:54:27.957-05:002015-11-04T16:54:27.957-05:00You know the property taxes are going up... sighYou know the property taxes are going up... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-60121619542808323212015-11-04T10:16:22.894-05:002015-11-04T10:16:22.894-05:00Here in ol' AZ, with a (certain) doctor's ...Here in ol' AZ, with a (certain) doctor's exam (and paying a fee) one may get a medical marijuana ID card, (for another fee) allowing purchase of a specified amount, monthly.<br />To my knowledge, no insurance companies cover prescription of physician costs.<br />Surveillance of the green pharmacies is interesting - the clientèle seems to consist largely of hippies and old people!<br />And all have 'can't have a gun in here! signage...<br />Friends who have the card say mj works for many medical conditions - it may, but I don't believe it to be the godsend they claim it to be.<br />And possession w/o the card is still illegal.<br /><br />We live in interesting times!<br /><br />gfa Guffaw in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356210589713923042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-82741519466719860672015-11-04T09:50:57.449-05:002015-11-04T09:50:57.449-05:00Drinking declined during Prohibition, and remained...Drinking declined during Prohibition, and remained at lower levels after passage of the 21st Amendment. It was harder to get a drink after Repeal than during Prohibition, since no one has yet figured out a way to regulate scofflawry (scofflawry might not be an actual word). Last Call: The Rise And Fall Of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent has a very entertaining account of that experiment.<br /><br />If anyone is interested in learning the argument against legalization, try hanging around with a pothead for a day.Monty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345955059346475121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-42981486994063797212015-11-04T08:39:30.544-05:002015-11-04T08:39:30.544-05:00Ohio is a bit strange, in that amendment to the co...Ohio is a bit strange, in that amendment to the constitution is fairly easy, but also the only statewide referendum that's allowed. So it has become a means by which well-enough funded industries can get their desires enshrined in law. I hope this result is an indication that the public is beginning to catch on, and pay more attention to the "issue" questions at the head of the ballot.Douglas2noreply@blogger.com