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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:31 AM Original message |
AP-CNBC Poll: Most in US against legalizing pot |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. AP strikes again. They are on a roll these days......... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. I believe that as much as I believe 'teabaggers' are educated |
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SharksBreath (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Exactly. |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sorry but the AP can't stop the tide now... |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. If everyone just toked up once in a while ... |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
68. Exactly |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. You can bash AP, but they are correct. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Allowing MJ for sick people and not for well people sounds vaguely unconstitutional. |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. We do it all the time. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. And that situation is just plain wrong. |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. When you find this drug utoptia that you are talking about... |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
72. Isn't weed decriminalized in Canada already? nt |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
81. It sure as hell won't be in Canada as long as Stephen Fuckhead is prime minister. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. But anyone can have a glass of wine and experience health benefits. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Uhhh...opiates are not on Schedule I. Cannabis is. So medical patients are NOT protected. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Yep, I have a card, but most of the benefits I've noticed are preventative in nature. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Especially since these sick people aren't protected at all with these "medical use" laws. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Yes |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
69. +1000. eom |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Not just the DEA, but Congress. They would stop everything to 'do something' about this. nt |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. The DEA only has so many agents, so fuck 'em. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
67. Yes, especially since the Pharmaceutical Industry can make BILLIONS off of THC ... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. They didn't ask me. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Some opponents worried legalization would lead to reefer madness." |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I know! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Public domain, now. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Except that Reefer madness is actually a psychosis suffered by people that don't use marijuana. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Yo, Wizard: Reefer madness is for old folks |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. At 78 I think I am Old Folk. I'm for legalization. If only because I can remember when it was legal. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Good for you Wizard- I'd love to toke up & spin some Benny Goodman discs with ya! |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Thank you. But my musical tastes are a lil more modern. |
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coloredbait (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. LOL |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. I'm saving that living in the past stuff for when I have Alzheimer's. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. wtf? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Oddly enough when I first started smoking in about 1940. I smoked with an 80 y/o man. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. bullshit |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Except that the delusions suffered by nonusers in full blown reefer madness has driven them to "War" |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. nail meets hammer |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. I have to agree with that... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
62. They forgot to include the follow up question... |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'll say it again: |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. legalizing it would mean LESS crime, not more |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Interesting data on age group preference. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
15. Had this poll said the opposite, DU would be dancing and saying how accurate and insightful it is. |
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mojowork_n (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. And if the poll had said, "most in agreement sun rises in west" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. If you don't get my point, then it is pointless to explain it to you. |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. the problem with your argument is the AP itself |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That's an interesting list of benefits |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. okeydokey |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
65. Let's use this Gallup poll and shout it from the rooftops |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Yep. Same as it ever was. nt |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
16. Typical anti-pot person |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. deleted due to double post |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. I thought I saw another poll a couple of months ago that had......... |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. A Field poll one year ago had California at 56%. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Actually, pattmarty had it correct -- a recent Zogby poll found a NATIONAL majority in favor. |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. Most Americans know this is Bullshit propaganda! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. The mouth-breathing ignorance of the American people is why we are a second rate nation. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. AND, falling quickly. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
70. This should be our campaign theme for the mid-term elections. |
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azuka (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. Benefits of decriminalizing |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #35 |
71. You're convinced -- but wrong. |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. Did Anyone Check the Sampling Method? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. You don't know much about statistics, do you? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. I do |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
74. using 1000 telephone calls to tell us what Americans "think" |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
77. and actually I know statistics quite well |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. you really need to look into linear regression and normal curves. |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
79. if you were measuring world population average height |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
78. . |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. Interesting that a slim majority (53%) of Republicans favor MMJ |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. sure, sure... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. These idiots do not understand that if cannabis isn't legal, there's NO protection for medical mj. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. State by state is a different story though. n/t |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. Follow the media money |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:18 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. CNBC is behind the poll |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. How was the poll conducted? If it was over land lines, it |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
66. I don't believe it. The polls are tainted. It's that the POWERS that be wish for us to be against |
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coloredbait (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
73. that's streching it... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
75. The usual fearmongering bullshit push polling. nt |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
80. This poll appears to be regionally biased. |
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