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Bosonic (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:13 PM Original message |
Federal government says marijuana has no accepted medical use |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jesus fuck...tell me again why I should send money to this administration? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Because (R) is so scary! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Isn't trying to scare someone into voting your way a form of domestic terrorism? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
77. Not really. |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. To rid the world of weed and poker, of course! n/t |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You know what the fucking point of voting "D" is |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
41. like it isn't already like that now. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No. It isn't already like that now. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I'm sorry, it's still a false choice. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I don't think they'd mind trying. But I don't think Americans will let them. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. And it wasn't like that in the U.S. during 8 years of Dummya, either. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Read up on DIY exorcisms. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. And we have a government agency doing that? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Haven't you noticed changes in the Democratic Party on this issue as well? |
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didact (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
80. LMAO Exaggerators Anonymous: A Trillion Strong and Growing* |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I'll tell you, you've got an excellent point. Each day more and more |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Major Ditto to RKP5637 |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. don't..I sure am not. not voting for them either. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
82. like you ever did |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
78. I agree, The U.S. labour camp -penal colony marches forward |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
81. You shouldn't. |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. They make more money when they demonize marijuana. Period. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Exactly what is going on ... they don't want to cross the big money made off |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. If anything should be outlawed, that would be for profit prisons, they're addictive, immoral, |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. ...and like heroin, the refined components have accepted medical uses. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Make sure PHRMA profits remain extraordinary. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. I see upsides and downsides... |
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Johnny Harpo (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. 5 Joints to A Pack... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. You mean "public-ize" an already privatized income stream? How un-American! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Then government would benefit, instead of PHRMA and crooks. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. How much money? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Once again they have their heads up their ass. n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I think they just live up their asses anymore. n/t |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That's a terrible thing to say |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I'm sorry!!! I've almost choked at times when reading DU and |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. More ignorance from the administration. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Just more of the "keeping the lid on" government of W --- especially re Med Pot -- !! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. but it sure does have a huge prison-industrial complex use |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. I can think of a few other things that have had, or once had, at a point, the same effect: |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. LIARS |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Beat up on the hippies. That'll make us popular with the republicans" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
49. Hippies are far from the only marijuana users. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Unlike tobacco . . . . ? |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Of course! Big Pharma loses out if marijuana is accepted for medical use! |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Big Biz IS the government... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Big Biz controls government and the taxpayer foots the bills for both. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Hi, Drug Enforcement Agency, I'd like you to support shrinking your agency and budget" |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. The DEA is getting billions - - every alphabet agency wants their cut of the 'drug war' pie |
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Harry J Asslinger (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nothing short of... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
55. Holder is not respecting state legislation. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Maybe in a few years when Malia gets popped with a couple of joints he'll see things differently. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
53. He won't be worrying about his re-election then, though, so no worries. |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why isn't anybody reading the operative sentence? Jeez. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. we'll see |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
59. ? What makes you think no one read that sentence? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
76. And an article in the LA Times said they called it "a silver lining" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Literally true - They won't accept it has medical uses |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. +1 |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Personally I don't think the DEA should set the drug schedule |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. Who cares??? Neither does alcohol or tobacco. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Some studies show benefits of small amounts of alcohol (esp. wine) per day. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Likewise the Federal Government as presently constitued has no legitimate function. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. My brother's oncologist would disagree. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Seems to benefit glaucoma victims as well and anyone in pain. |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. We got some marijuana for my grandpa when he was hit with prostate cancer |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. Ha, ha, cough, cough... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. "Anecdotal evidence is not proof." Or, so they say. Best wishes to you. |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. Obama says one thing and does another. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. lol they are completely hypocritical and clueless. this administration is a joke. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
60. Abraham Lincoln, Albert Eistein, H.L. Mencken and the Congress of the United States on Prohibition: |
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NikRik (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
61. STUPID,DUMB and IGNORANT !!!!!!!!! |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
63. That is just balntant denial of the acutal facts... |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
65. It has wonderful analgesic properties for disabled, etc... |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
66. Change, my ass |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
67. Flat Earthers... |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Even if it's true that it has no medical use, and by the way I dispute that, that is not the point. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. It's not true and we know it and they know it and THEY KNOW WE KNOW IT |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. What total f'in nonsense and flimflam |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
71. Science? We don't need no fucken science |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
74. Only dopes wage war on weed |
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Red1 (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. The Nazi Pharmy Corps Have Spoken... |
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skirt6 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
79. I don't care either way if marijuana is legal or not |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. I don't think many people |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
83. bullshit |
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