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davidswanson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:41 PM Original message |
A Safe Substitute for Alcohol? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. What, use common sense policy? How un American! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. common sense is rarely common, especially in public policy disputes. |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommended - the prohibition needs to end... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. +1 nt |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. and don't forget Maurice DuPont |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. They were racists both of them |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Or, the government could just stop telling people what they can or can't put in their own bodies. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah! |
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Boxerfan (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Booze almost killed me...Not a drop for 14 years...Always kept my bong |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Mankind has been fighting nature forever. "When will we ever learn.." |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Mankind fighting nature |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. We have the wrong idea about alchohol entirely. Look at the Europeans and their use of wine. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. Do you honestly believe that? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Why shouldn't I believe it? I've been there. I've seen it. |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. geez, I was going to be a smart ass |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. IMHO, alcohol problems have always been the symptom, not the disease. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. i dont have the link, but 1 in 8 people become addicted at some level on their 1st drink. alcohol is |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. I'd be skeptical of any study |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Everybody who's been to live concerts |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. my brother the Police Captain said weed was over rated as a problem, stoners stayed home watching TV |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yep. He knows |
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I do believe Joe Biden |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Really? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Perhaps that's why he's such an enthusiastic Drug Warrior? |
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. HTFSIK |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. 4th major health hazard in the USA,... 28 yrs hard Alcoholic--- 10 yrs Sober, thanks to Pema Chodron |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Beer vs. pot ......... Bill Hicks |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Distilled water is pretty safe. |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Pot probably saved me from becoming an alcoholic |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. As a recovering alkie and a dope fiend I'll K&R this thread, |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Big pharma would lose profits |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Yep. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Weed?, pfft... I'm holding out for legalized heroin |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sorry, pot is not a safe substitute for alcohol. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I knew what you were gonna say...but I forgot. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. You run the risk of doing jokes that have been done a billion times? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. LOL! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Quit laughing. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. I would like some weed instead. nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. Legalize it! |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Thanks |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
29. Before I opened up this thread, I read the subject line |
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nostalgicaboutmyfutr (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. If you want a better world, legalize pot!! EOM |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. Comparing one intoxicant to another does not make either acceptable |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Pure heroin is remarkably benign physically.. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
39. Legalize it, Regulate it, and Tax it . . . just like tobacco and alcohol |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. this is a HUGE issue where I live (Humboldt County, CA).... |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
41. K& R |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. as the child of an alcoholic, i believe this to be true. in my family |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'd give up beer for pot in a heartbeat. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
48. Legalise, regulate, tax |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. Kicked and recommended. |
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Left coast liberal (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. I am with you. |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. found some weed in the street today... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
53. Some of my family have roots in Arizona and I remember when it was |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. flawed but not for the would-be obvious reason |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. They might giggle themselves to death! |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. K and R |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. Marijuana cannot be a "substitute" for alcohol. |
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