Comments on: From pot to tanning, legislators talk health http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/06/04/from-pot-to-tanning-legislators-talk-health/9664 News and Information from WHYY in Philadelphia Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:50:34 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Pow http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/06/04/from-pot-to-tanning-legislators-talk-health/9664/comment-page-1#comment-292 Pow Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:03:08 +0000 http://whyy.org/cms/news/?p=9664#comment-292 Living behind enemy line on native soil, the same complex that created slavery still in affect, we know, we've learned, let's come together in the real world and act, no demonstrations, no rallys, no speeches, action! Living behind enemy line on native soil, the same complex that created slavery still in affect, we know, we've learned, let's come together in the real world and act, no demonstrations, no rallys, no speeches, action!

]]> By: Responsible Tax Payer http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/06/04/from-pot-to-tanning-legislators-talk-health/9664/comment-page-1#comment-291 Responsible Tax Payer Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:39:49 +0000 http://whyy.org/cms/news/?p=9664#comment-291 Legalize it. Treat it like alcohol plain and simple. End black market and violence. I’m so sick of the Gateway Drug Argument. Alcohol is the ULTIMATE GATEWAY DRUG. It’s probably 90% of people’s first buzz. And if they like it, the want more. None of my successful friends that smoke got into heavy drugs like coke. It's a shame that the people who get addicted and kill themselves with crack & cocaine get wrapped in the same category as an adult that want to smoke a joint on a Friday night..... What a weird world. Once it’s legal it will be exciting for the first 3 months. After that, the people who smoke now, will probably smoke the same amount. And the people who won’t, simply won’t. Not much will change. And if treated like alcohol. Kids will have as much access to it as a 6 pack of beer. In otherwords, if regulated, kids can’t get it. So legalize it. And to the folks that say NO and that have never done it, what right do they have to judge it? Legalize it. Treat it like alcohol plain and simple. End black market and violence.

I’m so sick of the Gateway Drug Argument. Alcohol is the ULTIMATE GATEWAY DRUG. It’s probably 90% of people’s first buzz. And if they like it, the want more. None of my successful friends that smoke got into heavy drugs like coke.

It's a shame that the people who get addicted and kill themselves with crack & cocaine get wrapped in the same category as an adult that want to smoke a joint on a Friday night….. What a weird world.

Once it’s legal it will be exciting for the first 3 months. After that, the people who smoke now, will probably smoke the same amount. And the people who won’t, simply won’t. Not much will change.

And if treated like alcohol. Kids will have as much access to it as a 6 pack of beer. In otherwords, if regulated, kids can’t get it.

So legalize it. And to the folks that say NO and that have never done it, what right do they have to judge it?

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