On 03/07/2010 05:49 PM, Ross Sauer -> Ross Cassell wrote:
 RS> "Ross Cassell -> Ed Hulett"  wrote in
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 RS> $MATZDOBRE{at}JamNNTPd:

 EH>>> There is nothing pot does to relieve pain. Nothing.

 RC>> You dont know that..

 RS> Too many viewings of "Reefer Madness."

You should stop watching it, then.

 RC>> It apparently helps Glaucoma sufferers in addition to those having
 RC>> appetite issues from Chemo.

 RC>> The problem with medically legalizing POT is that everyone under the
 RS> sun
 RC>> will try to claim that the freckles on their face being out of place
 RS> is
 RC>> as good excuse as any.

 RS> Simply because it is intoxicating.

It is?

 RS> People use all sorts of stuff to get intoxicated.

Some people might, but not all people.

 RC>>>> But afaic, POT is a gateway drug for stronger more dangerous
 RC>>>> stuff.

 EH>>> Yes, it is. Very much so.

 RC>> Well at least we agreed on sumtin.

 RC>> Recheck your access to pol_inc.

 RS> Caffeine is a "gateway drug."

Gateway to what?

 RS> So is booze.

To what?

 RS> So is nicotine.

To what?

 RS> So is cough syrup.

To what?

 RS> So is spray paint.

To what?

 RS> The US policy towards pot was pretty much created during the 1930's, by
 RS> the then head of the DEA, Harry Anslinger.

You are an idiot.

 RS> Anslinger used all sorts of wild scare stories, like a kid high on pot
 RS> slaughters his family with an ax, and absolute vicious racism to justify
 RS> his hatred of pot.

Huh?

 RS> Booze is far more addictive than pot ever was.

So you claim.

 RS> Yet it's legal for me to walk across the street if I wanted to, and buy
 RS> a bottle of spiced rum, yet I can get jail if I'm smoking a roach.

You make too many trips across the street.

 RS> Our law enforcement agencies have no desire to end this asinine policy
 RS> towards pot, since they can confiscate money, cars, boats, even houses
 RS> without convicting anyone of having pot.

Right, it's all about confiscating property. Uh huh...

 RS> Politicians are scared of advocating sensible policies on pot, because
 RS> then their opponents will scream that the politician is "Soft
on drugs."

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

 RS> Meanwhile, far more money is spent by law enforcement aginst pot, then
 RS> against the far more dangerous meth.

That is a lie.

Ed

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