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re: Looks like the state is meeting to discuss legalization of Mary Jane
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:43 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:43 am to Ace Midnight
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:49 am to High C
quote:There is obviously alot of support for this and alot of money to be made. It's all about money. If anything is going to get politicians off their asses it's going to be the money that could be made from legalizing it. That's the only reason we have casinos here in Louisiana.
Does a Legislator think that he/she can be re-elected by voting in favor of this?
Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:35 am to The Oracle
Posted on 1/16/14 at 12:52 pm to JBeam
Posted on 1/16/14 at 1:11 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
This should be interesting
Posted on 1/16/14 at 1:15 pm to djangochained
Don't see it becoming legal in Louisiana anytime soon. Louisiana is the prison capital of the world. Private prisons are a multimillion dollar industry there. If those prisons aren't full it costs the state money and many law enforcement agencies lose a significant source of revenue.
LINK
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If the inmate count dips, sheriffs bleed money. Their constituents lose jobs. The prison lobby ensures this does not happen by thwarting nearly every reform that could result in fewer people behind bars.
LINK
Posted on 1/16/14 at 1:17 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
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Hell Francis Thompson, state senator from Delhi, should be in favor of this. Throw up a shite ton of grow houses in the Delta and get those folks some jobs.
If this happened, the employee theft would be outrageous.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 2:02 pm to LSUcjb318
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Email them ALL and tell them you support
Thanks for the link to the emails.
Just sent them a quick letter letting them know this constituents stance on the matter.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 2:46 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Why was the murder rate already on the rise before prohibition and the war on drugs?
Not that I don't agree with the statement, but...
Not that I don't agree with the statement, but...
Posted on 1/16/14 at 2:59 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
To everyone who is posting saying the reason that doing away with the prohibition laws would decrease the amount of issues related:
:DUH:
But that doesn't SOLVE anything. We could do away with all laws - if murder is legal, nobody will be going to prison for it. We could effectively mark crime to zero overnight.
The law exists because ALL CITIZENS create/uphold it.
Find a new argument with fewer holes in it.
:DUH:
But that doesn't SOLVE anything. We could do away with all laws - if murder is legal, nobody will be going to prison for it. We could effectively mark crime to zero overnight.
The law exists because ALL CITIZENS create/uphold it.
Find a new argument with fewer holes in it.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:09 pm to JohnnyKilroy
People who note a seeming CORRELATION between murder and prohibition should take at least one stat class; start with stats 101:
CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION
I could create a graph that shows a number of things with correlations to alcohol prohibition and the "war on drugs":
By the logic shown in your arguments the following things are also caused by prohibition:
contraceptive sales
technological advancements
US patents applied for
movie releases
Please explain to me how the rise and fall of each of these is caused by prohibition and I'll be glad to listed to your little arguments saying prohibition causes murder and crime.
Criminals who break the law cause increases in crime during prohbitions. Who is defending murderers and rapists for having broken a "stupid law that without which they would never have been sent to prison?"
CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION
I could create a graph that shows a number of things with correlations to alcohol prohibition and the "war on drugs":
By the logic shown in your arguments the following things are also caused by prohibition:
contraceptive sales
technological advancements
US patents applied for
movie releases
Please explain to me how the rise and fall of each of these is caused by prohibition and I'll be glad to listed to your little arguments saying prohibition causes murder and crime.
Criminals who break the law cause increases in crime during prohbitions. Who is defending murderers and rapists for having broken a "stupid law that without which they would never have been sent to prison?"
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:11 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
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and 64% of respondents also opposed current Louisiana law which allows life sentences for marijuana possession if the defendant has a prior felony record.
Who are the 36% that support a life sentence for possession???
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:14 pm to tigerstripedjacket
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But that doesn't SOLVE anything.
Ending prohibition would SOLVE the problem of a plant that makes people happy being illegal.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:15 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
Alright Georgia time to get your shite together
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:15 pm to colorchangintiger
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Who are the 36% that support a life sentence for possession???
You've missed the semantics:
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64% of respondents also opposed current Louisiana law
Respondents are often asked questions that do not reveal the information they are used to "show" in their findings:
Here's an example of a possible question:
Interviewer: Do you believe that murder is sometimes justifiable?
You: Yes, under certain circumstances I would consider it.
Interviewer report states, "In an interview with Colorchangintiger, he would consider killing his wife."
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:16 pm to colorchangintiger
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colorchangintiger
There are lots of things that would make me happy: to castrate ignorant people and nuke Alabama, but there are some things that are more important than being happy.
Introduction of a legalization of a new, unnecessary influencer is not justifiable. If you think it's okay, give some to your kids now, so your kids can cut the grass at my son's law firm when they grow up.
This post was edited on 1/16/14 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:17 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
quote:
Looks like the state is meeting to discuss legalization of Mary Jane
Would be a big boon to our tourism if we could be the Colorado of the South.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:20 pm to constant cough
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Would be a big boon to our tourism if we could be the Amsterdam of the the west.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:48 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Nah Mississippi will be the last to legalize. Hell up until about a year ago slavery wasn't officially outlawed.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:49 pm to tigerstripedjacket
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But that doesn't SOLVE anything. We could do away with all laws - if murder is legal, nobody will be going to prison for it. We could effectively mark crime to zero overnight. The law exists because ALL CITIZENS create/uphold it. Find a new argument with fewer holes in it.
Your argument is much weaker.
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