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Guest Column: Stephen Baldwin & Kevin McCullough: America doesn't want its pot.. American potheads do!

[skylines96]

America doesn't want its pot.. American potheads do!

Well, I respond America doesn't want alcohol.. American alcoholics do!

[aka_KJB]

There are too many good reasons to repeal the prohibition (and that's what it is - a legal substance that had a prohibition place upon it, just like alcohol) on marijuana and nowhere near enough bad reasons to keep policy the way it is. I don't smoke it, have never smoked it and probably never will but I support the rights of adults to do so. There are also so many other uses for the marijuana plant that don't involve getting high that a whole industry could be built around it, an industry that would put people to work, feed money into the economy and produce American made goods for consumption (stop giggling) in America.

[OldGreengo]

willcad

So, you would rather millions of innocent Americans be hunted down and put in cages rather than offend your prickly nostrils? Nice. Hmmm. What if just smoking marijuana were illegal? Would you still want to imprison people who cook with it or vaporize it in their own homes?

[nursemark-2009]

As a christian who does not smoke anything. I do support the legalization of pot.

It removes police from working a minor crime, and gets then working on the serious crimes. It removes the chance of corruption in police or courts. Because it is legal it cuts the price, fewer crimes might be committed to get the price of the grass.

The idea, that children will now be able to buy since adults can, is stupid. They can already buy it legal or not. If you put the dealers out of business because, it is now legally sold then you have only those who will buy it for minors or clerks who will sell it to them.

Instead of using the money for police to stop the flow of pot, why not instead use the money to get people off drugs?

As to the idea that Stephen's conversion to Christianity lets him know what the church should or should not be telling society about which laws we should have, is bunk. The church is here to teach theology, the path to God, and morals, and to bring about reformation of mankind by beliefs not by the force of law. If we hold religion to be the determiner of our laws, then who's religion? I state this as a holder of Master of Divinity degree, something I doubt Stephen Baldwin has.

[johnb8888]

Smoke American!

And I thought "conservatives" oppose government interference!

Turns out that fascists LOVE government interference in their culture wars against anyone who doesn't drink the Repig Returd Kool-aid.

[Yuri12345]

Baldwin & McCullough: you are so misinformed. I don't smoke or use marijuana in any way. But, I'd love to see the plant legalized. I'd love to see anyone be able to grow it in their backyard, just like tobacco. And so do many of my friends and acquaintances who don't use this medicinal plant.

It's ridiculous to outlaw plants that have been used for thousands of years and have established medicinal and recreational uses. We're talking about plants, people! My goodness.

P.S.: I bet you guys don't drink, either.

[THINK4ONCE]

Hey Stephen where do you get your "facts"? Remember when Ron Paul made an ass of you on CNN? (check it out on youtube) No point in trying to stop, it WILL happen and you can go back to praying for yourself and your own problems and leave everyone else alone.

[another_one_of_many]

"What we oppose with ferocity is making it as common for children to obtain as alcohol and cigarettes are now."

This is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read. Alcohol and cigarettes are harder for children to get, than illegal drugs, because you have to show ID to get them. Most drug dealers don't care how old you are.

Cannabis needs to be legalized, plain and simple. Alcohol prohibition didn't work, and drug prohibition's not working.

[layups]

I just read the one where dangyankee69 says he changes his mind about the issue. Respect to him and his ability to learn. What an exciting column this was?!

[layups]

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

I doubt Baldwin or dangyankee69 would agree with that statement because that is their approach to the War on Drugs.

Baldwin_genepool just smashed everything Steve Baldwin and Kevin McCullough came up with together. It is truly embarassing that this piece took two people to write but I am happy that this was written. Weed is illegal because of lunatics lies from the past and now this generation has to fight back against their hatred and deception.