Comments on: America's Love-Hate History with Pot

With a New CBS News Poll Finding 41% Now Support Legalization, CBSNews.com Examines Changing Views of Marijuana in the U.S.

[matt_the_ninja]

To those of you who are saying the law-enforcement community is 100% against legalization, have you heard of LEAP? Law-Enforcement Against Prohibition?

Puh-LEAZE people, use you brains

[matt_the_ninja]

Now there is an argument I hadn't considered. Don't tell the gun-control liberals

[matt_the_ninja]

I hate to break this to you Scott, but the fourth amendment doesn't say anything about right to privacy. It is about the right to not have your home unreasonably searched or seized.

[matt_the_ninja]

Yea man, it's not a partisan thing. I was raised conservative, going to church and with my father's meal-time rants over this and that, and Reagan was his hero; however, the only thing he ever told me about marijuana was this. "Drugs are bad, m'kay" and even then, he was playin around. When he caught me with a bong, he did nothing but tell me to put it away. A year later, and I smoked with him. Yes, he's a conservative; very conservative in fact. Maybe not in the whole government mandated morality sort of way, but he is in NO way a liberal.

[dragon8me]

Your survey suggest that 41% are for legalizing cannabis. Surveys depend on who you ask, a small sample of people and where you ask. Recent surveys on the west coast suggest 90-95% in favor. Another thing, some people are too affraid to admit they've even tried it and some may be affraid to admit they are in favor of legalizing it. When it comes to surveys like these the error is always going to be less in favor than actually feel that way.
Something else to consider, the demise of the family farm started with the prohibition of hemp. There we're other factors of course but between this and other government controls like subsidies have led to less families being able to keep their farms.
One more thing, go to Jack herer's site and check out his book "The Emporer Wears No Clouths".

[MalloryDavis]

Oregon James...You're the MAN!

[MalloryDavis]

Come on! Cannabis has been around since the beginning of time.

ALL CANNABIS SMOKERS UNITE!!!

[MalloryDavis]

TO all of the cannibus naysayers.....Keep drinking the alcohol that kills and let us smoke the weed.

[AttentionDeficit]

Put it up to a vote. See what the people say.

[isthemicon]

It sounds like you are suggesting that it is only liberals who smoke pot. So are you for the legalization of pot, or do you think the laws we have in place are effective and practical. This is the issue. You know, Obama does not like the idea of making pot legal.. Do you take the position of Obama on this or do you think it should be legalized? I know a lot of stoner's who vote republican.