Barack Obama legalizes Marijuana

[John-Joe]

The french have dissappeared, country still there for good times.

 

[Lieju]

"Everyone in the world has decided science is awesome and religion sucks"

"Peace in the Middle East"

"People finally realise arachnids are freaking awesome. A giant rise in funding for arachnology expected"

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Marijuana is an anesthesiologist,

It's an analgesic.

Analgesic [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/analgesic]

Anaesthetic [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anaesthetic]

Anaesthesiologist [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anaesthesiologist]

... there are better, more convenient, and less addictive pain medications for all types of pain.

Better for multiple sclerosis? Really? Care to name them?

... morphine is better, and nothing as addictive an opiate (morphine, vicodin, percocet, weed, etc.)

Opiate [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opiate]: a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.

Morphine [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/morphine]: the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium.

The stuff's infamous for being addictive.

Percocet [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/percocet]: Function: trademark
?used for a preparation of acetaminophen and the hydrochloride ofoxycodone

Vicodin [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vicodin]: Function: trademark
?used for a preparation of the bitartrate of hydrocodone

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/10/rush.limbaugh/

Limbaugh admits addiction to pain medication

Law enforcement sources said last week that Limbaugh's name had come up during an investigation into a black market drug ring in Palm Beach County, Florida. The sources said that authorities were looking into the illegal sale of the prescription drugs OxyContin and hydrocodone.

Dr. Drew Pinsky, an addiction specialist in Pasadena, California, told CNN that if Limbaugh is addicted to OxyContin, "We're really talking about opiate addiction. The withdrawal is miserable and painful and it takes a long time to recover."

That would make it more famously addictive, eh?

Personally, I do think marijuana's harmful.

Wait for it.

I don't believe that giving someone a lift home a week after they shared a joint at a party will doom you and your entire family to becoming schizophrenic cannibals, living in the sewer.

I don't believe it's completely harmless and so beautiful that even mixing it 10-90 with tobacco and smoking it without a filter won't do you any harm at all and it cures cancer and makes you more intelligent and creative and music would never have been invented without it.

Confused?

I think anyone who tells you either of those things is talking b______t.

I don't claim to know how harmful it is, taken at what stages of development, by what means, in what doses, with what frequency or to what percentage of the population. It may be that 0.1% of the population are highly vulnerable to suffering hallucinations at random moments for years to come if exposed to more than 15mg of THC more than four times per week for over six months and the rest suffer no long-term effects. If I grabbed one out of a sack of 999 snap-caps and one live round, chambered it and aimed at you, would you feel safe? It may be that there's no threshold dose or that it varies massively across the population. As far as I'm aware, it's not known.

I think we need to know.

How much in your system has the same effect on your driving fitness as one unit of alcohol? How long does it take your body to eradicate one such 'unit' of THC? Can you tell in advance whether you'll get flashbacks from it? Just how strong is that sample in your hand? If you don't know, you can't really promise it won't make you unsafe to drive home, can you?

Until we see mental health figures, violent crime statistics and addiction levels match these numbers, though, you can't really say it's as bad as it's sometimes made out:
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/news-and-events/press-office/press-releases/archived-press-releases/april-2006--march-2007/one-in-five-secondary-school-children-have-tried-drugs

Six per cent of 11 year olds say they had taken drugs in the last year compared with a third of the 15 year olds surveyed. In total 6% of pupils used drugs at least one a month. The survey finds 1% of pupils reporting that they took drugs on most days with a further 2% taking drugs at least one a week.

What did you expect, a simple position with no thought put into it? I'm a scientist!

 

[Pimppeter2]

The release date for TES V

Or Godzilla finally awakening from his slumber to make us all his bitches

 

[hamster mk 4]

Makers of the Unity Engine (a 3d graphics engine tha can run in browsers and the nuts and bolts behind Offroad Veloceraptor Safari http://raptorsafari.com/) have decided that it is not worth their time to charge indie developers $200 for the base line SDK; and have instead released it for free to all the aspiring game programmers of the world.

In other news this did happen:

http://tigsource.com/articles/2009/10/28/unity-indie-now-free

 

[duckfi8]

Yes, just moments ago The U.S president came on live TV, stating that Marijuana is now legal.
He also stated that Prostitution is also legal, because he wants everyone to have a good time.
When asked about the backlash he is sure to recieve, he stated "They can shove it, because nobody has ever died from Marijuana. Also sex is legal, and selling is legal, so why isn't selling sex legal? Nevada seems to be doing good job of it."

Hey, I can dream can't I?

Anyway, this thread is about news reports you'd love to hear.

yes u can dream, but we have to make sure that the prostitutes are clean or it will burn when u pee, so they get free health care

 

[Sovvolf]

That was some beautiful trolling right there, congrats.

OT: "Taliban get bored of fighting, take up surfing"

Yeah well... Charlie don't surf.

 

[Undercover]

Marijuana is an anesthesiologist,

It's an analgesic.

A whole bunch of stuff I agree with

What did you expect, a simple position with no thought put into it? I'm a scientist!

Well put. I personally don't like going off on any diatribes with someone who is obviously uneducated about the subject at hand, but I do it anyway to try and educate them, just as you did here. I'm not going to join the discussion, I already had my say on the marijuana subject in another forum and don't want to repeat myself. Misinformation and plain bullshit have no place in an intelligent discussion. To lump pot in with opiates is asinine and just plain stupid. Too bad the I.D.I.O.T act isn't real...

 

[arc101]

Michael Jacksons dead: Get over it

 

[arc101]

"Tony Blair hanged for treason" would be a good start.

Only if followed by; 'Mr. Blobby guest Executioner'

"Formula 1 banned, called 'most boring cause of climate change ever'."

"National railway network to be built."

"Cable, Davey and Farron agree new 'Solar Britain' plan."

"Pope reverses position, says even his friends mustn't abuse children."

Now not even the sun would ever publish these, far too realistic

 

[GoldenCondor]

George Calin <3

George Carlin <3.
George Calin sounds like a low class actor.


OT:

"Tall guy helps build bridge"

"Military anti-air base is afraid of being nuked"

 

[GoldenCondor]

double post, sorry.
FIXED.

 

[Kajaho]

"My girlfriend finally agrees shes ready for sexy time"

OHPLEASEOHPLEASEOHPLEASEOHPLEASE

 

[redsoxfantom]

Yes, just moments ago The U.S president came on live TV, stating that Marijuana is now legal.
He also stated that Prostitution is also legal, because he wants everyone to have a good time.
When asked about the backlash he is sure to recieve, he stated "They can shove it, because nobody has ever died from Marijuana. Also sex is legal, and selling is legal, so why isn't selling sex legal? Nevada seems to be doing good job of it."

Hey, I can dream can't I?

Anyway, this thread is about news reports you'd love to hear.

Well played, good sir. Here's my headline:

"50 GB/s internet access guaranteed free for all humanity."

 

[Sporky111]

"Valve releases Half-Life 2: Ep 3, Half-Life 3, Portal 2, and Left 4 Dead 2 in a bundle package called The Orange Box 2."

No? Not very original? Shut up, it would be amazing if they released just one of those games right now. Another Orange Box would be great.

I would really like to see, "Jack Thompson gets brain injury in car accident. Needs video game therapy." +1 for Irony.

 

[Undercover]

"Tony Blair hanged for treason" would be a good start.

"Vatican's secret archive stolen and published in full" would make a great next day.

"Murdoch's orders to deceive public revealed in leaked e-mail" would nicely fill a page or two.

"Gunman executes corrupt MPs. Lone survivor 'bewildered'."

"'Honour killing' interrupted by snipers. Target free to choose own clothes and husband."

"Laws against dangerous driving to be enforced."

"Clegg abolishes post of Minister for Football."

"Formula 1 banned, called 'most boring cause of climate change ever'."

"National railway network to be built."

"Cable, Davey and Farron agree new 'Solar Britain' plan."

"Pope reverses position, says even his friends mustn't abuse children."

"All Sony properties confiscated after third wave of 'rootkit' offences. Computer-hijacking corporation banned from trading in Europe."

"Non-viewer wins harassment case against TV Licensing."

"UN's fortified 'green' town in Darfur celebrates two trouble-free years."

Hoo boy, well done.

 

[Taerdin]

I'm pretty sure prostitution and Marijuana will never be legal in the United States. Not with 80% of the population being part of a religion, and we all know how religious people view Brothels and Cannabis.


On Topic: "This just in! In order to vote, people will need to take a test which will give information how educated the voter is when it comes to the thing he/she votes for/against."

I want marijuana and prostitution to be legal. At least that way all the pot heads and crack whores are paying taxes into the government. If you think cigarettes are expensive just wait till the government has its way with your dimebags and sucky sucky five buckies!

 

[Bladecatcher]

Yesterday, over Alaska, Sarah Palin's personal helicopter was mysteriously shot down. The ex-senator's corpse was found in a nearby ice cave where she was evidently eaten alive by starving polar bears...

 

[Treblaine]

EDIT: I clearly missed the point of this thread. so how's this for a late news headline:

"TV licence fee abolished - BBC paid by general taxation"

"Someone other than Gordon Brown elected to power (not nick griffin either)"

"Taliban hand over Osama Bin Laden in truce to announce the end of Afghan War"

"Digital Briton plan scrapped in favour of universal fibre-optics broadband network - lap Korea by 2012!"

"Daniel Craig and Marc Foster banned from ever having anything to do with the Bond franchise again"

"Goldeneye coming to XBLA this Christmas"


MY INITIAL POST BELOW:
Uhh, dude. If the minimum drinking age is still 21 and every month there are new restrictions on smoking just normal tobacco cigarettes... what hope in hell is there of a federal legalisation of weed?

Even if the federal laws were removed you can bet your life virtually every single state would just individually ban it again... maybe not California. But then again that is a state that banned gay marriage, they may very well ban weed there too as it is clearly full of conservatives.

Also, Obama does not have absolute power over the legislature, he alone cannot pass laws but must have house and congress on his side and may very well have nothing to do with some laws being passed short of just signing at the bottom of a piece of paper.

Finally. Weed just wouldn't be the same if legal.

De-criminalise consumption as in the UK maybe but I don't want Wal-mart or Tescos selling the stuff. It just doesn't seem right.

Hey weed smokers, you you really want that shit taxed and have government body all up your ass? Legalisation would suck.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Damn you TC!
*Shakes fist harder.

I'll just hitch onto your dream if you don't mind. It sounds good.
That's the kind of thing I've been waiting for since he was elected.