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Well I'm sure that his response to the question will be a)more on point than yours b) more intelligent than yours c) much deeper than yours.
Other than that I will have to wait to find out

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Damn straight.... Last year at the memorial for Owsley, Jack Herer's nephew sat near us. By way of expressing my condolences over his uncle's passing, and somewhere in that conversation I remember hearing there was now bad blood between the Herers and NORML over things they were doing to grossly bump up the stats and  I believe on thing he said was they were now counting ANY form of detention, however brief as arrests.
Before they went by the number of those charged with a felony. I think they told him they needed ,ore relevance than ever these days or something like that. I suspect your chart is based on that philosophy.
   I know there's A LOT LESS concern about marijuana here in massachusetts. You really have to piss them off to even get the ticket most of the time. And my friends, some of whom are still major stoners, say more often than not, they're just told to get it out of their site. Course driving a car high gets more attention than it may have in the past cause they can prove it in some cases.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- A question advocating marijuana legalization from a retired LAPD deputy chief of police won twice as many votes as any other video question in the White House's "Your Interview with the President" competition on YouTube this weekend. President Obama is slated to answer some of the top-voted questions on Monday.

The marijuana question, submitted by Stephen Downing, a board member for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), is as follows: "Mr. President, my name is Stephen Downing, and I'm a retired deputy chief of police from the Los Angeles Police Department. From my 20 years of experience I have come to see our country’s drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. According to the Gallup Poll, the number of Americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumbers those who support continuing prohibition. What do you say to this growing voter constituency that wants more changes to drug policy than you have delivered in your first term?"

I wonder how that hypocritical former pot-smoking weasel in the White House will react to this...

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WASHINGTON, DC -- A question advocating marijuana legalization from a retired LAPD deputy chief of police won twice as many votes as any other video question in the White House's "Your Interview with the President" competition on YouTube this weekend. President Obama is slated to answer some of the top-voted questions on Monday.

The marijuana question, submitted by Stephen Downing, a board member for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), is as follows: "Mr. President, my name is Stephen Downing, and I'm a retired deputy chief of police from the Los Angeles Police Department. From my 20 years of experience I have come to see our country’s drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. According to the Gallup Poll, the number of Americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumbers those who support continuing prohibition. What do you say to this growing voter constituency that wants more changes to drug policy than you have delivered in your first term?"

I wonder how that hypocritical former pot-smoking weasel in the White House will react to this...

It would be awesome if we could hear from President Obama's former street pharmacist.

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Interesting. I don't doubt that for a second.

Yeah, MA is pretty cool about everything. You almost need to do something to deserve it to get in trouble here.

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My one gripe about MA: no medical marijuana. What gives?

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It would be awesome if we could hear from President Obama's former street pharmacist.

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locking up more marijuana smokers in three years in office than bush&co did in 8 years.

Really? I didn't know this. Wow.

Change you can believe in...

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery
Do you ever check facts?

Arrests are actually flat/slightly down.

Note the increase during the Bush II years.

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery
Do you ever check facts?

Arrests are actually flat/slightly down.

Note the increase during the Bush II years.

You're just jumping at the chance to call me out aren't you? Read the whole thread next time.

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insane "war on drugs" and saving billions in our hard-earned cash and hundreds of thousands of destroyed lives.
His name is Ron Paul.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- A question advocating marijuana legalization from a retired LAPD deputy chief of police won twice as many votes as any other video question in the White House's "Your Interview with the President" competition on YouTube this weekend. President Obama is slated to answer some of the top-voted questions on Monday.

The marijuana question, submitted by Stephen Downing, a board member for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), is as follows: "Mr. President, my name is Stephen Downing, and I'm a retired deputy chief of police from the Los Angeles Police Department. From my 20 years of experience I have come to see our country’s drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. According to the Gallup Poll, the number of Americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumbers those who support continuing prohibition. What do you say to this growing voter constituency that wants more changes to drug policy than you have delivered in your first term?"

I wonder how that hypocritical former pot-smoking weasel in the White House will react to this...

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
From Kenya?

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It would be awesome if we could hear from President Obama's former street pharmacist.

Is street pharmacist a euphimism for connection?...dang I never thought one of the downsides of getting old was learning a whole new lexicon

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From Kenya?

No. According to his book, Hawaii and Los Angeles.

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It would be awesome if we could hear from President Obama's former street pharmacist.

Is street pharmacist a euphimism for connection?...dang I never thought one of the downsides of getting old was learning a whole new lexicon

Connection? Is that the term for the person that you buy drugs from? Then yes. I really know very few of the different expressions.

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My bad I should learn to type...the article I was referencing was medical marijuana arrests not all marijuana arrests...

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Connection? Is that the term for the person that you buy drugs from? Then yes. I really know very few of the different expressions.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- A question advocating marijuana legalization from a retired LAPD deputy chief of police won twice as many votes as any other video question in the White House's "Your Interview with the President" competition on YouTube this weekend. President Obama is slated to answer some of the top-voted questions on Monday.

The marijuana question, submitted by Stephen Downing, a board member for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), is as follows: "Mr. President, my name is Stephen Downing, and I'm a retired deputy chief of police from the Los Angeles Police Department. From my 20 years of experience I have come to see our country’s drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. According to the Gallup Poll, the number of Americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumbers those who support continuing prohibition. What do you say to this growing voter constituency that wants more changes to drug policy than you have delivered in your first term?"

I wonder how that hypocritical former pot-smoking weasel in the White House will react to this...

The same thing happened here in Canada about a year ago, with Stephen Harper. His response was "hahaha, what a silly question. They must be smoking something! Let's answer the second most popular question instead." I kid you not.
Online polls recently on CNBC and other sites show 8% of Canadians favour continuing prohibition. Offline National polls recently showed a 25% figure. Canadians don't want prohibition. Only the government does, and well, they appear to be the ones who matter. Or something.

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From Kenya?

No. According to his book, Hawaii and Los Angeles.

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It would be awesome if we could hear from President Obama's former street pharmacist.

Is street pharmacist a euphimism for connection?...dang I never thought one of the downsides of getting old was learning a whole new lexicon

Connection? Is that the term for the person that you buy drugs from? Then yes. I really know very few of the different expressions.

According to your party,it was Kenya.


I think you need to do more research before throwing half your party`s positions out into the trash.