Fox News v. Ron Paul on H.R. 5843
Posted on August 1st, 2008 by bile Tags: Barbara Lee, Barney Frank, drugs, Earl Blumenauer, Fox News, Jim McDermott, Lacy Clay, marijuana, pot, Ron Paul, Tammy BaldwinI like how she says that no politician nor doctor would back this. Paul is both was my first thought but then she made an exception for him. I guess Barney Frank isn’t an ‘average’ politician either? Nor the other cosponsers?
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 5/20/2008
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 6/24/2008
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 4/24/2008
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 6/25/2008
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 6/5/2008
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] had supported this bill but withdrew yesterday.
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Every 38 seconds someone is arrested for possession of marijuana. Sometimes they are harshly punished, other times they enter drug treatment programs. The best indicator of the type of punishment someone will receive is race. Either way, the mere fact that they are arrested is life changing enough.
Numerous studies have shown that a causal relationship between marijuana use and other crimes cannot be established. Marijuana is a drug that is relatively benign to society as a whole so even if you believe that the needs of the many allow a group to infringe upon the rights of a few, there is still no reason to fight a war on marijuana.
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Ron Paul himself said that he wants to end the Federal governments war on drugs and let that issue be handled on the State and local level. Just keep the feds out of it to save money.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Ron Paul also said he would pardon non-violent drug offenders.