Comments on: VT Gov. Shumlin to Join Petition to Reschedule Marijuana

By: easyrider1969

easyrider1969 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:38:52 +0000

Yeah . The Guv’s son got busted.

By: easyrider1969

easyrider1969 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:35:37 +0000

Ali, There’s much more money in keeping pot illegal. The War on Drugs is about price support, keeping the price high and increasing profits. If it’s legal, the price would crash back to 1968 levels…$15/OZ., Or one could just grow it themselves. It would be nice wouldn’t it? Forget it it. Not going to happen. Regards.

By: ghostof911

ghostof911 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:44:10 +0000

Surely that would mean huge profits for someone, wouldn’t it?

Not necessarily. The profit centers could be made non-existent. To obtain the substance, one only needs a tad of potting soil, a grow light, and a bit of patience.

By: cwaltz

cwaltz — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:03:20 +0000

While it could potentially be another revenue stream, there is alot of unexplored data on marijuana that needs to be reviewed. We barely have begun to understand the cannaboid receptors and because of their location in the brain it’s best we proceed cautiously. Medical usage and a reschedule could give us better access to data.

By: cwaltz

cwaltz — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:56:58 +0000

It should be rescheduled. If the pill form which has had related deaths(4 at last count) is a 3 then I see little reason that the stuff that seems to have better time release be categorized as a 1. Furthermore, it would allow us to gather more data to determine both the pros and cons of its usage and its side effects.

By: pokums

pokums — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:21:02 +0000

If that’s all you can say, you should have remained silent.

Same for you, one could say. But I won’t.

By: OldFatGuy

OldFatGuy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:37:11 +0000

WOW!!

I don’t think I’ve EVER seen a statement of that length by a Republican that was completely reasonable. He sounded sane.

Probably wouldn’t win a Republican Primary for anything now. So he’ll move into the D Party, which is now probably about where he was when he was a Republican Senator.

By: TimWhite

TimWhite — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:35:09 +0000

I wonder how O sleeps at night? Why would anyone want the powers, such as assassination, that he seeks?

Or maybe everything seems normal after you join the 1%?

By: TimWhite

TimWhite — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:29:24 +0000

when you’re President and want to do something, all you need to do is shop around for the attorney willing to say that something is legal, and hire him

reminds me of the seven years I spent on my local Council in CT. People made a big to do about the choice of town attorney. I guess I was too young (30 yrs old at first) at the time to fully appreciate the arguments people made that the choice of Town Attorney was important because what s/he said would effectively be law.

I just kept scratching my head, thinking “huh?” S/he is a political appointee. I’m interested in what s/he says, but if I disagree… then I’ll say so… and completely ignore the advice.

In reality, many elected officials prefer to have someone who will voice the opinions of the elected officials… but with an air of nonpartisan authority.

Such nonsense. It’s appropriate to listen to the advice of political appointees. But it’s an abdication of an elected officials duties when s/he says an political appointee’s consent is required.

By: nahant

nahant — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:29:13 +0000

that really depends on the state they live in…