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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: Chris_ on July 30, 2008, 08:07:16 PM
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Rep. Frank defends proposal to decriminalize marijuana (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/frank.marijuana/)
(CNN) -- The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.
Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, said Frank, flanked by legislators and representatives from advocacy groups.
"The vast amount of human activity ought to be none of the government's business," Frank said on Capitol Hill. "I don't think it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time."
Democrat Plan #61743: Going for the stoner vote in an election year. (http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/smileys/emot-stoner.gif)
Oh, and... :beer:
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If it's so wonderful and nobody's business, then why is 100.1 grams to remain illegal? Should we remove taxes from booze? Should a case of champagne be OK, but a case and one bottle be illegal?
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Barney says as far as his smoking habits, he'll continue smoking pole