i envision heads exploding

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/24/rand-paul-pushes-against-mandatory-minimums-but-not-legalization-for-marijuana/


rand paul not for legalization?

[AZRedhawk44]

He's not his father.


The whole notion of a Federal misdemeanor or petty crime is laughable.

Federal laws should consist of a handful of major felonies, and that's it.

This idea of turning pot smoking into a federal slap on the wrist is ridiculous.  Shall we hire a bunch of federal parole officers to do post-conviction counseling and monitoring of a bunch of pot smokers?  Sheesh.

Not everything needs to be controlled, and those things that need controlling don't necessarily need it from the gorram federal level.

[RevDisk]

rand paul not for legalization?

Better than most politicians in a lot of ways. But he's not necessarily a libertarian.

[MicroBalrog]

I  don't think this meant he opposes legalization in principle... he's just pushing this thing now.

That said:

Ain't incrementalism grand?

[Fitz]

Sounds to me the jist of his message is "I don't support MJ use... but it's silly to put people in jail for it."


This is a wrong position?

[zxcvbob]

The correct position is it's a state issue.  MJ should be decriminalized at the federal level -- that doesn't mean it should be legal.  (I think it *should* be legal; at least for medical use, and "medical use" should be defined broadly)

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Paul admitted legalization would encourage marijuana use, which he said has negative effects.

“I don’t want to encourage people to do it,” Paul said. “I think even marijuana is bad to do. I think it takes away your incentive to work and show up and do the things you should be doing. I don’t think it is a good idea. I don’t want to promote that, but I also don’t want to put people in jail who make a mistake. There are a lot of young people who do this and later on in their 20s. They grow up, get married and quit doing things like this, and I don’t want to put them in jail and ruin their lives.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/24/rand-paul-pushes-against-mandatory-minimums-but-not-legalization-for-marijuana/#ixzz2OZL1kUPl



the wookies are leaving the building

[cordex]

“I don’t want to encourage people to do it,” Paul said. “I think even marijuana is bad to do. I think it takes away your incentive to work and show up and do the things you should be doing. I don’t think it is a good idea. I don’t want to promote that, but I also don’t want to put people in jail who make a mistake. There are a lot of young people who do this and later on in their 20s. They grow up, get married and quit doing things like this, and I don’t want to put them in jail and ruin their lives.”

the wookies are leaving the building

Meh.  I'm pretty wookie and I agree with all of that particular quote.

[zahc]

I disagree with the first part of the quote...I think people should do whatever they want, even or especially if it doesn't further the Great Society Core Value Matrix...but when it comes to politicians, I don't really care what they say or what they say their reasons are. I only care what they actually do. I interpret this quote as being essentially pro-drug and thus pro-freedom so I approve.