Feds Are Chillin Out With Weed

Feds: No More Arrests for Pot-Smoking Patients (Link Here)

Okay, so here's the deal.  14 states have legalized marijuana for medicinal usage.  However, the Feds under George W. Bush were still enforcing the federal statue preventing and arresting for producing and using.  A memo released from the Justice Department under Attorney General Eric Holder says something to the effect of the feds will not be wasting resources on these local, legal growers and patients.  The states are as follows: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

Here are a couple of points:  Mother Fucker, Posada struck-out.  That's not a point.  I'm surprised that the Bush administration would push federal regulations over state policy.  That is the exact opposite of Republican and Conservative views regarding big government.  Usually it's the Democrats pushing big government.

Didn't Bush blow coke off strippers asses?  I love that guy.

Let's look at this from a few points about if we took this new Fed policy to the next level and allowed possibly states to determine if they wanted to legalize pot.  Drugs, and anything for that matter that alter your state of functioning, are bad.  However, speaking strictly of pot, if used responsibly and recreationally can be fun and risks minimalized.  Without supporting facts, I will say that pot in general is not that bad for you.  You're inhaling smoke.  That's never good for you.  Aside from that and the occasional burnt knuckle on a bowl or roach, there is nothing that weed will do to you.  You can't get physically addicted, you can't contract a disease (maybe lip fungus by passing the spliff), and you can't overdose on a weed binge... you can't say the same of booze.

We all know someone who is an alcoholic and probably knows someone already who smokes way too much weed.  If made legal, we will definitely have a surge of dumb-ass stoners.  Not really helping my point but it is a reality if we take this issue to the next level.  We will open a small Pandora's box if made legal, but only a small one.  Point being, there are some negative facts that we can't ignore.  The positive will more that out weigh the bad.

Uncle Sam: Taxes, Taxes, and more Taxes!   Jobs, Jobs, and more Jobs!  Medical, Medical and more Medical (programs to help the obesity that will come with the munchies - that may be bad)!  You'll have to monitor, control, tax, and protect if made legal.  The taxes off this stuff would more than cover these additional services and regulations and have plenty leftover to apply to other programs, projects, deficit, or to increase the pay of our Soldiers, Marines, Seamen, and Airmen.  Plus the quality would be off the hizzle-for-shizzle!

I'm having trouble concentrating right now.  Yanks just loss to LAA and I'm pissed.  If I was stoned, I wouldn't care and go eat a cookie.   Now I'm pissed and I'm going to beat up a Mets fan... kidding, actually there was a Mets fan at the gym rooting for the Angels.  Mo-fo is in it deep!