Pat Robertson and Mary G. Juana

[djsimp]

http://news.yahoo.com/pat-robertson-wants-smoke-pot-legally-143457144.html

..Pat Robertson Wants You to Smoke Pot Legally
By Alexander Abad-Santos | The Atlantic Wire

Pat Robertson and marijuana legalization make for strange bedfellows, but he's actually been championing the cause—specifically its place in the conversation about prison reform—since 2010.

Yes, according to an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, the strict evangelical who believes gay people cause hurricanes and that mac 'n cheese may be a "black thing," is also for the legalization of marijuana. But it isn't because he's tried the stuff. It's a bit more complicated than that. “I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol,” Robertson told The Times. "I’ve never used marijuana and I don’t intend to, but it’s just one of those things that I think: this war on drugs just hasn’t succeeded."  This has been a talking point for Robertson for some time now. 

Back in December 2010, The Atlantic's Chris Good wrote about "Pat Robertson's Christmas Present to Marijuana Legalizers', his take on a recent airing of The 700 Club where Robertson said, "We're locking up people that take a couple of puffs of marijuana, and the next thing you know they've got ten years ...  it's costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people. Young people going to prisons--they go in as youths and they come out as hardened criminals, it's not a good thing." Back then Robertson's spokesman said it wasn't a call to decriminalize pot. 

So, fast forward to last week on The 700 Club where Robertson, as The Atlantic's Andrew Cohen writes, "devoted nearly nine minutes of the broadcast to commentary and a (really well produced) piece on the topic." Adding, "He's also right in identifying the notion that decriminalizing pot possession is one of the easiest ways to break the cycle of incarceration that ruins people -- and government budgets."  Following that broadcast, Robertson told The Times' Jesse McKinley, " I just want to be on the right side... And I think on this one, I’m on the right side."

[Snaggletiger]

Go Pat, Go Pat...we gonna' party like it's yo burfday.

[Townhallsavoy]

He really is the most evil son of a bitch on the planet. 

It's not enough that he's total blowhard, psycho-pseudo-Christian that ruins the faith for so many people.  He had to go and make me agree with him on something.

[AUChizad]

He really is the most evil son of a bitch on the planet. 

It's not enough that he's total blowhard, psycho-pseudo-Christian that ruins the faith for so many people.  He had to go and make me agree with him on something.

You said it, not me.

But this x1000.

[JR4AU]

All pot heads to prison now!  Lock 'em up, throw away the key!

[GarMan]

He really is the most evil son of a bitch on the planet. 

It's not enough that he's total blowhard, psycho-pseudo-Christian that ruins the faith for so many people.  He had to go and make me agree with him on something.

This guy has left the reservation so many times, he has relegated himself to insignificance.  Does anybody actually pay attention to anything this guy says anymore? 

[GH2001]

He really is the most evil son of a bitch on the planet. 

It's not enough that he's total blowhard, psycho-pseudo-Christian that ruins the faith for so many people.  He had to go and make me agree with him on something.

Pretty much what I was thinking.

I don't smoke it either and also don't intend to. But I just don't see why we can't regulate the shit out of it like Alkeehawl and Tobacco. There is some money to be made doing that, it thins out the prisons a bit and also gives police one less thing to bust on. Of course, like Alkeehawl, if you have smoked it and are barely able to drive a car, you will get in trouble, etc etc. There are prescription drugs out there today that are much worse for you than Mary Jane, and those are actually addicting people in record numbers (Xanax, Oxycotin, etc).

[JR4AU]

Pretty much what I was thinking.

I don't smoke it either and also don't intend to. But I just don't see why we can't regulate the shit out of it like Alkeehawl and Tobacco. There is some money to be made doing that, it thins out the prisons a bit and also gives police one less thing to bust on. Of course, like Alkeehawl, if you have smoked it and are barely able to drive a car, you will get in trouble, etc etc. There are prescription drugs out there today that are much worse for you than Mary Jane, and those are actually addicting people in record numbers (Xanax, Oxycotin, etc).

It's a gateway drug.  It's bad!  BAD! 

[djsimp]

There are prescription drugs out there today that are much worse for you than Mary Jane, and those are actually addicting people in record numbers (Xanax, Oxycotin, etc).

For realz. There are by far many worse or addicting drugs that are prescribed by the local quack.

As a Christian, I have never liked to listen or watch Pat or the 700 club. Like Gman said, the guy has pretty much put himself over in the corner of irrelevance. This little article about his support of legalizing the weed surprises me though.

[Snaggletiger]

It's a gateway drug.  It's bad!  BAD!

Got to got to getaway.

Legalize and regulate.  What 2001 said.

[Townhallsavoy]

You know, I've only tried weed once.  It didn't do anything for me.  If it were legal, I'm pretty sure I would try it again. 

Does this mean I need to go ahead and check myself into rehab for heroin addiction?

[GH2001]

It's a gateway drug.  It's bad!  BAD!

Ever watched Intervention?

Many of those Meth, Heroin and Blow users started with Alcohol and painkillers. Is Mary J a gateway drug? Sure it can be. But so are narcotics and booze. Narcotics moreso than pot and booze now simply because they are much more addictive. Last time I checked, Pot wasn't considered addictive in nature, like Heroin or Cigarettes. Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs out there - perfectly legal too.

Look at how many people (mainly celebrities) who have died from too much script drugs in their system and/or alcohol. How many deaths can be attributed directly to pot?

[GarMan]

Ever watched Intervention?

Many of those Meth, Heroin and Blow users started with Alcohol and painkillers. Is Mary J a gateway drug? Sure it can be. But so are narcotics and booze. Narcotics moreso than pot and booze now simply because they are much more addictive. Last time I checked, Pot wasn't considered addictive in nature, like Heroin or Cigarettes. Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs out there - perfectly legal too.

Look at how many people (mainly celebrities) who have died from too much script drugs in their system and/or alcohol. How many deaths can be attributed directly to pot?

Yeah!  Pot's healthier than Vitamin C.  They should force people to take it!  It'll be good for 'em!!!

[GH2001]

Yeah!  Pot's healthier than Vitamin C.  They should force people to take it!  It'll be good for 'em!!!

Not sure where you got Vit C from but I think pot is no more inherently evil than cigarettes or narcotics. Between cigars, cigarettes, pipes, joints - we're really just talking about different types of leaves that grow from the ground in the end. Maybe you should do some research on the chemical makeup of the narcotics I speak of. Also look up deaths related to them and also deaths related to alcohol abuse. Then tell me pot is THE dangerous taboo one.

Oh - don't leave out Cancer deaths as related to tobacco.

[djsimp]

There is much more to this story thats in this clip. I will go ahead and say that I would do the same if it were my child. The reason for me posting this is the fact that such hard ass drugs are given by prescription but the j is illegal? Makes no damn sense to me..at all. Not enough research done on pot to prescribe as medicine? Bullshit.

[JR4AU]

Ever watched Intervention?

Many of those Meth, Heroin and Blow users started with Alcohol and painkillers. Is Mary J a gateway drug? Sure it can be. But so are narcotics and booze. Narcotics moreso than pot and booze now simply because they are much more addictive. Last time I checked, Pot wasn't considered addictive in nature, like Heroin or Cigarettes. Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs out there - perfectly legal too.

Look at how many people (mainly celebrities) who have died from too much script drugs in their system and/or alcohol. How many deaths can be attributed directly to pot?

Maybe I should have used this in my posts: 

There's no evidence it's addictive.  The evidence that pot can impair your ability to drive is sketchy at best, and not quantifiable like alcohol.  That said, the people I deal with, who are solely pot smokers, and while on probation continue to test positive for it, all have one thing in common...they're fucking dumbasses!   The fact that they are not addicted, yet risk jail time KNOWING they'll test positive is cod lock proof.  When I hear a pot head try to ask for rehab, I tell them as much too.  I actually understand addiction, and as you noted, many addicts come by their addiction legally, and honestly through prescription drugs, but pot smokers are just fucking dumbasses. 

[GH2001]

Maybe I should have used this in my posts: 

There's no evidence it's addictive.  The evidence that pot can impair your ability to drive is sketchy at best, and not quantifiable like alcohol.  That said, the people I deal with, who are solely pot smokers, and while on probation continue to test positive for it, all have one thing in common...they're fucking dumbasses!   The fact that they are not addicted, yet risk jail time KNOWING they'll test positive is cod lock proof.  When I hear a pot head try to ask for rehab, I tell them as much too.  I actually understand addiction, and as you noted, many addicts come by their addiction legally, and honestly through prescription drugs, but pot smokers are just fucking dumbasses.

I knew you were being sarcastic. I was agreeing with you.

[Token]

Maybe I should have used this in my posts: 

There's no evidence it's addictive.  The evidence that pot can impair your ability to drive is sketchy at best, and not quantifiable like alcohol.  That said, the people I deal with, who are solely pot smokers, and while on probation continue to test positive for it, all have one thing in common...they're fucking dumbasses!   The fact that they are not addicted, yet risk jail time KNOWING they'll test positive is cod lock proof.  When I hear a pot head try to ask for rehab, I tell them as much too.  I actually understand addiction, and as you noted, many addicts come by their addiction legally, and honestly through prescription drugs, but pot smokers are just fucking dumbasses.

I agree with this.  Pot makes you stupid.  That's the only problem I have with legalizing the stuff.  It's not more dangerous than alcohol.  We have far more problems out of alcoholics than we do pot heads.  BUT,  my buddy gets shit faced nearly every weekend, to the point that I can't stand to be around him.  Yet he functions properly throughout the week without a trace of being smashed from 5pm Friday through Sunday morning, every weekend. 

Pot heads are stupid all the time.  When they are not smoking?  They are fucking worthless.  The American civilization is on the way down as we type, but make pot legal?  It will take only years as opposed to decades. 

[Snaggletiger]

I agree with this.  Pot makes you stupid.  That's the only problem I have with legalizing the stuff.  It's not more dangerous than alcohol.  We have far more problems out of alcoholics than we do pot heads.  BUT,  my buddy gets shit faced nearly every weekend, to the point that I can't stand to be around him.  Yet he functions properly throughout the week without a trace of being smashed from 5pm Friday through Sunday morning, every weekend. 

Pot heads are stupid all the time.  When they are not smoking?  They are fucking worthless.  The American civilization is on the way down as we type, but make pot legal?  It will take only years as opposed to decades.

We're goin' dooowwwn, man.  I mean, it's like....what I'm sayin' is if people don't stop smokin' weed, you know you could like....cizivilation is gonna' cnease to exnist....I'm hungry.

[djsimp]

Pot makes you stupid.

No, being a bammer makes you stupid. That is all. One day Token, you will figure this out and make that conversion complete.