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Title: "Why do Republicans Respect Marijuana Prohibition Like it Came From Moses?"
Source: Reason
URL Source: https://reason.com/blog/2016/07/20/ ... s-against-marijuana-prohibitio
Published: Jul 20, 2016
Author: Anthony L. Fisher
Post Date: 2016-07-21 09:08:33 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 6600
Comments: 76

Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition

"Bad law needs to be dealt with, we don't need to follow it blindly," says 86-year-old Ann Lee, the founder and executive director of Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition (RAMP). In an interview with Reason at a Cleveland hotel near the Republican National Convention (RNC), Lee adds, "The mystery to me is why Republicans respect this law like it came from Moses, and when you read how it came about in 1937 under FDR...why Republicans support that is beyond me."

Lee is a staunch pro-life social conservative who had her come-to-Jesus moment in when it came to marijuana prohibition after her son suffered a devastating accident in 1990. While recovering, he told his mother that unlike synthetic painkillers and other drugs, marijuana actually provided him physical relief. Lee, who grew up in Jim Crow-era Louisiana, says she grew up living under bad racist laws that needed to be changed. She argues that drug prohibition is the modern-day version of Jim Crow and also needs to be changed.

RAMP's treasurer Bonnie Lugo tells Reason that she was also a staunch drug warrior until she met Lee while running against her for a spot on Texas's Republican Executive Committee. Lugo's first impression of Lee was that "she was this crazy lady" advocating for drug legalization but that the "tenacious" Lee ultimately convinced her to do her own research on the subject. When Lugo learned about how much safer marijuana is than alcohol or cigarettes, combined with the fact that people's lives were being ruined in myriad ways because of its criminalization, she did a 180 on the issue. Lugo says, "Once you figure out that your government has lied to you, it's easy to figure out all the rest."

Lugo laments that too many of her fellow Republicans have bought into "60 years of indoctrination by our government that marijuana is a gateway drug, that it leads to harmful acts." Lee adds, "it's very hypocritical" of her fellow Republicans to be "pro-life and anti-medical marijuana." 

In trying to sell marijuana legalization to fellow RNC attendees—who are very much of pushing a "law and order" agenda this week—Lee says she is trying to convince her party cohort that they can be for law and order but need to "remember laws can be bad, too."

When asked if RAMP has any plans to advocate for the legalization of drugs other than marijuana, Lee says, "this is all I can say grace over. I can't handle anything else. But I know this issue." (1 image)

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

"The mystery to me is why Republicans respect this law like it came from Moses, and when you read how it came about in 1937 under FDR...why Republicans support that is beyond me."

The law is respected because it's the law. If numbnuts here thinks it's a bad law or a stupid law, he's free to petitition the government to change it.

Unfortunately for him, the majority of people don't agree with him. When they do the law will change. That's how it works.

By the way, the law was enacted in 1971, not 1937.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   9:13:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: misterwhite (#1)

If numbnuts here thinks it's a bad law or a stupid law, he's free to petitition the government to change it.

Attaboy - another utterly predictable response from you.

They are trying to get the law changed you insufferable bastard.

By the way, the law was enacted in 1971, not 1937.

So - according to you, not a single person was arrested for a marijuana offense between 1937 and 1971?

Unbelievable!

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Deckard  posted on  2016-07-21   10:03:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Deckard (#2)

"So - according to you, not a single person was arrested for a marijuana offense between 1937 and 1971?"

Correct.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   10:24:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: misterwhite (#3) (Edited)

So - according to you, not a single person was arrested for a marijuana offense between 1937 and 1971?"

Correct.

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively made possession or transfer of marihuana illegal throughout the United States under federal law,

Mandatory sentencing and increased punishment were enacted when the United States Congress passed the Boggs Act of 1952 and the Narcotics Control Act of 1956. The acts made a first-time cannabis possession offense a minimum of two to ten years with a fine up to $20,000.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Deckard  posted on  2016-07-21   10:37:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Deckard (#0)

Willie Green  posted on  2016-07-21   10:49:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Deckard (#4)

"The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively made possession or transfer of marihuana illegal throughout the United States under federal law"

It was only illegal if you didn't have a tax stamp. Then you were arrested for an IRS offense, not a marijuana offense.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   10:51:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Deckard (#0)

I think people underestimate how harmful marijuana may be. Many, many people have had bad panic attacks after smoking or consuming marijuana.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-07-21   10:55:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Deckard (#2)

Because they prefer cocaine?

A Pole  posted on  2016-07-21   11:19:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: misterwhite (#6)

It was only illegal if you didn't have a tax stamp. Then you were arrested for an IRS offense, not a marijuana offense.

Split that hair.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   11:38:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: no gnu taxes (#7)

I think people underestimate how harmful marijuana may be. Many, many people have had bad panic attacks after smoking or consuming marijuana.

People have died after consuming alcohol - should it be banned?

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   11:39:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Deckard (#0)

86-year-old Ann Lee

Pothead hippie. /s

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   11:40:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: ConservingFreedom (#10)

Read my statement. Do you agree or disagree with it?

I made no comment about alcohol or legalizing or banning anything.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-07-21   11:44:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: no gnu taxes (#12)

Read my statement. Do you agree or disagree with it?

I know of no evidence that "many, many" marijuana users have had panic attacks so bad that they qualify as "harm".

I made no comment about alcohol or legalizing or banning anything.

Since the article was about legalization, and it mentions marijuana's harmfulness only to say that it's safer than alcohol or cigarettes, sounds like you're refusing to stay on topic.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   11:55:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: ConservingFreedom (#9)

Split that hair.

Not really. My point was that marijuana was not made illegal until 1971.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   13:48:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: ConservingFreedom (#13)

" and it mentions marijuana's harmfulness only to say that it's safer than alcohol or cigarettes"

Given that alcohol and cigarettes kill millions, saying a drug is safer than them is hardly a ringing endorsement.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   13:55:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: misterwhite (#15)

Given that alcohol and cigarettes kill millions, saying a drug is safer than them is hardly a ringing endorsement.

It's a ringing endorsement of having no greater legal restrictions on that drug than on the alcohol and cigarettes which kill millions.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   14:01:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: misterwhite (#14)

marijuana was not made illegal until 1971.

The distinction between "it is against federal law to possess marijuana" and "it is against federal law to possess marijuana without filing paperwork that would expose one to prosecution under state marijuana laws" is a distinction without a difference.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   14:03:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: ConservingFreedom (#16)

"It's a ringing endorsement of having no greater legal restrictions on that drug than on the alcohol and cigarettes which kill millions."

So now alcohol and cigarettes are the new standards of safety and legality? I wasn't aware that §811(c) of the Controlled Substances Act was repealed.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   14:26:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: ConservingFreedom (#17)

"The distinction between "it is against federal law to possess marijuana" and "it is against federal law to possess marijuana without filing paperwork that would expose one to prosecution under state marijuana laws" is a distinction without a difference."

And when this was presented to Congress, they agreed and passed the Controlled Substances Act making marijuana illegal.

See? You got what you wanted.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   14:32:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: Deckard (#0) (Edited)

Marijuana, and other psychedelics, do not produce the same physical withdrawal sysptoms as opiates and other drugs. This leads to an argument of harmlessness of marijuana. However, marijuana produces the same mental debilitation as opiates without the immediate physical effects.

Someone can live in a dung pile and stay oblivious as long as he can light up another joint. That same person can obliviously require the people around him to live in the same dung pile while he lights up another joint.

I am of the unalterable belief marijuana is more dangerous and destructive than heroin, individually, socially, and institutional/culturally on a larger scale.

Partially extracted from RLK- The Analytic Papers.

rlk  posted on  2016-07-21   15:13:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: misterwhite (#18)

So now alcohol and cigarettes are the new standards

A basis for comparison is not a "standard". Try to address what I actually posted instead of beating straw men.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   16:07:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: misterwhite (#19)

And when this was presented to Congress, they agreed

So why were you claiming otherwise?

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   16:08:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: rlk (#20) (Edited)

marijuana produces the same mental debilitation as opiates without the immediate physical effects. [...] I am of the unalterable belief marijuana is more dangerous and destructive than heroin

So the less physically harmful the more "dangerous and destructive". Wow.

By that logic, shouldn't drugs with "immediate physical effects" be legal?

Someone can live in a dung pile and stay oblivious as long as he can light up another joint. That same person can obliviously require the people around him to live in the same dung pile while he lights up another joint.

How exactly do they "require" that and enforce that requirement?

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   16:13:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: rlk (#20)

RLK- The Analytic Papers

Here? theanalyticpapers.com/

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   16:17:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: ConservingFreedom (#23)

Someone can live in a dung pile and stay oblivious as long as he can light up another joint. That same person can obliviously require the people around him to live in the same dung pile while he lights up another joint.

How exactly do they "require" that and enforce that requirement?

Ask the woman with one or two kids and trying to raise them married to a pothead for an answer.

rlk  posted on  2016-07-21   16:20:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: ConservingFreedom (#21)

"A basis for comparison is not a "standard".

Is that what it was? Here I thought you were arguing that if a dangerous substance is legal, a less dangerous substance should also be legal.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   17:14:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: ConservingFreedom (#22)

"So why were you claiming otherwise?"

All I claimed was that a tax stamp was required and if you didn't have one you were violating the law.

You're the one who expanded the argument from there.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-07-21   17:20:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: rlk (#20)

more dangerous and destructive

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... swarming

pothead
... graveyard

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BorisY  posted on  2016-07-21   19:02:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Deckard (#0)

Why do Republicans Respect Marijuana Prohibition Like it Came From Moses?"

Because legal weed is a (D) platform staple, dipshit. I've tried telling you a million times that most of what you desire IS FILTHY LIBTARDED.

Legal weed, fag marriages... cop hatred... ALL JANE FONDA SHIT.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-07-21   19:11:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: misterwhite (#26)

Here I thought you were arguing that if a dangerous substance is legal, a less dangerous substance should also be legal.

Which comparison doesn't make the more dangerous substance "the standard" contrary to your feeble straw man.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   21:39:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: misterwhite (#27)

All I claimed was that a tax stamp was required and if you didn't have one you were violating the law.

No, you also claimed that marijuana was nonetheless not illegal.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   21:40:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: BorisY (#28)

pothead ... graveyard

Booze is a much quicker trip to the graveyard.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   21:42:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: GrandIsland (#29)

Because legal weed is a (D) platform staple

So Republicans must oppose everything Dums support and thereby let the Dums set the Republican platform? Good strategy, dipshit.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   21:43:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: ConservingFreedom (#33)

There isn't anything on the libtard platform that's worth supporting, unless you're a paultard liberal hippie asshole. Dipshit.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-07-21   21:49:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: misterwhite (#1)

The law is respected because it's the law.

You only address a majority of any legislation (51%) probably signed by a politically powerful ally that was paid for by lobbyists. That means it is bad law.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-07-21   21:52:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: GrandIsland (#34)

"So Republicans must oppose everything Dums support and thereby let the Dums set the Republican platform? Good strategy, dipshit."

There isn't anything on the libtard platform that's worth supporting

So that's a yes to letting the Dims set the Pub platform. Thanks, dipshit.

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   21:52:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: GrandIsland (#34)

libtard platform

What the HeLL is that?

buckeroo  posted on  2016-07-21   21:53:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: GrandIsland (#34)

For or against, dipshit?

"we must stay vigilant. The al-Qaeda core may be on the path to defeat, but the organization and its affiliates remain active in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and elsewhere. For that reason, we are committed to an unrelenting pursuit of those who would kill Americans or threaten our homeland, our allies, our partners, and our interests around the world."

A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.

ConservingFreedom  posted on  2016-07-21   21:56:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: buckeroo (#37)

libtard platform

What the HeLL is that?

The manifesto you live by.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-07-21   21:56:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: ConservingFreedom (#13)

I know of no evidence that "many, many" marijuana users have had panic attacks so bad that they qualify as "harm".

Perhaps you should do some actual research into the actual effects of marijuana then.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-07-21   21:56:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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