Comments on: Rep. Harris Condemns Legal Pot, Challenges Medical Merits; Backpedals on Pushing Charges Against DC Mayor on Legalization

By: Almost Heaven

Almost Heaven — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:20:25 +0000

Just say no,

I agree with you, people should not drink alcohol since it can kill you, and people will call you an alcoholic.

That’s why I avoid it,and prefer distilled spirits, therefore I’m spiritual.

Now I ask you a simple question

God made cannabis, man made alcohol so who do you trust?

Just Say No Brainer!

By: Just say no

Just say no — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 18:46:42 +0000

Almost Heaven,
Your first argument is ludicrous. All natural growing substances are not beneficial- hemlock, poison ivy, arsenic, and even tobacco.

Secondly, alcohol cannot be compared to pot. People who smoke pot for recreational purposes, do so solely to get high. Pot use always alters/impairs your mental state and limits self control so there is not such thing as responsible use. Alcohol, on the other hand, can be used in amounts that will not impair a person’s mental state or cause him to lose control of his faculties. Only when alcohol is abused does it cause intoxication. People can drink alcohol in such limited amounts that it causes no impairment. Many people consume alcohol responsibly, but the same cannot be said for those who smoke pot.

Alcohol causes more deaths than pot because it has been culturally accepted and is legal, so people hang out at bars, get drunk, and then drive. If people were legally able to do the same thing with pot, there would be the same effect. Driving while high is no safer than driving while intoxicated with any other substance including alcohol, and to try to market pot as harmless is irresponsible.

Other than for medical reasons (relief of pain, appetite enhancement), use of pot is for one purpose only, to get high/cause mental impairment/intoxication. With alcohol, people have a choice to ingest it responsibly or not.

By: SquirrelMaster

SquirrelMaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:26:21 +0000

What Harris doesn’t seem to understand is the failed effects of the war on drugs. There’s the obvious and undeniable facts that the laws are unfairly used on impoverished communities no matter the race. Add in the billions spent in the prosecution and incarceration of non violent drug offenders, and then taking a nonviolent offender and housing them with violent predators. It’s a recipe for disaster, and just look at the % of americans in prison vs other countries.

I’m not stating legalization is the ultimate answer, but decriminalization just makes sense from a fiduciary sense. Where legalization and the subsequent taxation takes that financial gain to the next level.

Harris is a shill, and it appears a good portion of his own party realized he’s off topic here. How a doctor could deny years and years of medical research of the benefits of a simple compound, It just smacks of he’s a blowhard. The medical establishment felt it had medical benefits so much so that the pharmaceutical industry developed Marinol in the 70’s. I fear for this county and country, because blowhards are leading us into further failures at an unprecedented rate.