Originally Posted by micr0c0sm

Read into Ron Paul. He seems really genuine (Mike Gravel genuine too but a bit crazy). Ron Paul has been getting more media attention too and both of them look leagues ahead of any other candidates.

The legalizing marijuana will never go through, but if you think it out it is much better than the state of drugs currently. By legalizing marijuana :
a) Gov't makes tons of money.
b) Gov't can regulate dosage.
c) Gov't makes sure it is not laced.
d) Small time drug dealers (read: tons of suburban gangsta wannabes) actually get legitimate jobs.

The arguement against goes something like 'Gov't condoning the use of marijuana' . Main points against that argument is that it will NOT get people who werent interested in the first place to try it.

yeah, it'll probably never happen but that's not my argument to make cause I don't know crap about politics. the problem with the gangsta wannabe's having to get jobs is, at least in my neck of the woods, there are no jobs to get

i sometimes wonder how much the illegalization of marijuana promotes its use. i know when i was younger and big into drugs i, admittedly, did it because my friends did it. my friends did it because it was the cool thing to do, and it was the cool thing to do because you weren't supposed to do it.

i don't know if it's true or not, but the foreign interns i've worked with from countries which have no age restriction on alcohol are more responsible with it than many 21 year old Americans i know. maybe it's because they had a head start, maybe it's because Americans including myself can be naturally irresponsible, or maybe it's because it's not a taboo where they're from and as a result not such a big deal.

basically, a modern day james dean should get on TV and start eating vegetables, and all the youngin's would be snatching up all the broccoli they can find.