Marijuana Is “Only Slightly Less Awful” Than Heroin

[CosmicCharlie]

They won't really go after heroin more than usual because the CIA makes too much money from Afghan heroin.

I think they will probably go after recreational weed and interstate traffickers. That's pretty much what they said they would do as far as going after marijuana.

 

[c2288]

Well, The administration has submitted its' first public wishlist for a budget. I find it interesting the items to be cut, and in the background Sessions has already issued a memo directing the Bureau of Prisons to reverse President Obama's memo of contracting with private prisons and start immediately increasing capacity with the private prisons. He supports mandatory sentencing so that they can meet the contract occupancy rates! I suggest all the supporters take an inventory of financial, physical assets, health insurance costs, and tax liability and write it down. If we are still here in a year compare now and then. We will not know the amount of billions the billionaires steal because we don't have a baseline. However, he is a businessman and the billionaire business men and women will run the country like a business that will take care of its' citizens. Regards,

 

[mr.brunch]

Give a man a gun and he will rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he will rob the world.

 

[aridbud]

Disagree Vta. The AG most certainly does set policy in may ways. My impression of the Trump cabinet is that he will give them their heads regarding policy and operations. He really doesn't know how government works and has a tendency to not work much himself.

Yep. And Lining up new attorneys after previous administration selections made, now fired or gone. That pendulum is gonna swing.

 

[Shmavis]

Was wondering when someone would mention the 46. If anyone doubts that the replacements will be puppets, then...

Sometimes folks speak of medical being safe because this administration believes in state’s rights. Somehow this reasoning avoids the current stated intent to stomp all over state’s rights by going after rec.

The following quotes from Sessions really sum it up for me. (And no, I don’t think Trump is going to restrain this guy.)

“Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.” (context: marijuana).

Jeff Sessions also told reporters on Monday he thinks “medical marijuana has been hyped, maybe too much.”

So we wait.

 

[armedoldhippy]

and Sessions is only "slightly less" intelligent than a box of river rocks...

 

[topheavy420]

I think sessions dumb remarks are an indication that his leash won't allow him to go after weed on a scale he would like so he's barking to put fear out there. Besides sessions dumb remarks we have Spicer clearly unprepared for comment. Not much to go off of. I'm still inclined to beleive what trump has said about the matter, he's a populist and the popular opinion is leave weed alone.

I hope at his next news conference a reporter asks him directly instead of all this sideshow bull. Let's get a direct answer straight from the source that wasn't made during the campaign.

 

[aridbud]

and Sessions is only "slightly less" intelligent than a box of river rocks...

Even his face reminds me of a boulder with a dweeby expression. I liken him to a snake in the grass. Changes abound. Our only hope is to vote out those not in favor of the liberties we've come to appreciate.

Politics is clearly this: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I hope at his next news conference a reporter asks him directly instead of all this sideshow bull. [/FONT]

 

[Jhhnn]

and Sessions is only "slightly less" intelligent than a box of river rocks...

Sessions, Trump & the rest of the crew aren't stupid at all. They just pander to fearful & poorly educated people to advance an authoritarian power agenda. They'll def advance that in front of a LEO audience. All they really care about is being large & in charge so no amount of insincerity is beneath them.

A cannabis crackdown won't sell nearly as easily to the general public in light of successful legalization in CO & WA. They've also been advancing a false narrative wrt violent crime meaning folks will see cannabis enforcement as squandering resources best applied elsewhere. I figure that's true even for the Trump faithful.

 

[oldchuck]

It's hard to tell the difference between stupid and blindly ideologically block headed. Trump and crew may not be technically stupid but none seem persuaded by logic and common sense. In a very short time they have done many apparently stupid things.

 

[Gry]

It looks like a freight train to me, and it is Not on time.

 

[topheavy420]

Politics is clearly this:*I hope at his next news conference a reporter asks him directly instead of all this sideshow bull.

I guess naive of me to think that would change certain ilks minds, but then again when was the last time we were led by a citizen president and not a career politican? But I don't expect that to change the same ilks minds either. I suspect nothing will, not even if he forwarded the cannabis movement in some way.

The Democrats and alot dems in my opinion are making huge mistakes. The political people are nothing more than obstructionist at this point, and they're wide ranging in their veiws, from centrists to progressives to now democratic socialist. Alot of citizens who lean that way have devolved into not the nicest folks either, rude, name calling, labeling jerks. All of this is strengthening trump. So by all means carry on and don't bother to join in and have say in steering the ship, just bitch away.

At the same time the country elected obama, the state's elected the tea party to keep him in check. This is life in a representative republic. On certain issues I do wish we could have nation wide reforendums, not so sure that could heal the division though either.

The media has driven us apart in so many ways. Just look at the back and forth in these threads here. Everything is so sensationalized these days. Look at breitbart to occupy democrats, sensationalized bull playing to people's predisposed opinions, CNN to fox, all prepackaged bull playing to your opinion with no middle ground.

 

[packerfan79]

Still waiting on what is going to happen...what stance Trump tells Sessions to go by. So far Sessions is keeping his tone the same, fortunately for us pot smokers...the AG doesn't set policy and Trump will have the final say and hopefully he will keep his stance on States Rights. Time will tell.




That is why threads get shut down. But, don't think for a second that I vote for a President based on their drug reform beliefs. Is it important for me? Sure, as a libertarian I feel that all drugs should be legal. A limited federal government that is fiscally responsible is far more important to me. Hillary or Bernie would of increased spending and raised taxes. 2 things I am against.

I completely agree with you vta to many potheads a 1 issue voters, willing to trade legal weed for out of control Socialist, who will further bankrupt our nation, and trash the constitution our only protection from a leftist dictator. I would hate to see our country sink to the level of of a 3rd world Socialist society like Venezuela.

 

[troutman]

Jeff Sessions, the U.S. Attorney General, had some typically harsh words about marijuana today, at a time when legal pot supporters in Massachusetts and elsewhere are on high alert over how the new government will treat the drug.
In prepared remarks for a speech to law enforcement in Richmond today, Jeff Sessions outlined his stance on marijuana use, which he has long opposed, saying that “dependency” on it is “only slightly less awful” than heroin.

I realize this may be an unfashionable belief in a time of growing tolerance of drug use. But too many lives are at stake to worry about being fashionable. I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful. Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.
​

To that end, Jeff Sessions continued, and said he supports a renewed drug awareness campaign on the “terrible truth about drugs”, like the ones rolled out decades ago.

In the ’80s and ’90s, we saw how campaigns stressing prevention brought down drug use and addiction. We can do this again. Educating people and telling them the terrible truth about drugs and addiction will result in better choices. We can reduce the use of drugs, save lives and turn back the surge in crime that inevitably follows in the wake of increased drug abuse.
​

His full remarks are available here.
This is, needless to say, an extreme take. It’s true that a portion of marijuana users develop a dependency on the drug, and researchers have found evidence of withdrawal symptoms among heavy users who stop. But the rate of addiction is much lower than it is for habitual abusers of alcohol or tobacco, and using marijuana is known to be much less dangerous than either of those legal vices.
Opioid overdoses killed nearly 2,000 people last year in Massachusetts alone. Addiction to painkillers and other opioid products can set in fast, it’s a perplexingly difficult addiction to beat, and use of heroin in the region has become even more dangerous amid the rise of a new, highly concentrated drug called fentanyl. You can’t overdose on marijuana.
Among other medical applications, marijuana can be used to treat chronic pain, as a substitute for addictive painkilling drugs, and areas with greater access to medical marijuana appear to have reduced levels of opioid abuse.
Jeff Sessions also told reporters on Monday he thinks “medical marijuana has been hyped, maybe too much.”
https://www.mymarijuananews.com/jeff-sessions-marijuana-is-only-slightly-less-awful-than-heroin/

Are you really stupid enough to think Marijuana is almost like Heroin?

Only a cop would say something like this.

 

[Jellyfish]

Are you really stupid enough to think Marijuana is almost like Heroin?

Only a cop would say something like this.

He doesn't really believe it, but he wants the public to believe it. Then he can protect them from it and justify his existence.

 

[toxic hippie]

Just look at the back and forth in these threads here. Everything is so sensationalized these days

to me it shows we all love our country passionately. no matter what our political view point we all have that one thing in common.

disagreements are good to a certain degree. if everyone thinks the same, then someone isnt thinking

 

[Robrites]

Are you really stupid enough to think Marijuana is almost like Heroin?

Only a cop would say something like this.

Jeff Sessions is
America's Top Cop.

 

[topheavy420]

to me it shows we all love our country passionately. no matter what our political view point we all have that one thing in common.

disagreements are good to a certain degree. if everyone thinks the same, then someone isnt thinking

Can't disagree that we all love our country, right on brother.

Civility needs to come back. After the most divisive election in a long time we need middle ground and Civility to make a come back. Because your right discussion is good, it leads to progress for all.

 

[subrob]

Politics is clearly this:*I hope at his next news conference a reporter asks him directly instead of all this sideshow bull.

I guess naive of me to think that would change certain ilks minds, but then again when was the last time we were led by a citizen president and not a career politican? But I don't expect that to change the same ilks minds either. I suspect nothing will, not even if he forwarded the cannabis movement in some way.

The Democrats and alot dems in my opinion are making huge mistakes. The political people are nothing more than obstructionist at this point, and they're wide ranging in their veiws, from centrists to progressives to now democratic socialist. Alot of citizens who lean that way have devolved into not the nicest folks either, rude, name calling, labeling jerks. All of this is strengthening trump. So by all means carry on and don't bother to join in and have say in steering the ship, just bitch away.

At the same time the country elected obama, the state's elected the tea party to keep him in check. This is life in a representative republic. On certain issues I do wish we could have nation wide reforendums, not so sure that could heal the division though either.

The media has driven us apart in so many ways. Just look at the back and forth in these threads here. Everything is so sensationalized these days. Look at breitbart to occupy democrats, sensationalized bull playing to people's predisposed opinions, CNN to fox, all prepackaged bull playing to your opinion with no middle ground.

See...Now I can have a conversation w someone who makes a statement like this...IF you acknowledge that what your putting on Democrat politicians shoulders here pales in comparison to the obstructionism and unequalled disrespect and outright lies the right has heaped upon the world the last 8 years
The tea party was NOT elected to keep him in check...They were elected as part of an uprising on the part of the right wing base who were tired of their reps lying and selling out...Just like the Bernie babies almost pulled of on the left last year..

 

[Gry]

I heard an audio clip recorded in the past week, four younger news people were speaking of manipulated media. One of them mentioned Lenni Riefenstahl , but it was oblivious they thought they were speaking of a male. No one seemed to notice.