Dragon Ball Z Uncensored

[Ryoko's Biatch]

(CNN) -- The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.

Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, said Frank, flanked by legislators and representatives from advocacy groups.

"The vast amount of human activity ought to be none of the government's business," Frank said during a Capitol Hill news conference. "I don't think it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time."

The Massachusetts Democrat and his supporters emphasized that only the use -- and not the abuse -- of marijuana would be decriminalized if the resolution passes.

The Drug Enforcement Administration says people charged with simple possession are rarely incarcerated. The agency and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy have long opposed marijuana legalization, for medical purposes or otherwise.

Marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, according to the ONDCP.

"Smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science -- it is not medicine and it is not safe," the DEA states on its Web site. "Legalization of marijuana, no matter how it begins, will come at the expense of our children and public safety. It will create dependency and treatment issues, and open the door to use of other drugs, impaired health, delinquent behavior, and drugged drivers."

Allen St. Pierre, spokesman for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), likened Frank's proposal -- co-sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas -- to current laws dealing with alcohol consumption. Alcohol use is permitted, and the government focuses its law enforcement efforts on those who abuse alcohol or drive under its influence, he said.

"We do not arrest and jail responsible alcohol drinkers," he said.

St. Pierre said there are tens of millions of marijuana smokers in the United States, including himself, and hundreds of thousands are arrested each year for medical or personal use. iReport.com: Is it time to legalize pot?

There have been 20 million marijuana-related arrests since 1965, he said, and 11 million since 1990, and "every 38 seconds, a marijuana smoker is arrested."

Rob Kampia, director of the Marijuana Policy Project, said marijuana arrests outnumber arrests for "all violent crimes combined," meaning that police are spending inordinate amounts of time chasing nonviolent criminals.

"Ending arrests is the key to marijuana policy reform," he said.

Reps. William Lacy Clay, D-Missouri, and Barbara Lee, D-California, said that in addition to targeting nonviolent offenders, U.S. marijuana laws also unfairly target African-Americans.

Clay said he did not condone drug use, but he opposes using tax dollars to pursue what he feels is an arcane holdover from "a phony war on drugs that is filling up our prisons, especially with people of color."

Too many drug enforcement resources are being dedicated to incarcerating nonviolent drugs users, and not enough is being done to stop the trafficking of narcotics into the United States, he said.

Being arrested is not the American marijuana smoker's only concern, said Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance Network. Those found guilty of marijuana use can lose their jobs, financial aid for college, their food stamp and welfare benefits, or their low-cost housing.

The U.S. stance on marijuana, Piper said, "is one of the most destructive criminal justice policies in America today."

Calling the U.S. policy "inhumane" and "immoral," Lee said she has many constituents who are harassed or arrested for using or cultivating marijuana for medical purposes. California allows medical marijuana use, but the federal government does not, she explained.

House Resolution 5843, titled the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008, would allow "a very small number of individuals" suffering from chronic pain or illness to smoke marijuana with impunity.

According to NORML, marijuana can be used to treat a range of illnesses, including glaucoma, asthma, multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS and seizures.

Frank, who is chairman of the Financial Services Committee, said about a dozen states already have approved some degree of medical marijuana use, and the federal government should stop devoting resources to arresting people who are complying with their states' laws.

In a shot at Republicans, Frank said it was strange that those who support limited government want to criminalize marijuana.

Asked if the resolution's passage would change his personal behavior, Frank quipped, "I do obey every law I vote for," but quickly said he did not use marijuana, nor does he encourage it.

"I smoke cigars. I don't think other people should do that. If young people ask me, I would advise them not to do it," he said.
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If HR 5843 were passed by the House, marijuana smokers could possess up to 100 grams -- about 3½ ounces -- of cannabis without being arrested. It would also permit the "nonprofit transfer" of up to an ounce of marijuana.

The resolution would not affect laws forbidding growing, importing or exporting marijuana, or selling it for profit. The resolution also would not affect any state laws regarding marijuana use.

[Action Hank]

Camera zooms out showing HR 5843 made of weed.

[Psarevo]

DOOBZ ROT YOUR BRAIN

[Psarevo]

Remember how, before 8bo was needlessly and overaggressively militant about UFOs, it was doobz?

[Action Hank]

Hey now, buddy. . .wanna get high?

[Mike Dunn]

Barney Frank is a faggot.

[Ryoko's Biatch]

420

[8 bit orgy]

The PAY ROY is a lot like women, they don't need to waste their energy on things such as "making sense", to win an argument.

The fact is, marijuana laws are borderline antiquated in comparison to modern laws. There's not a single valid legal reason why people go to prison over pot, but the political repercussions of being "pro-pot" will ensure we'll never see marijuana decriminalization for the rest of our lives.

And the only reason weed is illegal, is so that cops could arrest the Chinese and Blacks and that so the paper mill companies didn't have to compete with hemp. It was, after all, lobbyists that made it illegal.

[BigJoeMex]

There's other ways of getting high besides pot. What a friend does sometimes is that he takes banana peels and leaves them to dry in the sun. After a while, he tears these weird strings on the inner skin and smokes those. He claims it's not as effective, but it's obviously a lot easier on the wallet and you can't get in jail for it.

*cops break into house and arrest person for possession of banana peels*



Mind you. This could also be utter bullshit for all I care.

[Jason]

Does he also eat nutmeg?

[BigJoeMex]

I'll have to ask him, though I highly doubt it.

[SuperPsaturn]

According to the internet you can put pretty much anything in the sun/a jar and huff it to get high as fuck.

[Action Hank]

Can you put the internet in a jar and get high off that?

[Ryoko's Biatch]

:faroutman

[BigJoeMex]

Actually, you can use almost anything to either improvise a drug or the means to take it and trip out.

http://www.asylum.com/2008/04/18/the-most-bizarre-and-inventive-bongs-for-tobacco-use-only/

"For tobacco use". Right, faggot!

Fuck. Some fucking scumbags down the streets even use lightbulbs to smoke crack. Necessity is truly the mother of invention!

Also:

http://www.asylum.com/2008/05/12/grave-digging-teens-turn-a-skull-into-a-bong/

A possible candidate for Gay News, though it is relevant to this discussion too.

[Magic Juan]

Lightbulbs....for crack?

[BigJoeMex]

They cut the top of the bulb, put the crack inside and then they put a lighter/match underneath the bulb and inhale.


Enjoy!

[Action Hank]

They should use fluorescent bulbs to get the added mercury high.

[Magic Juan]

I did not know that lightbulbs can be used to smoke crack, or that pot got you high, for example.

[Stupid Fucking Faggot]

I think we're all going to learn a lot from BigJoeMex.