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Marijuana and the Elections: What You Need to Know
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe Basics - The elections will constitute a referendum of sorts on the role Americans want legalized marijuana to play in their lives. - Outright legalization and taxation of marijuana will come up for a vote in California. It would allow people to have and/or grow up to an ounce for personal use. The taxes from such a move could raise up to $1 billion for the state's financially starved local jurisdictions and save up to $300 million a year in law enforcement costs. Critics -- including many law enforcement agencies -- say it would put communities at risk. Californians are roughly split on ...
CBS News Cites 'Family Guy' Dog in Marijuana Report
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI would really love to get some of what this CBS reporter was smoking:(CBS) On yesterday's episode of Fox's animated sitcom "Family Guy," one of the main characters - a dog named Brian - is arrested for possession of marijuana. He subsequently goes on a mission to legalize the drug, at one point earnestly arguing that it is only outlawed because William Randolph Hearst wanted to keep hemp production from hurting his paper interests in the 1930s. Yes, the argument was articulated by an animated dog. And yes, the response from one of the other characters was, well, a fart. But still: Last ...
Kennedy to Write New Drug Policy Law
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had a chance to interview Patrick Kennedy (D- RI) at a fundraiser over the weekend, and one of the things I asked him about was the logic behind Eric Holder's recent shift on marijuana policy. As I've noted before, there is overwhelming public support for legalizing medical marijuana, and decriminalizing its non-medical use.As you'll see in this clip, Kennedy says he will be writing a law reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy, with an eye toward decriminalization: ...
President Obama Hosts First Ever Online Presidential Town Hall
By Tommy Christopher and Caleb Howe - Politics DailyHere are reactions to the President's Online Town Hall Meeting. Caleb Howe's comments will be in black type, and Tommy Christopher's in blue.My biggest takeaway from this event was witnessing the awesome power of a fully armed and operational Jake Tapper Twitter feed. It was only a minute after Tapper tweeted about vote totals that Obama suddenly decided to address the question with the most votes: Should we legalize it? Disloyal cretin! Don't you know anyone else with an awesome Twitter feed? By the way, Obama's answer was basically no, legalizing won't help the economy, and yes, the fact ...
Ron Paul vs. Stephen Baldwin on Marijuana Laws? Are You High?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyRon Paul may not have won the Republican presidential nomination, but he damn-sure won every debate, most notably embarrassing John McCain at the Reagan Library. So, who would you book to debate Paul on the legalization of marijuana, or any topic? I can't think of many names lower on that list than Stephen Baldwin.As I've noted before, I like Baldwin. Agree with him or not (and I don't), he's got an unvarnished quality that's tough not to like. But a debate with Ron Paul? I want some of what you're smoking.Paul takes out most of his buddies in the process, noting twice that "a lot of people in ...
Save the Economy? Legalize Pot
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThat's the not-so-surprising conclusion reached not long ago by more than a few noted economists, Milton Friedman among them. In a letter to congress and the president, over 500 of the bean counters called for the federal government to decriminalize marijuana, cease the costly and ineffective prohibition of the drug, and regulate it the way we do alcohol. The report shows that marijuana legalization--replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation--would save $7.7 billion per year in state and federal expenditures on prohibition enforcement and produce tax revenues of at least ...
Will Barack Obama Legalize Marijuana?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyBarack Obama's transition website, Change.gov, added a new feature recently that allows people to submit, and vote on, questions for the President-Elect and his team. After a bump in the road involving the spiking of Blagojevich-related questions, the site has put out it's first round of questions and answers. The fourth question on the list contains the aforementioned question, and its disappointing, if unsurprising, answer. From Open For Questions: Q: "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs ...
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