Pot plan appears doomed

The City Council appears poised to reject an ordinance tonight that would allow one heavily regulated medical-marijuana dispensary to open in the city.

[Don]

Great job Claremont. Marijuana is not medicine. Prop 215 is a failure.

[Whew Don]

Sorry Don, but you could not be further from the truth. Medical Marijuana is medicine. Try digging your mind out of a backwards republican state of mind.

[Chi]

Marijuana is a panacea.

[Don]

Actually "Whew Don",I'm a democrat -- and most of us democrats oppose drug use. Who wouldn't. You must be one of the few democrats making the rest of us look like drug users from the 60's. Stop giving our party a bad name.
By the way, you might want to read the following to educate yourself:
Marijuana is legally a Schedule I Controlled Substance under a federal law that evaluates the balance of risks and benefits of drugs with input from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The reason for legal restrictions on controlled substances is to protect public health and public safety. Simply put, marijuana is a substance that intoxicates those who use it, injuring their health and the well-being of those around them.
Marijuana potency has grown steeply over the past decade, with serious implications in particular for young people, who are being placed at not only increased risk for schizophrenia, depression, cognitive deficits and respiratory problems, but are further at significantly higher risk for developing dependency on other drugs, such as cocaine and heroin than are non-smokers.
While marijuana is the most prevalent controlled substance, with an estimated 15 million users on a monthly basis, researchers agree that if legal disincentives were not in place, the number of users would soar, leading to far greater negative social impact on everything from school performance and roadway and workplace accidents, to the prevalence of serious mental illness and rising emergency room episodes.
Marijuana use is currently the leading cause of treatment need for those abusing or dependent on illegal drugs, is the second leading reason for drug-induced emergency room episodes, and for young people, has surpassed alcohol in addictive risk and impact on dependency requiring treatment.
The reason that marijuana is, and should remain, illegal is that the drug itself is harmful to the individual and to the community. That is the assessment of the medical and the law enforcement community. Increasingly, that is the assessment of a growing number of young people, as well, since marijuana use has plummeted by 25 percent over the past five years. They apparently agree with Australian researchers, who recently characterized marijuana, based on their comparative studies of youth who used and those who did not, as "the drug for life’s losers." Removing legal penalties would only make this drug more accessible, its use more prevalent, its damage more widespread, and would swell the number of those at risk for becoming "life's losers."
Hmmm. And this is just the tip of the iceberg with all the dangers of smoking pot.
Enjoy.

[Don]

Actually "Whew Don",I'm a democrat -- and most of us democrats oppose drug use. Who wouldn't. You must one of the few democrats making the rest of us look like drug users from the 60's
By the way, you might want to read the following to educate yourself:
Marijuana is legally a Schedule I Controlled Substance under a federal law that evaluates the balance of risks and benefits of drugs with input from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The reason for legal restrictions on controlled substances is to protect public health and public safety. Simply put, marijuana is a substance that intoxicates those who use it, injuring their health and the well-being of those around them.
Marijuana potency has grown steeply over the past decade, with serious implications in particular for young people, who are being placed at not only increased risk for schizophrenia, depression, cognitive deficits and respiratory problems, but are further at significantly higher risk for developing dependency on other drugs, such as cocaine and heroin than are non-smokers.
While marijuana is the most prevalent controlled substance, with an estimated 15 million users on a monthly basis, researchers agree that if legal disincentives were not in place, the number of users would soar, leading to far greater negative social impact on everything from school performance and roadway and workplace accidents, to the prevalence of serious mental illness and rising emergency room episodes.
Marijuana use is currently the leading cause of treatment need for those abusing or dependent on illegal drugs, is the second leading reason for drug-induced emergency room episodes, and for young people, has surpassed alcohol in addictive risk and impact on dependency requiring treatment.
The reason that marijuana is, and should remain, illegal is that the drug itself is harmful to the individual and to the community. That is the assessment of the medical and the law enforcement community. Increasingly, that is the assessment of a growing number of young people, as well, since marijuana use has plummeted by 25 percent over the past five years. They apparently agree with Australian researchers, who recently characterized marijuana, based on their comparative studies of youth who used and those who did not, as "the drug for life’s losers." Removing legal penalties would only make this drug more accessible, its use more prevalent, its damage more widespread, and would swell the number of those at risk for becoming "life's losers."

[nomore]

The reason marijuana is illegal is to drive up crime, including homicides, and therefor create "make work" jobs for law enforcement, the prison industry, and the legal business. Resulting, of course, in higher taxes to pay for it all. It also leads to many people being denied the vote; since these people are less likely to vote for the "establishment", it is a winner all they way around for the "Conservatives".

As a drug, marijuana has its good effects and bad effects. So do caffeine, nicotine, ethanol, aspirin, etc. Gasoline is the same way, although it is not a drug.

[Chi]

The laws against marijuana cause more harm than the actual plant.

[Paul]

"You must be one of the few democrats making the rest of us look like drug users from the 60's. Stop giving our party a bad name."

And what are you? A prohibitionist stuck in the 1920s?

"Marijuana is legally a Schedule I Controlled Substance under a federal law that evaluates the balance of risks and benefits of drugs with input from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)."

Ah yes. The same evaluation that says Marijuana is more harmful than coke and heroine. You really won us over with that one.

"rising emergency room episodes."

How the hell can there be emergency room episodes from a substance that would require something along the lines of 40 pounds of THC for a lethal overdose?

"The reason for legal restrictions on controlled substances is to protect public health and public safety."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

So that means alcohol, cigarettes, and everything approved by the FDA is also illegal, right?

[whew]

Wow Don, you copy and paste real well. Too bad you are incapable of thinking for yourself. You must be one of those incredibly stupid Democrats.
Exactly how many times did you vote for Bush?
Does your "type" of Democrat hate any new ideas? Sure seems like it. Have fun in the 20's. I'm thinking thats probably the year you were born.