Carlos Santana wishes Obama would legalize pot

President Barack Obama brushed off a question about legalizing marijuana in his online town hall last month, but guitar god Carlos Santana says he wishes he would seriously consider it.

[mmm]

How is it that this is a developing story? Santana is not a world leader of importance. Must be a slow news day.

[Felix Lighter]

I tend to ignore political comments by any idiot who proudly wears Che Guevera T shirts.

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[Crash]

Cali. is not the only state that could use a good "A" govenor.

[Fred Tornado]

I tend to ignore political ramblings by any idiot who proudly wears Che Guevera t-shirts.

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[FrigginIdiots]

Santana for President 2012.

[Allen]

Sorry Carlos, love you but that's just ignorant.

The President can not legalize pot. Further, the Democrats are the last Party to legalize pot. Look at what Clinton did.(Google "Donna Shalala HHS Medical Marijuana).

I suspect that Obama is totally anti-legalization, more so than ANY Republican. Almost any Democrat is rabidly opposed to legalization because they view interdiction/prohibition as a means to make minority neighborhoods better. They are more likely to think that Government can solve the drug problem.

Congress passes laws... the President signs them (or not).

However! Congress can't even legalize Cannabis. Surprised?

Here's how it works. If you don't believe me, write Debbie Stabenow and ask her.

Congress passed a law making drugs of a certain FDA classification illegal. Cannabis is in a classification category that is AUTOMATICALLY illegal.

There is no law stating that Cannabis (or Marajuana if you want that racially loaded word) is illegal.

It is the FDA that, due to really bad science, put cannabis in that classification.

The ONLY way it can be legal is if a President appoints an FDA chief that will return a sensible verdict.

See now, Congress doesn't have to take the heat on this... "Our hands are tied!" YET they and the President appoint and approve the FDA chief.

See how that works? Again, write your Democratic Party elected official and ask them yourself. Tell them what YOU want, while your're at it.

I'm a Democrat but on this issue, THEY, not the Republicans are the problem. The current system does nothing but give criminals Billions of dollars in untaxed income. The Democrats can't get their heads out of the save-the-ghetto-bleeding-heart mode, long enough to see that the massive profits are what is ruining our cities, not the actual effects of drugs.

Make the criminals get a real job... write your reps. Make them stop using the FDA classification as their excuse. Force the issue. Write!

I neither use, like, or recommend the use of cannabis (except for certain health reasons), but certainly would not put you in jail if you grow or use it.

[FrigginIdiots]

You may be right about not legalizing it, but they can decimalize it. Then the money currently spent on enforcement can be used for better things.

Allen wrote:

Sorry Carlos, love you but that's just ignorant.
The President can not legalize pot. Further, the Democrats are the last Party to legalize pot. Look at what Clinton did.(Google "Donna Shalala HHS Medical Marijuana).
I suspect that Obama is totally anti-legalization, more so than ANY Republican. Almost any Democrat is rabidly opposed to legalization because they view interdiction/prohibition as a means to make minority neighborhoods better. They are more likely to think that Government can solve the drug problem.
Congress passes laws... the President signs them (or not).
However! Congress can't even legalize Cannabis. Surprised?
Here's how it works. If you don't believe me, write Debbie Stabenow and ask her.
Congress passed a law making drugs of a certain FDA classification illegal. Cannabis is in a classification category that is AUTOMATICALLY illegal.
There is no law stating that Cannabis (or Marajuana if you want that racially loaded word) is illegal.
It is the FDA that, due to really bad science, put cannabis in that classification.
The ONLY way it can be legal is if a President appoints an FDA chief that will return a sensible verdict.
See now, Congress doesn't have to take the heat on this... "Our hands are tied!" YET they and the President appoint and approve the FDA chief.
See how that works? Again, write your Democratic Party elected official and ask them yourself. Tell them what YOU want, while your're at it.
I'm a Democrat but on this issue, THEY, not the Republicans are the problem. The current system does nothing but give criminals Billions of dollars in untaxed income. The Democrats can't get their heads out of the save-the-ghetto-bleeding-heart mode, long enough to see that the massive profits are what is ruining our cities, not the actual effects of drugs.
Make the criminals get a real job... write your reps. Make them stop using the FDA classification as their excuse. Force the issue. Write!
I neither use, like, or recommend the use of cannabis (except for certain health reasons), but certainly would not put you in jail if you grow or use it.

[FrigginIdiots]

*Criminalize

[Parks and Rec]

47.5% of all arrests are marijuana related.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,859...

How about we start concentrating on real criminals instead of potheads.

[videovamp]

The legalization of pot is long overdue. Alcohol and prescription drugs such as Vicodin, Oxycotin,etc are far worse. No stoned person has ever killed someone in a car accident. The only thing they may have hurt is a bag of donuts they eat when they get the munchies.
The government could get us out of the recession by taxing the crap out of marijuana. We could get the prison and local overcrowding of our jail system under control by letting non violent marijuana prisoners out and keeping the violent prisoners locked up.
To get past the political hang-up our representatives have on taking a stand for legalization let Congress draft a bill and let the majority of ciizens in this country take all the blame by voting in legislation to legalize marijuana.
Whenever a vote is taken to legalize marijuana for medical purposes it passes. Our government needs to listen to its people.

[Snowrider]

"No stoned person has ever killed someone in a car accident."?!

videovamp wrote:

The legalization of pot is long overdue. Alcohol and prescription drugs such as Vicodin, Oxycotin,etc are far worse. No stoned person has ever killed someone in a car accident. The only thing they may have hurt is a bag of donuts they eat when they get the munchies.
The government could get us out of the recession by taxing the crap out of marijuana. We could get the prison and local overcrowding of our jail system under control by letting non violent marijuana prisoners out and keeping the violent prisoners locked up.
To get past the political hang-up our representatives have on taking a stand for legalization let Congress draft a bill and let the majority of ciizens in this country take all the blame by voting in legislation to legalize marijuana.
Whenever a vote is taken to legalize marijuana for medical purposes it passes. Our government needs to listen to its people.

[Barney Frank]

Wets bail out the mailiwana pwoducing cuntwies next.
Pot wules! Gwass neva hurt nodody.

[Anthrax]

Allen wrote:

Sorry Carlos, love you but that's just ignorant.
The President can not legalize pot. Further, the Democrats are the last Party to legalize pot. Look at what Clinton did.(Google "Donna Shalala HHS Medical Marijuana).
I suspect that Obama is totally anti-legalization, more so than ANY Republican. Almost any Democrat is rabidly opposed to legalization because they view interdiction/prohibition as a means to make minority neighborhoods better. They are more likely to think that Government can solve the drug problem.
Congress passes laws... the President signs them (or not).
However! Congress can't even legalize Cannabis. Surprised?
Here's how it works. If you don't believe me, write Debbie Stabenow and ask her.
Congress passed a law making drugs of a certain FDA classification illegal. Cannabis is in a classification category that is AUTOMATICALLY illegal.
There is no law stating that Cannabis (or Marajuana if you want that racially loaded word) is illegal.
It is the FDA that, due to really bad science, put cannabis in that classification.
The ONLY way it can be legal is if a President appoints an FDA chief that will return a sensible verdict.
See now, Congress doesn't have to take the heat on this... "Our hands are tied!" YET they and the President appoint and approve the FDA chief.
See how that works? Again, write your Democratic Party elected official and ask them yourself. Tell them what YOU want, while your're at it.
I'm a Democrat but on this issue, THEY, not the Republicans are the problem. The current system does nothing but give criminals Billions of dollars in untaxed income. The Democrats can't get their heads out of the save-the-ghetto-bleeding-heart mode, long enough to see that the massive profits are what is ruining our cities, not the actual effects of drugs.
Make the criminals get a real job... write your reps. Make them stop using the FDA classification as their excuse. Force the issue. Write!
I neither use, like, or recommend the use of cannabis (except for certain health reasons), but certainly would not put you in jail if you grow or use it.

Interesting.

I'm just not waiting for the FDA's greenlight. Oooo it must grind the gov't that individuals are smoking something they CAN'T TAX!
Mwhahaha!

[Ms Angie]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,859...

I thought this was a pretty interesting article from Time. In it they suggest that CA alone could receive nearly 1.4 billion dollars in revenue by taxing it alone. Imagine what kind of revenue that could produce for an entire country, not to mention the billions saved by not having to deal with the entire legal process.

[Anthrax]

Instead of a tea party at the fish ladder, how about a pot party? If we get hundreds of people they can't arrest us all.

[Ms Angie]

Anthrax wrote:

Instead of a tea party at the fish ladder, how about a pot party? If we get hundreds of people they can't arrest us all.

I think that's been done...

[Phil McCracken]

this is probably Carlos' best and last shot...

[vecina]

Fred Tornado wrote:

I tend to ignore political ramblings by any idiot who proudly wears Che Guevera t-shirts.
http://images.google.com/imgres...

He's entitled to his opinion. He's definetely not an idiot.
does your sucess match his? By the way he's english is far more better than Arnold's. Most people are complaining to legalize
marijuana. His rambling made news..ours will just stay right here on the forum.

[vecina]

mmm wrote:

How is it that this is a developing story? Santana is not a world leader of importance. Must be a slow news day.

niether is "Rush",
and a lot of well known people.

[vecina]

Crash wrote:

Cali. is not the only state that could use a good "A" govenor.

I 100% agree!!!