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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.

Almost a quarter-pound of the substance. That's now - in two years they will come back and want to increase it to one pound. Then two, and so on and so on.



Responsible users? And the definition of that is?

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.

You think your health care program has problems now? Just wait!!

Unfairly affect African-Americans? In what way?

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

The vast amount of human activity ought to be none of the government's business? Someone needs to tell that to the government then.

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 drug control office.

"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.

That's OK, by the time anyone wakes up to the fact the children and public safety are affected, we will have made cocaine and heroin legal for responsible users.

It will create dependency and treatment issues, and open the door to use of other drugs, impaired health, delinquent behavior, and drugged drivers."

Delinquent behavior, and drugged drivers!!! We need more of that in this country!

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.

Is breaking the law by using marijuana the only thing that will cause losing jobs, financial aid for college, food stamp and welfare benefits, or low-cost housing?

If it is, then what we really need is more of the vast amount of human crime being the government's business.


Time and time again the voters have rejected this notion, but time and time again it keeps coming back. The majority speaks and no one listens.

I don't know about you, but with all the issues we have going on here in the U.S. right now, I don't take comfort in the fact our politicians are spending time on this.

This country is so far gone I wonder if it can ever be sane again?