Ford siding with Trudeau on pot

[mentalfloss]

The streams have crossed!

Rob Ford talks about legalizing marijuana with U.S. radio hosts

Mayor Rob Ford spoke about legalizing marijuana with a D.C. radio show Thursday morning.

The hosts of Sports Junkies, Eric Bickel and John-Paul Flaim, were discussing legalization of recreational marijuana in America before Ford came on the show. They asked Ford about legalization in Canada.

“It’s not going to happen up here maybe down in the States but not up here,” said Ford saying the reason was because of the Conservative government.

“Why wouldn’t they decriminalize it and try to get revenue from it? But that’s a debate that’s been going on for years in Canada. We have medicinal marijuana so a lot of people who are sick use it but they won’t legalize it or decriminalize.”

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[captain morgan]

Not really a surprise there

 

[BornRuff]

It would be a crime if they also didn't ask him about legalizing crack.

 

[captain morgan]

They ought to put that question to Shiny Pony

 

[BornRuff]

They ought to put that question to Shiny Pony

I don't know all the nicknames, but do you mean Trudeau?

He has already spoken about that quite a bit.

 

[captain morgan]

I do mean Trudeau.... I was unaware that he spoke specifically to hard drugs like crack

 

[BornRuff]

Oh, I thought you were talking about the OP. No, he has just talked a lot about legalizing weed.

I don't think we would have to take much of a leap to guess what Justin would say about legalizing crack. It would be more interesting to hear the thoughts of a guy who has been so tied up in issues around crack use.

 

[captain morgan]

It'd be fun to grill baby-t (Justine) on the issue

 

[BornRuff]

It'd be fun to grill baby-t (Justine) on the issue

What do you think he would say?

It seems like a pretty straightforward issues for him.

With Ford, it is more fun. If he thinks it should be illegal, then why would he do it himself while in public office?

 

[Zipperfish]

I don't imagine it's just Ford and Trudeau who think this. With Washington adn Colorado effectively legalizing it, the hole is in the dam.

 

[captain morgan]

There isn't much he can say really... As he has provided some pseudo-support for legalizing pot, it would be difficult for him to say one drug is acceptable while another is unacceptable.

Chances are that the 'answer' would be a big steaming pile of political psycho-babble that we have come to expect from all politicians

 

[BornRuff]

There isn't much he can say really... As he has provided some pseudo-support for legalizing pot, it would be difficult for him to say one drug is acceptable while another is unacceptable.

Chances are that the 'answer' would be a big steaming pile of political psycho-babble that we have come to expect from all politicians

That is dumb. Not every substance is the same. Legalizing pot doesn't imply that you have to support legalizing all other drugs.

Weed has been shown to be pretty harmless, while crack is extremely addictive and takes a serious toll on your health.

 

[damngrumpy]

In this case he makes sense it should be legalized. I will never use it and have no
interest in using it but like booze prohibition all the old nonsense about health and
other issues are repeated. Face it those who are going to use it are going to do it
regardless of risk. All these warnings are little more than scare tactics for the rest
of the population to react negatively

 

[taxslave]

What do you think he would say?

It seems like a pretty straightforward issues for him.

With Ford, it is more fun. If he thinks it should be illegal, then why would he do it himself while in public office?

Ford never said he thinks it should be illegal. He just stated that that is the way it is with a conservative government.

That is dumb. Not every substance is the same. Legalizing pot doesn't imply that you have to support legalizing all other drugs.

Weed has been shown to be pretty harmless, while crack is extremely addictive and takes a serious toll on your health.

Really all drugs should be legal to use. It would cut crime and make it so much easier to treat addiction problems. addiction is properly a mental issue, not a criminal one.

 

[mentalfloss]

I don't know all the nicknames, but do you mean Trudeau?

Trudeau is Shiny pony.

Ford is dead horse. :rimshot:

 

[Walter]

Weed has been shown to be pretty harmless,

Right.


DrugFacts: Marijuana | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Really all drugs should be legal to use.

Agreed.


milton-friedman-why-drugs-should-be

 

[mentalfloss]

Drugs.

Bringing neocons and socialists together since 2008.

 

[Zipperfish]

Yeah, in theory I guess I support legalization of all drugs--harm reduction and all that, social liberatarianism adn all that. In practice, I can't bring myself to accept that. Meth will kill you in a few years, and even if you crawl out of that hole you will never be the same again. I've seen it. I just can't see my way clear to accepting legalization of crack and meth.

 

[taxslave]

Yeah, in theory I guess I support legalization of all drugs--harm reduction and all that, social liberatarianism adn all that. In practice, I can't bring myself to accept that. Meth will kill you in a few years, and even if you crawl out of that hole you will never be the same again. I've seen it. I just can't see my way clear to accepting legalization of crack and meth.

Well consider that being illegal has not stopped their use.

 

[mentalfloss]

Keep it to pot and maybe.. maybe MDMA