Rep. Barney Frank (MA): Marijuana, Politics & State's Rights

*** Update - 4.18.2008 - Barney Frank has introduced H.R. 5843 -"Act to Remove Federal Penalties for Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults".
http://www.house.gov/frank/marijuana041708.html
Please tell your representatives to support this legislation!
Speaking to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in 2001, Rep. Frank first explores the nature of Conservatism, ostensibly being "the Will of the People" - observing the contradiction in how "conservatives" in Congress ignore the results of elections in legal medical marijuana states, even their own states!
Questioning the logic of federal involvement in state medical marijuana laws, Barney Frank also sees the disparity between treatmant of Cannabis, alcohol and tobacco as needing remedy.
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[ajwells123]

Weed being legalized. Most people will not be responsible with it. Crash accidents will go up. Public intoxication will go up. As will criminal activity...

[cannabistv]

Unlike alcohol and inhalants, Cannabis is not an intoxicant, so don't fret too much. Check NORML for good research on driving issue.

Any prohibition increases criminal activity. That's why many who fought to end alcohol prohibition did not drink or condone drinking. They saw the damage to their communities, lack of respect for the law and corruption to be intolerable - especially since prohibition is ineffective and always makes things worse.

[brainerdrebel]

I don't smoke but it should be legal. Criminals love laws. Tax it, and control the distribution of it. We can get all the alcohol legally we can drink. Kids can get alcohol easily. I am 60 years old we could get alcohol as easy as a cold drink. Any wino will buy a 10 year old alcohol for a drink. Our legal system is based on harm, if citizens don't harm anybody it is nobody"s business.

[TheKillerbear420]

let's just make it legal already it don't just help cancer pain I have bi polar an anger dissorder I take 3 types of pills that has a 2 page list of side effects an it kinda works I was smoking marijuana till I got busted now I'm back on them pills an I work out 4 times a day an gained weight this pills are destorying use so please just make it legal

[daiewayne]

My boyfriend broke 3 vertebrae in his back and marijuana helps his constant pain. He is also b i-polar and a high-strung person. When he smokes pot he is so much more rational and easy going. I can take pot or leave it, but when I smoke it when I'm stressed I feel so relaxed. I am also b i-polar and when I get depressed or manic pot helps me feel less depressed and calms me down quite a bit and helps me sleep during my manic phase.

[ajwells123]

I understand that there are countries out there at have legal pot but the main difference is it has been legal there for a long time. To suddenly make pot legal and flood the market with it, and just see what happens could be risky.

[hunterdmetz111]

@HarveyBirdmanTk421 ha right on if people dont like pot they dont have to smoke illegal or not people r gonna smoke it so instead on spending millions a yr on trying to keep it out of america which isnt working at all just let us smoke

[Micaiah2004]

MARBLE MOUTH, BARNEY THE LISP IS WRONG AGAIN LIKE HE WAS WITH FREDDIE MAC/FANNIE MAE BEING "SOUND" ...GET RID OF THESE SCUMBAGS!!!

RETURN THE COUNTRY TO GOD, FOUNDING FATHERS, THE US CONSTITUTION. GET RID OF BARNEY THE DANCING QUEEN.

[john51880]

Please vote for Sean Bielat!

[historian65616]

Is this the same man that currently supports a federal takeover of the healthcare system with requirements that carry fines, jail time, and felony records for those who don't want to buy into the federal program? I guess states rights is just another political tool. Throw out those who don't represent their constituents, and leave politics out of lawmaking. The Constitutions doesn't say in the fine print, "only enforced at political whim".

[xcallmethebigggx]

Drunk drivers drive on the wrong side of the road which literally posesses your mind, Its just funny how alcohol is legal but not marijuana.