Fox News Marijuana Straw Man on Legalization?

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With a kind of marijuana legalization on the ballot in California as Proposition 19 this November, it's not surprising to see our friends at Fox picking up the pace on the marijuana misinformation in a series called "Going to Pot" that included a segment rebutting a straw man argument for marijuana legalization with a very weak anti-legalization argument and went on to spread a series of anti-marijuana myths while purporting to debunk pro-legalization "myths" as I show in this video.

The clips I use of Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade interviewing Bishop Ron Allen come from a segment on the Fox News program "Fox and Friends" broadcast on August 28, 2010, which is available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH5vCiUO5Cs

The image I use of my July 2007 video titled "Fox News Gets Reefer Madness Over So-Called Killer Marijuana" comes from the YouTube player page at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcPF59CoGvs

The images I use of "Yes on 19" information on California marijuana arrests come from the webpage at http://yeson19.com/node/97

The charts I use of showing racial discrimination in California marijuana arrests come from the Drug Policy Alliance webpage at http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/Targeting_Blacks_for_Marijuana_06_29_10.pdf

And, finally, the fact sheet I show debunking marijuana myths about being overly potent and a "gateway drug" comes from the Drug Policy Alliance webpage at http://drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths

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[saintgaving]

@kjevo hey i appreiciate what your country has done....and visited many times now and will do again next month :)

Its also great to see a country benefiting from relaxing the law, in the financial sense. To which it seems like it being spent wisely. To me it looks like you have got a good thing on the go in holland so respect to that.

Statistics are fact so people who try to ignore fact are ignorant, fact is built by knowledge, which a lot of countries still dont have.

[kjevo]

@saintgaving From holland here, it's funny the statistics here. legalizing weed stops people from getting into contact with shady dealers who also sell hard drugs and thans to that we have a lot less people who get addicted to hard drugsand extra tax income ofcourse, less spent prosecuting etc...

[Aminoalkylation]

"the brown haired guy who's not steve doocy" lol

[saintgaving]

meh i have blazed up for over 14 years now, top quality smoke to, no effects here and i have never snorted, bomb or jacked anything ever...i barely drink and its still illegal in england! The only things it has effected is i am now a logic thinker....

[puppyluvxo1]

pot isnt addictive. i dont realy support pot being legal, but i do think its somthing that people shud calm down about. its to much money and energy on both sides put into a flower that wen u smoke it it makes u lazy and want chips. idk just my oppinion

[tunney101]

"The world is a comedy to those who think, and a tragedy to those who feel" - Joe Rogan. the people that know the truth about this current political and legal structure know what it is going to have to happen for legalization. Until then keep smoking that holy herb, praise JAH.

[KuhEssen]

I normally disagree with you. I have come to dislike you. However, I appreciate your input on this issue. Thank you

[funslides669]

I think it's really messed up that the government can tell people what they can and can't do to their own bodies.

[FreeThinkingGamers]

@TheDreadhead85 What is?

[DispensariesTV]

oh the media...they always play dirty pool!