Carlos Santans wants Pres to legalize pot

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Apr 03, 2009

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090403/D97AUPQG1.html

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Friday Apr 03, 2009

I'm actually having a hard time finding anyone who doesn't want it legal.... but maybe that's just the crowd I hang with.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Friday Apr 03, 2009

Is he even an american ?

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Friday Apr 03, 2009

musicians do drugs?

Ian Mackaye is bummin.

Merge · Post by **Merge** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

f.sciarrillo wrote:Is he even an american ?

He was born in Mexico in 1947, he moved to San Francisco in the early 60's.

whitedevilone · Post by **whitedevilone** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

DirtySanchez wrote:musicians do drugs?

Ian Mackaye is bummin.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

DirtySanchez wrote:musicians do drugs?

i didn't know either.

why don't they just legalize it? would it be so bad? people can't be trusted to make their own decisions anymore? eh, what do i know. i'm just a tokin bass player...

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

I never exhale....

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

Carlos Santana is also quoted, "Spanish WILL become the new standard langage for the USA".

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

Hawk wrote:Carlos Santana is also quoted, "Spanish WILL become the new standard langage for the USA".

Based on population growth statistics, it will.

KyleMayket · Post by **KyleMayket** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

undercoverjoe wrote:
Hawk wrote:Carlos Santana is also quoted, "Spanish WILL become the new standard langage for the USA".
Based on population growth statistics, it will.

sad but true.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

Merge wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:Is he even an american ?
He was born in Mexico in 1947, he moved to San Francisco in the early 60's.

Well, that makes him North American.

I say we take Mexico while we still have the muscle.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

lonewolf wrote:
Merge wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:Is he even an american ?
He was born in Mexico in 1947, he moved to San Francisco in the early 60's.
Well, that makes him North American.

I say we take Mexico while we still have the muscle.

We are already existing as their welfare state. All the Mexican citizens who need welfare come here to get on it.

Drum-Wolf · Post by **Drum-Wolf** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

I'm with Carlos on this one - legalize it! Obama & Congress could tax the shit out of it to generate mucho revenue just like regular smokes.

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Saturday Apr 04, 2009

Drum-Wolf wrote:I'm with Carlos on this one - legalize it! Obama & Congress could tax the shit out of it to generate mucho revenue just like regular smokes.

They'll probably add all kinds of chemicals to it too, just like regular smokes.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

DirtySanchez wrote:
Drum-Wolf wrote:I'm with Carlos on this one - legalize it! Obama & Congress could tax the shit out of it to generate mucho revenue just like regular smokes.
They'll probably add all kinds of chemicals to it too, just like regular smokes.

you raise a valid point, here, sir!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

DirtySanchez wrote:
Drum-Wolf wrote:I'm with Carlos on this one - legalize it! Obama & Congress could tax the shit out of it to generate mucho revenue just like regular smokes.
They'll probably add all kinds of chemicals to it too, just like regular smokes.

A good reason to keep the government out of it. Grow yer own.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

I can see it now...whole sections of Altoona with 25'x120' plots of 6' weeds.

Oh, wait...that's how it is now. Nevermind.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

undercoverjoe wrote: Grow yer own.

Hell ya! I'm always amazed at the guys who have no discernible talents otherwise, but could get the Nobel Prize for Botany when it comes to weedliness.

They call it weed because it's a... WEED! It grows anywhere. I envision getting a flat tire on a deserted country road, looking over in the ditch, and having it being a pretty good day anyway.

Well, it wouldn't be quite as frustrating. You'd still have a flat tire, but now you wouldn't mind it so much.--->JMS

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

songsmith wrote:
undercoverjoe wrote: Grow yer own.
Hell ya! I'm always amazed at the guys who have no discernible talents otherwise, but could get the Nobel Prize for Botany when it comes to weedliness.
They call it weed because it's a... WEED! It grows anywhere. I envision getting a flat tire on a deserted country road, looking over in the ditch, and having it being a pretty good day anyway. Well, it wouldn't be quite as frustrating. You'd still have a flat tire, but now you wouldn't mind it so much.--->JMS

You would be able to patch the tire with the resins. Don't forget...before there was synthetics...there was HEMP.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

DirtySanchez wrote:musicians do drugs?

Ian Mackaye is bummin.

Well that comment just justifies a good ol' fashioned Friends Stand United-styled beat down.

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

In the current state of the government, it wouldn't make sense to legalize it. They just starting hitting the cigarette industry hard on claims of being unhealthy, so why would the turn around and legalize smoking something else? Really, it could be a good source of revenue, but I don't want more people doing drugs than there already are.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

RobTheDrummer wrote:In the current state of the government, it wouldn't make sense to legalize it. They just starting hitting the cigarette industry hard on claims of being unhealthy, so why would the turn around and legalize smoking something else? Really, it could be a good source of revenue, but I don't want more people doing drugs than there already are.

just because it's legal dosn't mean people would do it. if heroin was legal, i wouldn't touch it. i know people that are so anti pot that it's disgusting, so i'm sure if it was legal they wouldn't just start smoking it.... hey wait... wasn't there a another thread on here... something about "how would you run things" and you said you'd legalize it there... hmmm... flipping sides? you two faced asshat.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

i'd just like to point out my "required smiley" just to show that i'm only kidding with rob. i don't want my post to make rockpage seem less tasteful......

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Sunday Apr 05, 2009

I think pretty much everybody who would smoke pot either have, or do. It'd be like alcohol: you're not supposed to drink if you're under 21, but most people who drink were regular drinkers by then.
For the record, I don't want everybody high all the time. I want my bus driver to be nice and sober. I want the guy fixing my brakes to be round-eyed. Know what I mean? I don't want kids to do it, like they do alcohol... in both cases, you have to be responsible about it, and if you do something stupid, you should pay.
It's actually possible that pot could be legalized for taxation purposes. I have to admit, I've been hearing the legalization rumblings since high-school, but never as loud as now. I would think revenue stream is as good a motivator for gov't as any. We're already seeing decriminalization on a scale I never thought would happen just a few years ago, so who knows? It was made illegal to keep people from making money from it, so it'd be poetic to have the gov't make money on it like they do booze and tobacco.---->JMS