Look at any black-and-white movie; everybody is smoking.
In 1970, there were approximately 330,000 prisoners in the US. Today there are 2. 3 million behind bars - more than any country in the history of the world. In 2009 alone there were 1. 6 million drug-related arrests in the U. S. 1. 3 million of these were for possession of drugs alone. Over half were related to marijuana. The forty-year war on drugs has cost $2. 5 trillion.
You bet I did and I enjoyed it.
If John Lennon is deported, I'm leaving too. . . with my musicians. . and my marijuana.
Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's gonna wanna work?
Drugs induce paranoia and psychosis in people who have never taken any.
A tidal wave of support for medicinal marijuana has begun in the western United States; the future of many federal officials depends, in large part, on whether they ride that wave into the future or, standing in the way, are rendered irrelevant by the voters.
That is my best friend because it is a gift of the creator to Africans. It is a spirit. Marijuana has five fingers of creation. . . it enhances all your five senses.
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.
But the Dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana.
I'm opposed to legalizing marijuana because it acts as a gateway drug.
We are trying to get marijuana reclassified medically. If we do that, we'll be using the issue as a red herring to give marijuana a good name.
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself
When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.
Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.
Our teenage "druggies" are habituated to drugs rather than addicted. While beer and other alcoholic beverages are preferred drugs, kids have simply not used alcohol long enough to become addicted. The other drug of preference - marijuana - is not addictive.
So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do. What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.
Oh yeah, the preacher's kid has to be the baddest one. If everyone is smoking weed, we've got to smoke crack. If you're throwing rocks, we've got to throw bigger rocks
Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable.