Mass weighs pros and cons of legal marijuana

I thought gambling practically illegal here...

On the contrary, the Mass State Lottery became so lucrative & successful that many other states adopted its format for both scratch tickets & nightly drawings. Although I seldom play, I do know it generates one of the largest revenue streams for the state rivaling our sales tax collections.

Horse racing has been legal for years, generating lucrative revenues as well. But on the same Nov ballot, the voters outlawed dog racing. After adding Keno to clubs, bars & restaurants a few years ago, this has also become very popular & lucrative. It’s only a matter of time until they add slots & video poker, unless it's already happened, while the debate for full-fledged casinos rages on because gambling is so popular here.

Comparing physical fitness to using drugs? That's a good argument, buddy.

common ish you did not see those kids dropping dead on the basketball court ? have you ever seen someone die from pot.that is how ridiculous you sound. do not ever make me talk like that again;)

You can't seriously be that ignorant, can you?

The Modern Day Messiah

The pain of pasts still left undone
The tyranny of guilt
A deep regret inside someone
With these, that cross is built.

A cross is but to crucify,
To wash away ones sins.
But some will give in to a lie
that the martyr is not them.

They attempt to pay all guilty costs
And for their young, their sin is meant
To try and fix all that they’ve lost
but on the innocent.

And those who haven’t done this wrong,
who haven’t missed this time
are forced to carry on so long
their parent’s guilty mind

For not of cause and not of will
and nothing they would choose
Regrets…mistakes…will take their fill
In that growing child’s views

And mother, father’s hope remains
and moves their lives past here
for baby now has all their pain
and suffers all their fears.

“You best not mess up what you’ve got
don’t repeat my mistakes
I’ll make you learn all that I’ve taught
but couldn’t seem to take”
“Pay no mind, sweet ugly child
to my hypocrisies
For you will do just as I’m told
and I’ll take what you please.”

“And through your life I will be free
and make up for the lost
but if you mess this up for me,
YOU’LL have to pay the cost.”

“So go make mommy, daddy proud.
be pretty, smart and clean
Embarrassment within a crowd,
Will make mommy, daddy mean.”

“Follow mommy, daddy’s faith
and never curse or swear
Goddamn you little foul ingrate!
You took my dope from here!”

And parent was the name of God
on the the lips of every child
But now the boogie man is law
and young hope is defiled.

For them, survival’s all that’s left
when wrought with all these trials
the issues and the sins now kept
by these modern day messiahs.

Written by The Italian Writer

Ok,"Artist", I'm the ignorant one? Yeah, and Picasso with his doodles is now considered an artist.

did you graduate from high school in 05?

you want what from a what? protection from a bank?does that even make sense?why would you put money somewhere that you did not feel it was safe?you do not sound very smart to me ish.go harras another thread because you have not brought any constructive critsism.

Yeah sick, I guess you got my number.

college?

I think you have the wrong idea. I take it you never heard of the HBPA. I'll leave a link so you can look it over. Then I'll leave you to your pothead threads.
http://larouchepac.com/hbpa

P.S I have a legitimate question. If I smoked pot and quit, does that make me a hypocrite? And if it does, am I wrong to be against using pot to get high?

I know there are benefits in using hemp for industry. But I doubt that is the reason most people want so badly for weed to become legal.

i do not no ish because i am a responsible mortgage holder. all i no is my motgage company put itself under by making risky loans and now my mortgage is being sold to fuckin bank of america.just what they had in mind.

"Ok,"Artist", I'm the ignorant one? Yeah, and Picasso with his doodles is now considered an artist."

Er, what does Picasso have to do with this? But yes, he is considered an artist...good job, you get a golden star!

If obviously have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to various aspects of marijuana use. Do some research before you start talking about "immoral idiots" and "lost causes"! Having smoked pot in your lifetime does not mean that you are informed on this issue; that is clearly not the case!

What an asshole.... = P

Whether or not pot is or is not unhealthy is beside the point. All people have the right to choose what they will do with their time, their bodies and their property and no law however well meaning it's intentions, is justified in denying anyone these basic rights.

Without the concept of equality of Rights and of Justice, we are little more than trained monkeys; we are cavemen.

I would expect some one who claims to revere American Patriots to understand this better than most.