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To: skinowski who wrote (507160)	9/9/2012 11:17:37 AM
From: LindyBill	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

Putting people in jail for smoking pot is ridiculous. It's a religious issue, not a moral one, IMO. But as long as it's about 50/50, we can't get the law changed. The fact that a Lefty like Obama won't touch it shows it to be a "third rail" issue. It will be a "Nixon in China" decision someday. Changed by a Conservative Prez with a willing Congress.

To: skinowski who wrote (507160)	9/9/2012 11:55:41 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793917

>> . All he said was that allowing medical marijuana should be up to the states. A lot of people who heard that comment reacted with, "OMG, an actual principled statement." Not that I think Ryan is un-principled, but that one caught a lot of people off guard. Not to get into the drug war argument, but there is something really unseemly to me about the idea of a man like Mitch Daniel running for president, supporting criminalization, after having been caught himself with a quantity of marijuana that would land him in prison in most states today.