The real winner of this election cycle: Mary Jane

[cynicles]

That's great, but it doesn't really matter to me. I'm not 12 years old anymore, I got shit to do.

That's a snobbish attitude, marijuana and hashish are very popular amongst large working class demographics in a number of different countries.

[Anarchocommunaltoad]

I see Marijuana on a level a little higher than alcohol simply due to the fact that I could easily develop a psychological addiction to it (Melancholy prone). I don't think i'd smoke myself stupid (stoner) but i haven't done yet for the same reasons Batman doesn't kill.

[Os Cangaceiros]

What happens to the prisoners currently held for marijuana possession and/or distribution?

I don't know, but prosecutors in Washington will probably throw out pending marijuana possession cases. Cops in Washington say that they'll no longer arrest people for possession.

Washington police and prosecutors winding down marijuana possession cases

Also this:

The legalization of recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico to rethink its efforts to halt marijuana smuggling across the border, the main adviser to Mexico's president-elect said Wednesday.

Luis Videgaray, head of incoming President Enrique Pena Nieto's transition team, told Radio Formula that the Mexican administration taking power in three weeks remains opposed to drug legalization. But he said the votes in the two states complicate his country's commitment to quashing the growing and smuggling of a plant now seen by many as legal in part of the U.S.

Mexico's new gov to review pot fight after US vote

[#FF0000]

420 blaze it dorks

[Anarchocommunaltoad]

420 blaze it dorks

Get a job Hippy

[Os Cangaceiros]

420 blaze it dorks

No need to tell this dork twice.

I just wish I could blaze it in Boulder, Petrograd of the stoner insurrection.

[Yazman]

MODERATOR ACTION:

Get a job Hippy

Don't make posts like this. It's a one-liner/spam and it's not allowed. While there can be exceptions for one-line posts such as if you're asking a legitimate question, this is not one of those circumstances. If you do it again you're going to get infracted. This is your only warning.

This isn't Chit Chat. Only make a post if you're contributing meaningfully to the discussion or legitimately trying to learn. Otherwise, don't post at all.

This post constitutes a warning to Anarchocommunaltoad.

[Aurora]

There's been loads of non-political one liners in this thread including the post before and after that one, but you choose to target the new guy? Coward

Either enforce the rule for everyone or fuck off.

[Yazman]

MODERATOR ACTION:

There's been loads of non-political one liners in this thread including the post before and after that one, but you choose to target the new guy? Coward

Either enforce the rule for everyone or fuck off.

This isn't the place to comment on a moderator action. If you have input or criticism of something a member of the board administration has done, please send them a PM.

Otherwise, don't post. Because this is off-topic and if you do it again, I'm infracting you. In future if you have something to say about it send me (or somebody else in the BA) a PM about it. Off-topic posting isn't allowed.

To everybody else: Keep the discussion on-topic and on track please. Let's not have any more of this thread derailing crap. I don't want to see any more off topic posts.

This message constitutes a warning to Aurora.

[#FF0000]

i got an infraction for my post btw

[Os Cangaceiros]

[Yuppie Grinder]

It really is like the pizza-party shit I've seen described. 'Pissed off about how you're being treated? Want to set up a protest? Have a pizza (and don't complain)!'

"Bluntedness is directly proportional to revolutionary potential" - Lenin.

[Yuppie Grinder]

I see Marijuana on a level a little higher than alcohol simply due to the fact that I could easily develop a psychological addiction to it (Melancholy prone). I don't think i'd smoke myself stupid (stoner) but i haven't done yet for the same reasons Batman doesn't kill.

Bullshit. I have never met anyone in my life who was "psychologically addicted" to weed. That's a myth. I am dependent on weed the same way I am dependent on tacos. I may consume them a lot, but I can take a break whenever, and have in the past. Alcohol, on the other hand, does very often lead to addiction.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Meanwhile, in other drug war related news...

St. Paul police kicked a man in the face as he lay on the ground and tried to explain that his mother couldn't quickly get to the ground because she'd recently had surgery, a lawsuit says. Police then shot a "flash-bang" grenade directly at the woman, setting her afire and seriously burning her legs, according to the lawsuit.

The St. Paul City Council is slated to approve a $400,000 settlement in the lawsuit Wednesday, Nov. 7, equaling the largest payout in a St. Paul police lawsuit, according to the city attorney's office.

Six other police misconduct cases have led to nearly a half-million dollars in payouts this year, according to the St. Paul city attorney's office. The city also recently settled for $385,000 a data privacy lawsuit involving St. Paul officers.

An investigation continues into a separate case in August in which a St. Paul police officer was seen on video kicking a suspect who was on the ground.

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/...-settle-police

[ckaihatsu]

[I]t doesn't matter whether you personally are against it or not. If somebody wants to smoke or drink, it's up to them. It's their decision. I firmly believe in personal sovereignty - that is, we own our own bodies, and therefore it is our decision what goes into them so long as they are not directly harming another person. As a result I do not believe it is the government's business to decide whether somebody can smoke marijuana or not, especially when health-wise, it is no more harmful than alcohol or tobacco. Furthermore, I don't think it's our job as revolutionary leftists to decide what people put into their bodies - I want us to have more freedom, not less.

The political argument can always be made for revolutionary discipline -- not that anyone should be an automaton, of course, but it's always more about limitations, line-drawing, etc.

While the working class is still coerced to be beholden to property, the clock is against us and all revolutionary efforts put forth will add to real ongoing struggles.

That's actually the most I think anyone / any comrade can say regarding political practice and personal habits -- we're in it together, etc....