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05-06-2008, 08:24 PM
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| Lots of money funnels right into the pockets of politicians in the tobacco industry. | 
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05-06-2008, 08:42 PM
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| This could have happened, and maybe is, at many, many schools.
To hijack the discussion, people in California, at least on these threads, tend to assume that the public college system in California is a fine one. Why is this? Do they have a basis of comparison? I get the impression that most Californians don't know anything else. | |
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05-06-2008, 09:02 PM
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They just bring one more piece of evidence that we need gun control, which disgusts me even more.
| Hmm, I doubt that these people who were very clearly breaking the law and dealing in illegal items would have been dissuaded from obtaining a gun just because there's a law against them having one. Quote: |
To hijack the discussion, people in California, at least on these threads, tend to assume that the public college system in California is a fine one. Why is this?
| I think it's a pretty decent one with it's tiers of universities (UC and CalState systems) and community college feeder system along with some very highly ranked and selective universities, but the colleges are filled with students and some succumb to become criminals. The same occurs at the highest ranked private colleges as well. I think it'd be difficult to find many major campuses where some students don't use and sell these drugs.
btw - SDSU has roughly 29,800 undergrad students. The 75 arrested students comprises about 0.25% of that population meaning 99.75% were NOT arrested. I'm not saying there wasn't a problem at SDSU, there clearly was, I'm just putting it into perspective. | |
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05-06-2008, 09:02 PM
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| "The marijuana overdose death toll remains at zero..."
amen brotha | |
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05-06-2008, 09:12 PM
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This could have happened, and maybe is, at many, many schools.
| So true. If only USC knew how many of their students were dealing from their campus side apartments | |
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05-06-2008, 09:17 PM
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"The marijuana overdose death toll remains at zero..."
amen brotha
| You might want to ask the people who go to marijuana anonymous meetings about that. Marijuana has ruined many lives- maybe not 'directly' but indirectly. You are totally clueless. | |
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05-06-2008, 09:32 PM
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| like my teachers say
"in college, you will have smart people, bored people, and people who are smart and bored.."
i guess these people were the last | |
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05-06-2008, 09:36 PM
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| andi: How many of those effects can be controlled for?
Major correlation/causation distinction needs to be involved. So, it happens that weed smokers often come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Surprise, weed smokers are disadvantaged in many areas on average ... | |
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05-06-2008, 09:49 PM
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| lol @ Marijuana Anonymous. | |
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05-06-2008, 09:52 PM
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| marijuana... anonymous?
haha | |
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05-06-2008, 10:00 PM
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| Marijuana is legal for many in California. I have chronic throat pain, and IBS. Barney Frank has got the right idea.
I do not, however, condone the amounts that these people were found with, 50 pounds, c'mon. I know major dealers in the Bay Area that only have a few kilos on them at a time.
Well, hate me for saying this... but many go to SDSU for a reason, its easy to go to, and you go there to party. | |
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05-06-2008, 10:03 PM
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| The person who wrote the CNN article is a fool, I'd like to know where a a mid-level distributor gets 4/5 pounds even of crap grade MJ for 4 grand. 1 pound is minimum 2 grand, and thats stuff most wouldn't smoke in CA. | |
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05-06-2008, 10:18 PM
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I do not, however, condone the amounts that these people were found with, 50 pounds, c'mon. I know major dealers in the Bay Area that only have a few kilos on them at a time.
| Anyone who buys pot illegally is condoning 50 pound supplies of pot and bigger - where do you think it comes from? It starts out big and gets parceled out as it gets distributed through dealers to users. They're not smuggling a few ounces at a time. | |
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05-06-2008, 10:27 PM
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| Many universities have serious problems with violence and substance abuse. Yet many of these universities choose to sweep their problems under the rug. Possibly the universities are worried about receiving lower rankings. Possibly the universities don't want to have to expel students from privileged backgrounds who can pay full price. Obviously, none of these reasons are valid.
It's encouraging to see that San Diego State University chose to address its problems instead of trying to hide them from public view. | |
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05-06-2008, 10:39 PM
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| Xboxes are bad for grades too, if you play too much Halo and Guitar Hero...
Totally clueless, huh? As for ruining lives, I suppose for some people it has- it has put a disproportionate number of black Americans in jail- the usage rate is similar for blacks and whites, but the percentage of blacks incarcerated for marijuana-related charges is about three times higher.
I'm not saying that it should be available over the counter to middle-schoolers. But if alcohol and tobacco are legal, so should marijuana. People have the right to do things that are bad for themselves, as long as they don't impinge on others. But the money in the alcohol and tobacco lobbies says weed will probably stay illegal- for a few more congresses, anyway.
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