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The Iran hostage situation destroyed his public image a US leader and set the stage for Reagan to be revered for all time.
Wish Nancy Reagan would pony on over to the Rockies and smoke a big fat legal doobie with me!
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Figure this will get all the Carter haters to crawl out of the woodwork. Saw the guy speak in college well after his presidential tenure, very smart and insightful.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2012/...arter-ok-with-legalizing-marijuana-84921.html
Today, speaking to a CNN panel, Former President Jimmy Carter stated that he is in favor of legalizing marijuana. On the topic of the recently passed initiatives in Washington and Colorado, President Carter said it was in the best interest of the country for those states to be allowed to proceed with the regulation of cannabis. “I’m in favor of it. I think it’s OK, I don’t think it’s going to happen in Georgia yet, but I think we can watch and see what happens in the state of Washington, for instance around Seattle, and let the American government and let the American people see does it cause a serious problem or not. So I think a few places around the world is good to experiment with and also just a few states in America are good to take the initiative and try something out. That’s the way our country has developed over the last 200 years. It’s about a few states being kind of experiment states. So on that basis I am in favor of it.”
The former president further stated that he did not think the ending of prohibition would lead to a dramatic increase in use rates. He pointed to Portugal as a model example: “All drugs were decriminalized in Portugal a few years ago and the use of drugs has gone down dramatically and nobody has been put in prison.”
As President Obama and his Justice Department contemplate what, if any, action to take as a result of the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, we can only hope he listens to the wisdom from those who came before him. Recently, President Bill Clinton expressed his own dissatisfaction with the war on drugs, saying the anti-drug effort “hasn’t worked” in a newly released documentary, Breaking the Taboo. “Well obviously, if the expected results was that we would eliminate serious drug use in America and eliminate the narcotrafficking networks — it hasn’t worked.”
This. Of course, internationally there are very good reasons to not like Carter. Nancy..?The Iran hostage situation destroyed his public image a US leader and set the stage for Reagan to be revered for all time.
Wish Nancy Reagan would pony on over to the Rockies and smoke a big fat legal doobie with me!
outwest
Which greenlighted coke smuggling via Contra movement/CIA. So much for your war on drugs, Ron & NanceThe Iran hostage situation destroyed his public image a US leader and set the stage for Reagan to be revered for all time.
Wish Nancy Reagan would pony on over to the Rockies and smoke a big fat legal doobie with me!
outwest
Yessir.. he lifted the ban on homebrewing. Jimmy is a good 'ol boy ;)Honestly I don't know why people don't like Carter. Most Americans Can't even remember 10 years ago let alone back in the late 70's and early 80's. I think the Man has Wisdom. Something a lot of political leaders lack.
He was my CIC while I was in the USAF. I have NO good memories of him or his politics.Honestly I don't know why people don't like Carter. Most Americans Can't even remember 10 years ago let alone back in the late 70's and early 80's. I think the Man has Wisdom. Something a lot of political leaders lack.
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