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DON'T FEAR THE REEFER

Issue date: 12/3/08 Section: Variety
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Media Credit: ILANA MCQUINN
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John Hill of the University chapter of Georgia's National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) proposed new legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the Athens City Council meeting Tuesday night. The group collected more than 2,000 signatures in favor of the proposed legislation, which the University chapter presented at the meeting.
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Joe

posted 12/03/08 @ 2:33 PM EST

Haha. The proof is all there. Here's a photo of Mr. Lead Pothead right here, with ragged face, an ass ugly haircut, a crappy outfit, terrible posture, and a mouth hanging open like a fly hotel. (Continued…)

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Phillip

posted 12/03/08 @ 3:50 PM EST

. . . the potheads have organized? Heavens. We'll have to station guards at the Taco Bell to fend them off.

Couldn't they have found something more--whoa. (Continued…)

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Michael Covington

posted 12/03/08 @ 10:14 PM EST

I don't trust NORML any more than I trust the tobacco industry. Brain researchers keep finding marijuana to be more harmful than anyone thought. See for example:

http://www. (Continued…)

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Andrew

posted 12/03/08 @ 11:01 PM EST

Joe, his mouth is open because he is actually speaking and standing up for something he believes in. You're just like everybody else who throws marijuana activists into the "lazy pothead" category - that's just ignorant. (Continued…)

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michael

posted 12/04/08 @ 12:47 PM EST

people just simply have a right to get high if they choose. want to get drunk? go ahead, suffer the consequences. want to smoke pot? go ahead, suffer the consequences. (Continued…)

Sara

posted 12/04/08 @ 12:59 PM EST

Remember Beavis and Butthead? He looks like Butthead in college!

Robert

posted 12/04/08 @ 2:50 PM EST

Using marijuana is a victimless crime. Governments are not created to be babysitters or moral police. People should be allowed to do whatever they want to do as long as it does not infringe on other people's rights and their pursuit of happiness. (Continued…)

Michael

posted 12/04/08 @ 4:14 PM EST

I love it when people say "down with marijuana" because "it's bad for you and makes you lethargic and do stupid things." Last time I checked, alcohol doesn't deviate from those results. (Continued…)

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Mike

posted 12/05/08 @ 2:55 PM EST

I applaud John Hill for his efforts. The issue with NORML is the reformation of laws regarding marijuana use, not whether or not it is harmful. Yes, of course inhaling raw plant smoke is harmful but less so than many other perfectly legal activities you can pursue. (Continued…)

tl

posted 12/05/08 @ 5:26 PM EST

ok,

Alcohol is proven to be more and more lethal then marijuana, yet i don't see anyone complaining about the use of alcohol. marijuana has been proven to help, do some research. (Continued…)

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