Marijuana Party joins Liberal Party

[BigBlueBalls]

Looks like the Marijuana Party of Canada is merging with the Liberal Party. This is good news for those who support the legalization of marijuana. Being within the ranks of the ruling Liberal party, they may have more voice in our country's policies on marijuana. They're going to debate the legalization of weed on Saturday. I find it interesting that in the last election, the Marijuana Party got 0.8% of the Canadian vote. That's almost up there with what Nader gets in the U.S.

Marijuana Party head wafts to Liberals
http://www.theglobeandmail.com....w2marij0228/BNStory/National/

[Z17]

There's a party centered around the legalization marijuana?

[bcdemon]

w00t w00t, I won a coffee on my RRRRRRRRoll-Up-The-Rim today weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

lol and on a side note, the party isn't merging with teh liberals, the leader resigned the marijuana party to join the liberals to get his voice heard. OOORRRR, he is gonna get Paul Martin fried and Martin will spill the beans on the sponsorship scandal.

But how does this affect my xtra-large triple triple? It won't.

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/1/05 09:54 PM, Z17 wrote: There's a party centered around the legalization marijuana?

Yep makes it a lot better to have an actual choice, in a multi-party system that isn't just a 2 party system. Now only a small minority of Canadians would actually vote for a stoner to lead our country, but at the same time a growing majority is starting to consider marijuana as a legal drug.

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/1/05 10:01 PM, bcdemon wrote: lol and on a side note, the party isn't merging with teh liberals, the leader resigned the marijuana party to join the liberals to get his voice heard.

For some reason I have this image of the marijuana party members all sitting around having a meeting:

"dude where's our leader?"

"Uh didn't he join the Liberal Party or something?"

"then uh who's the new leader?"

"Um I don't know... you can be leader if you want to"

"dude how can I be leader, I just joined yesterday"

"Oooh ok... fuck it lets just smoke a bowl."

[bcdemon]

ROFL.

BTW, what teh hell promted you to support an american conglomerate like Tim Hortons?
Although Canadian by nature, Tim was captured by the evil bitch Wendy and taken hostage in Guantanamo Bay. We fear the death of Tim Hortons as we know it will be soon.

[JudgeDredd]

At 3/1/05 09:54 PM, Z17 wrote: There's a party centered around the legalization marijuana?

That's Canada.. good on 'em ! !

NZ also has an "Aotearoa Legalize Cannabis Party" ALCP.
But unfortunately they didn't join NZ's Green Party in the last
NZ elections (next one is this Sept ; ) ..even thou the Greens
have a bona-fide rasta (Rastafarian) in their ranks (..currently in parliment thru coalition)

[DopplarEffekt]

At 3/2/05 03:54 PM, Tal-con wrote:

:unless you're reffering to the UK or something.

Ya...there's a "Liberal party" in Canada.

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/2/05 03:54 PM, Tal-con wrote: So? There's nothign wrong with that. By definition that's what liberalism is, but only to an extreme. Just like those who are racist and against civil rights are defined as being conservatives, but only to an extreme, of course.

I never said anything was wrong with it, this is good news. I'm always crossing my fingers hoping that someday Canada finally legalizes weed. Then it'll no longer be a Liberal issue anymore than alcohol prohibition is a Liberal issue.

Sidenote - There's a liberal party? Liberals don't have their own party...unless you're reffering to the UK or something.

Actually we're talking about Canada here. We have a bunch of different parties on the ballot we can vote for, including the Marijuana Party. Sometimes new ones pop up, like the Canadian Alliance Party or the Reform Party, then later merge into other ones. I personally like the different choices.

[Ted-Easton]

He doesn't need to "get Martin fried", Paul's already admitted to eating hash brownies when he was younger, but claimed that they "did nothing" to him.

[Wraith]

At 3/2/05 08:19 PM, Ted_Easton wrote: He doesn't need to "get Martin fried", Paul's already admitted to eating hash brownies when he was younger, but claimed that they "did nothing" to him.

What, as in long-term side-effects? If he means anything other than that, he's full of shit. Not that we didn't know that already...

[FUNKbrs]

At 3/2/05 03:53 AM, I7-I2-E-I7-I7 wrote: That's Canada.. good on 'em ! !

I always find it funny how many kinds of hydro are named after Canada.. Northern Lights, BC Bud, Christmas Tree.....

NZ also has an "Aotearoa Legalize Cannabis Party" ALCP.
But unfortunately they didn't join NZ's Green Party in the last
NZ elections (next one is this Sept ; ) ..even thou the Greens
have a bona-fide rasta (Rastafarian) in their ranks (..currently in parliment thru coalition)

*lives in the US, where only EX pot heads are allowed into government, and where there is a "war on drugs", ie, a suppression of all non alcohol using cultures.

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/2/05 09:06 PM, FUNKbrs wrote: *lives in the US, where only EX pot heads are allowed into government, and where there is a "war on drugs", ie, a suppression of all non alcohol using cultures.

Well look at it this way, Canada was the first to end prohibition of alcohol in North America, not long after the U.S. had a huge influx of legal alcohol from across the border. A lot of Al Capone's operation centered around getting alcohol from Canada.

Not long after, the U.S. ended prohibition, once they realized the flaw in it. So I think that if Canada does legalize it, it won't be long before the U.S. does as well. In the meantime, it's gonna be great for Canada's economy as millions of Americans head north to Canada, in place of Amsterdam for a place where can smoke pot legally. Not to mention the billions saved from the drug war against marijuana, it's going to be a win-win situation :)

[Mr-Fluffykins]

I just remembered that the liberals have a minority government, this means if they have a vote for it, it will most likely be knocked down, and same when it goes to senate seeing as the senate is filled with a bunch of old fogies

[Dash-Underscore-Dash]

there goes their chances of winning 2008

[Mr-Fluffykins]

At 3/3/05 06:06 PM, MajorPainUSA wrote: there goes their chances of winning 2008

its acutally not a merger, the head of the party just joined the liberals, there is sitll a marijauan party

and we don't have lections everyfour years, i think its three

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/3/05 06:03 PM, Mr_Fluffykins wrote: I just remembered that the liberals have a minority government, this means if they have a vote for it, it will most likely be knocked down, and same when it goes to senate seeing as the senate is filled with a bunch of old fogies

Well the NDP would surely back them up on this one. The NDP is the one that wants to decriminalize 30 grams, while the Liberals say 15 grams. I'm thinking the Bloc Quebecois might even back them on this. It's only the Conservatives who have any serious reservations about this.

You're right though, the chances of it being legalized is small, but I'm still hoping.

Did you know marijuana would be Canada's 4th largest industry, if it was legalized? That's right, not only would we be making billions on marijuana taxes, we'd also be saving from paying cops to nab grow-ops and let them focus on mroe serious drugs.

[Mr-Fluffykins]

At 3/4/05 12:44 AM, BigBlueBalls wrote:

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You're right though, the chances of it being legalized is small, but I'm still hoping.

Did you know marijuana would be Canada's 4th largest industry, if it was legalized? That's right, not only would we be making billions on marijuana taxes, we'd also be saving from paying cops to nab grow-ops and let them focus on mroe serious drugs.

Speaking of grow-op any chances of legalization were just fucked by some stupid mother fucker

[Kasualty]

All of you can fuck off, the marjuana party? Wow, and you call Americans stupid. That is the dumbest thing ive eer heard in my life! How can an intire country let a bunch of pot head collage kids create a political party and why would the liberal party let them join, mabye that's why the right wingers are killing them. It is also immature, like the kids in my class who think it's cool to smoke pot, but in presence have never seen one. Sorry i sound mad but it just bugs me to see the pessimistic reality of the species.

[Mr-Fluffykins]

At 3/4/05 06:37 PM, Kasualty wrote: All of you can fuck off, the marjuana party? Wow, and you call Americans stupid. That is the dumbest thing ive eer heard in my life! How can an intire country let a bunch of pot head collage kids create a political party and why would the liberal party let them join, mabye that's why the right wingers are killing them. It is also immature, like the kids in my class who think it's cool to smoke pot, but in presence have never seen one. Sorry i sound mad but it just bugs me to see the pessimistic reality of the species.

have you every smoked pot? if not then shut the fuck up, just go listen to your governments war on drugs, its pathetic , and they are losing it

[Kasualty]

At 3/4/05 06:41 PM, Mr_Fluffykins wrote:
have you every smoked pot? if not then shut the fuck up, just go listen to your governments war on drugs, its pathetic , and they are losing it

wow thats cool it's pathetic I never said it wasn't. I just don't think smoking pot is a constructive way to use time, lots of Canadians smoke pot and lets see how many inventions they've created? Maple syrup, hockey, polar bears, and igloos. WOW.

[BAWLS]

Getting high is stupid, but no more than eating fast food, drinking alcohol, etc.

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/4/05 06:51 PM, Kasualty wrote: wow thats cool it's pathetic I never said it wasn't. I just don't think smoking pot is a constructive way to use time, lots of Canadians smoke pot and lets see how many inventions they've created? Maple syrup, hockey, polar bears, and igloos. WOW.

Gee I smoke pot, yet you're the one talking like an ignorant moron here. That has nothing to do with our lax laws on pot. Lots of countries out there that have more strict rules on pot, don't have a whole lot of inventions. That being said, you'd be surprised at how many inventions you use today that were invented in Canada. The telephone, for example and even modern day fighter jets have Canadian originated techology. We had the world's fastest fighter jet in the 50's called the Avro Arrow.

It comes down to the fact there are more 10x people in the U.S. therefore on average there are more inventions and larger economy. Also, you obviously are showing your ignorance towards what we have done pointing out small insignificant things we invented, therefore the second reason is you just simply don't know what inventions are Canadian or just aren't American. You probably think all inventions are American, except for the small things like Maple Syrup.

Also, how many great inventions were made by drunks? Alcohol is legal in the U.S., I'm surprised anyone ever got off their drunken ass and invented anything. The thing is, it's about allowing people the choice to drink alcohol or smoke pot, not saying everyone in the country should waste their lives away on abusing drugs. Many people in Canada choose not to smoke pot. Actually only 11% of people even admitted to trying it.

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/4/05 06:37 PM, Kasualty wrote: All of you can fuck off, the marjuana party? Wow, and you call Americans stupid. That is the dumbest thing ive eer heard in my life!

Who called Americans stupid? I know many Americans who are good friends of mine who aren't stupid. Usually it's Canadian people who are ignorant who call Americans stupid. Yes we have our idiots, but obviously you guys have a great deal of them as well.

How can an intire country let a bunch of pot head collage kids create a political party and why would the liberal party let them join, mabye that's why the right wingers are killing them.

What are you talking about? Right-wingers aren't killing them. Actually the Progressive Conservatives only got 29% of the vote in Canada, not exactly "killing them" now is it? Also, what do you mean by "let them create a political party"? It's called freedom of speech and freedom to create your own political party. That's one area where I think Canada is actually better because we don't have just 2 choices, we have 3-5 choices including smaller parties like the Marijuana Party. Anybody in Canada can create a political party, that's what democracy should be about, not how many rich corporations you have that prop you up in one of two parties.

It is also immature, like the kids in my class who think it's cool to smoke pot, but in presence have never seen one. Sorry i sound mad but it just bugs me to see the pessimistic reality of the species.

Well what's your views on alcohol? That's legal, so what's the problem with fighting for marijuana to be legal, when it's a less dangerous drug? It's not about being "cool" to smoke pot or drink alcohol, people do it to relax and yes you're right not everyone should use chemicals to have fun. People who find other ways to enjoy life without drugs like alcohol and pot are doing the right thing. Same with healthy people who choose not to eat at McDonalds. That's called good discipline. The thing is though, many of us do and we believe that marijuana should be as legal as alcohol. YOu can't actually say that a drug like alcohol, which kills 10's of thousands of people every year with alcohol poisoning is more dangerous than marijuana where you can't even smoke enough to have an overdose.

[Mr-Fluffykins]

http://www.canada.com/national...-a79d-4a2c36efe61e&rfp=dta

[BigBlueBalls]

At 3/5/05 03:19 PM, Mr_Fluffykins wrote: http://www.canada.com/national...-a79d-4a2c36efe61e&rfp=dta

Sometimes all logic is thrown out the window. For one, the person they were raiding had like only 20 marijuana plants, that's hardly a grow-op. This was more about a fucking lunatic with an assault rifle. Second of all, do they really think he'd give up to please even easier had he known the sentences for possessing pot were more harsh?

Give me a break. God I hate idiots in politics who use tragic events like this to advance their cause. It still seems most logical to just legalize and tax it. Since marijuana has become completely out of their control, there's no point in putting these cops in danger to fight a battle that will not be won or even have a significant impact on. They argue that if we legalized it, organized crime would still profit. While I agree that in the beginning there would still be a lot of grow ops, but it would diminish as people decide to buy it legally from places that have licenses to sell it.

[Mayhem-N-Bedlam]

Weed has it's own party???