Jealous Wants to Legalize Pot

[Anonymous]

I don't smoke it, but am all for legalization and taxation of pot. Will be voting for Jealous now.

Have been on the fence, but don't know if I can vote for any Republican now, and I like Hogan (and voted for him last time )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I am not voting for him. Yes alcohol is bad, but marijuana turns kids into stoners and potentially worse. The kid at the end of my street died from a drug overdose, and I remember a few years back before he started having drug problems his mom continuously caught him with marijuana. That stuff is scary and seems to make kids lazy and not focused.

And yet keeping it illegal did nothing to protect him.

I think that what he’s saying is that opening up the doors to marijuana use for a lot more teens would not be a good thing.

I personally don’t want to have to deal with ‘smoking weed and driving idiots’. We already haven’t figured out how to deal with all the morons who drive while staring at their phones, we don’t need to add further disaster & stupidity to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't smoke it, but am all for legalization and taxation of pot. Will be voting for Jealous now.

Have been on the fence, but don't know if I can vote for any Republican now, and I like Hogan (and voted for him last time )

It’s not a popular concept in Maryland really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I am not voting for him. Yes alcohol is bad, but marijuana turns kids into stoners and potentially worse. The kid at the end of my street died from a drug overdose, and I remember a few years back before he started having drug problems his mom continuously caught him with marijuana. That stuff is scary and seems to make kids lazy and not focused.

And yet keeping it illegal did nothing to protect him.

I think that what he’s saying is that opening up the doors to marijuana use for a lot more teens would not be a good thing.

I personally don’t want to have to deal with ‘smoking weed and driving idiots’. We already haven’t figured out how to deal with all the morons who drive while staring at their phones, we don’t need to add further disaster & stupidity to that.

It sure is a minus that Hogan wants to widen the beltway for more cars, rather than focusing on more trains. If people can’t help but stare at their phones while driving they most likely view driving as a waste of time whereas if you’re on a train (one that isn’t miserably over crowded) you could more easily multi task.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pot should probably be legal for people 21 and older but it’s really harmful to kids, as is alcohol.

But I am not voting for Ben Jealous regardless of his views on weed. My Takoma Park neighbors would be shocked, I’m sure.

Based in Jealous's poll numbers even in MoCo, you probably have more neighbors than you think planning on voting for Hogan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pot should probably be legal for people 21 and older but it’s really harmful to kids, as is alcohol.

But I am not voting for Ben Jealous regardless of his views on weed. My Takoma Park neighbors would be shocked, I’m sure.

Based in Jealous's poll numbers even in MoCo, you probably have more neighbors than you think planning on voting for Hogan.

Oh, I agree. But the ones with Jealous and Elrich signs in their yards would be shocked.

[Anonymous]

I’d love the new revenue stream. How does that work though? It’s a cash only business because it’s still illegal under federal law and banks can’t touch the cash....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to support legalizing. But now that it’s legal in DC I think it’s awful. I can’t take my kids anywhere without smelling weed. And I know for a fact that we’re breathing it in secondhand quite often. It’s particularly bad around the DC rec center that we spend time at.

The smell of weed hurts you? I dont get it, they breath air pollution all the time. What is bad about the smell of weed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I am not voting for him. Yes alcohol is bad, but marijuana turns kids into stoners and potentially worse. The kid at the end of my street died from a drug overdose, and I remember a few years back before he started having drug problems his mom continuously caught him with marijuana. That stuff is scary and seems to make kids lazy and not focused.

I do not believe people die from smoking pot so nice try. His death was unfortunate but it was not from a weed overdose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't smoke it, but am all for legalization and taxation of pot. Will be voting for Jealous now.

Have been on the fence, but don't know if I can vote for any Republican now, and I like Hogan (and voted for him last time )

It’s not a popular concept in Maryland really.

It is a popular concept in Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I am not voting for him. Yes alcohol is bad, but marijuana turns kids into stoners and potentially worse. The kid at the end of my street died from a drug overdose, and I remember a few years back before he started having drug problems his mom continuously caught him with marijuana. That stuff is scary and seems to make kids lazy and not focused.

And yet keeping it illegal did nothing to protect him.

I think that what he’s saying is that opening up the doors to marijuana use for a lot more teens would not be a good thing.

I personally don’t want to have to deal with ‘smoking weed and driving idiots’. We already haven’t figured out how to deal with all the morons who drive while staring at their phones, we don’t need to add further disaster & stupidity to that.

I'm unclear what this has to do with teens. Alcohol is legal yet teens still manage to get their hands on it. How would making pot legal make it more accessible to teens? Legal or illegal they will find it if they want it. It will STILL be illegal for them if people over the age of 21 can buy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to support legalizing. But now that it’s legal in DC I think it’s awful. I can’t take my kids anywhere without smelling weed. And I know for a fact that we’re breathing it in secondhand quite often. It’s particularly bad around the DC rec center that we spend time at.

The smell of weed hurts you? I dont get it, they breath air pollution all the time. What is bad about the smell of weed?

It’s stinky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to support legalizing. But now that it’s legal in DC I think it’s awful. I can’t take my kids anywhere without smelling weed. And I know for a fact that we’re breathing it in secondhand quite often. It’s particularly bad around the DC rec center that we spend time at.

The smell of weed hurts you? I dont get it, they breath air pollution all the time. What is bad about the smell of weed?

It’s stinky.

Your perfume and hair products are stinky and I prefer not to have to smell you.

[Anonymous]

Everyone I know is voting for Jealous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know is voting for Jealous!

Honest question: do you think your friends are representative of state's overall demographics?