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The Colbert Report Nails Medical Marijuana

ccinsider.comedycentral.com — Has The Colbert Report gone to pot? Are they a bunch of dopes? Have they been eating corn beef hash? (Trust me, my marijuana puns are hilarious if you're stoned. Or retarded.) What I'm trying to say is, Stephen covered medical marijuana last night and it was hilarious. Highly hilarious.

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  • ironeus, on 08/12/2008, -3/+146That hits it right on the head.
    • HumanGlitch, on 08/12/2008, -8/+2That right on the money.
    • tomjm5000, on 08/12/2008, -2/+36That hit went right to my head.
    • socalftw, on 08/12/2008, -7/+3i put my head on my bong and take a hit
    • QuadZeroRoute, on 08/12/2008, -3/+1alapoet is probably an undercover DEA agent. I would quit digging his stories.
      • socalftw, on 08/12/2008, -0/+4bcuz the war on drugs has moved to digg comments...where the real criminals lurk.
      • Spudster, on 08/12/2008, -1/+1Anything for the greater good.
      • tech42er, on 08/13/2008, -0/+3@socalftw
        It does seem to be where lots of harmless stoners lurk. And we all know how much the DEA loves persecuting harmless stoners!
      • LeeSoong, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1The body is a temple - not a trash bin!


        Drugs are for senior citizens,
        http://origin.theonion.com/content/news/area_senio ...
        though some people think
        medication is wasted on the old:
        http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34141

        So, Stay clean and morally straight -
        and support the Zero tolerance law for all state and federal elected and appointed government officials and employees.

        George Bush and Mr. Obama couldn't get a job driving a school bus - because they are both admitted drug users.

        No way pot head drunk cocaine users should be allowed to work in government, ever.
    • nathron, on 08/13/2008, -1/+2"Let's cover this up with something a little more family friendly..."

      roffle
      • LeeSoong, on 08/13/2008, -0/+3- Colbert always on target:

        Family Friendly: Body dismembering graphic violence!

        BANNED FROM TV: Boobies.

        ? Why is Murder A.O.K. on USA TV but Breasts are banned ?

      • choopie911, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1It always makes me happy to realize I'm not the only person scratching his head over that.
    • lolmax, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2i said something that was probably pretty lame about smoking, I am self censoring. thanks for understanding
    • ShellShock11, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1Hit the "nail" right on the head.
  • alapoet, on 08/12/2008, -2/+113Thank goodness we have brave reporter Stephen and everyone at The Colbert Report to protect us from all those horrible medical-pot-smoking sick people!

    ;-)
  • lucy22, on 08/12/2008, -3/+55Oh those evil " medical-pot-smoking sick people!" LOL.
    • HumanGlitch, on 08/12/2008, -2/+15What does lol mean?
      • justinbonnet, on 08/12/2008, -1/+28welcome to the internet. Please log off your AOL free trial now.
      • HumanGlitch, on 08/12/2008, -1/+18What does aol mean?
      • Cybermaul, on 08/12/2008, -3/+8Assuming you're speaking seriously, it means "Laugh out Loud."

        Oh, and welcome to the internet.
      • HumanGlitch, on 08/12/2008, -1/+6lol

        smile
  • muckemuck, on 08/12/2008, -9/+110We need the hero John McCain to continue the gloriously successful War on Drugs... because those wimps Barr and Obama would let dope smokers lay around and get stoned and not arrest them. /s
    • sap959, on 08/12/2008, -1/+8is that such a bad thing?

      if it feels good and isn't killing, raping or robbing...do it
      • lololdl, on 08/12/2008, -0/+28Next up on McCain's list:

        The war on sarcasm.
      • sap959, on 08/12/2008, -4/+2il get Obama to kick McCains old ass... we have all seen the picture

        xD
      • nj10ii, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1What about running with scissors? That always felt good when I was much younger.
    • dagnome1984, on 08/12/2008, -2/+11I seriously doubt Obama or Barr for that matter would change anything about the law. Their stances on the issue don't sound genuine.

      • willster580, on 08/13/2008, -0/+6That's definitely not the case. Barr used to support the War on Drugs and openly admits it. Now he supports the legalization of marijuana.
      • sulthernao, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2Obama would probably stop the federal vs. state inconsistency on medical marijuana, but I doubt you expect more than that.
    • robopuppy, on 08/13/2008, -0/+8For all you rah rah Obama types that think he'd make logical changes to drug policy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejErbwiDBaA&feature ...

      Unless I'm mistaken and all of you somehow have prescriptions, and legit ones at that...... I'm all for Obama, but his drug policy is questionable, like a lot of other things lately
  • Tugging, on 08/12/2008, -89/+4Making something legal does not make it right.
    • kingjafee, on 08/12/2008, -2/+57Yeah people how dare a extremely ill cancer patient use medical marijuana to soothe the extreme nausea they experience when getting chemotherapy!!!

      How dare they eat!!!

      Even if it is legal, if God wanted them to eat after chemo he would have given the power to doctors to create or use something to help with the nausea....
      • MyCorona, on 08/13/2008, -2/+1You won't get very far in this life if you look to "god" to provide help. You'd think he would not give you cancer to begin with rather than give "the power to doctors to create or use something to help with the nausea". God has no place in a discussion on medical marijuana, or most anywhere else for that matter.
    • justsayknow, on 08/12/2008, -2/+74Making something illegal doesn't make it wrong. People have been using medical marijuana for thousands of years. Today, pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to develop new cannabinoid-based medicines, proving that the patients have been right all along.

      If you still oppose medical marijuana, you simply do not know what you're talking about.
    • bbqsalad, on 08/12/2008, -1/+20What made it wrong to begin with Tugging?
    • Corrosionx, on 08/12/2008, -11/+2Like robbery, kidnapping and murder, government agents doing it "legally" doesn't make it right.
    • illinoise89, on 08/12/2008, -1/+17You are correct. And making something illegal does not make it wrong. Using medical marijuana to treat certain illnesses is the right thing to do.
    • TremorX, on 08/12/2008, -1/+25Inversely, making something illegal does not make it wrong.
    • Corrosionx, on 08/12/2008, -0/+25Smoking weed for fun also is the right thing to do. Just leave people the ***** alone!
    • dafragsta, on 08/12/2008, -0/+17Making something illegal does not make it wrong.
    • Inaktivist, on 08/12/2008, -0/+6Haha... nice troll, mate.
    • Shaman760, on 08/13/2008, -1/+5I see that the governmental kool-aid has set in. You probably still have a Bush/Cheney sticker on your bumper.
    • caramba420, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4I immediately regret having clicked the "show" link on your comment.
    • phyr3x, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1As long as they are not doing it in public and are not affecting other people with their medical necessity. MM is one of the best available painkillers in certain circumstances, such as the MM user in this video. Chronic pain is very difficult to treat and sometimes the cause is unknown. MM is also less addicting than other comparable painkiller, such as percocet or oxycodone, which can have terrible side effects. I agree that there are illegitimate reason that some people get MM licenses/cards, but the benefits far outweigh the doubts.

      Plus, marijuana was made illegal because the conservatives in the country made everyone think that pot was the cause of crime and villany and all the bad stuff that happens in the U.S. at a time when everyone was gullible enough to believe all of this crap. It is less dangerous to the general population than tobacco and it's potency is on par with alcohol. Basically, get with the times, the High Times, that is!
    • Corrosionx, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1@phyr3x: What's do you have against me doing it recreationally and in public? You think I should be thrown in jail for that, like I'm actually hurting someone?

      The only people hurting someone here would be the police arresting me, because their silly littles rules are much more important to them than my freedom.

      I don't care what the laws are, good people disobey bad laws.
  • wishninja, on 08/12/2008, -39/+14Shut up I have a friend that knows someone that was raped by an evil high medical marijuana patient. /s
    • HumanGlitch, on 08/12/2008, -3/+27I wanna punch a bird into your eyeball.
      • styx31989, on 08/12/2008, -11/+2jfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjf
      • GassyTurd, on 08/12/2008, -14/+3I rammed my ***** into your sister's brown eye.
      • Cybermaul, on 08/12/2008, -3/+3Win.
      • rex84, on 08/12/2008, -2/+2Well played Mr. Turd.
      • Danby123, on 08/12/2008, -2/+2Way to go. that made me crack up.
    • tehbored, on 08/13/2008, -1/+5***** you, two of my friends died failing at the internet.
    • BlkFlmTS, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2Wait... wait oh man I'm sorry.

      He was really raped by a medical marijuana patient? Oh my god that's horrible, I'm so sorry.

      OH WAIT IT'S THE /s TAG NEVERMIND OH THANK GOD I THOUGHT THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

      >:|
  • IdigObama, on 08/12/2008, -24/+1LOL! You guy's are better then the video!
  • somethinspecial, on 08/12/2008, -2/+95Colbert for President!
  • imasuperDOTcom, on 08/12/2008, -34/+4When did illegal drugs get the status of having a "culture" in america?

    I wish the prime of my life were the 1940's and 50's.
    • rotarychainsaw, on 08/12/2008, -2/+30Drugs were around then too.
      • imasuperDOTcom, on 08/12/2008, -23/+2I didn't they say weren't.

        I was implying that in those days they weren't elevated to a culture status.

        You know, since I'm a pretty big fan of the constitution and 'liberty' in general, despite my conservative tendancies... I could almost be swayed with the whole "Pot is less dangerous than alcohol, and has a lot of economic benefits so just legalize it and forget about it" argumen.t

        Unfortunately, these damn drug hippies that make it their lifes work to smoke the doobie just piss me off too much. If you guys would just stop being so damn stupid about it, conservatives like me might actually buy into your whole argument, and let you have your way.
      • bdawg123, on 08/12/2008, -2/+14"Unfortunately, these damn drug hippies that make it their lifes work to smoke the doobie..."

        Generalize much?
      • BlueLove775, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1How will things ever change if "hippies" didn't stand up for what they believe in? I guess Lincoln was a "hippie" because he challenged the constitution by abolishing slavery. Open your eyes instead of being a puppet in a game you don't know how to play.
    • Andrwmorph, on 08/12/2008, -1/+11The first half of the 40s sucked some major balls though...
    • cli006, on 08/12/2008, -0/+10The government spoon fed American citizens ***** propaganda and people had no choice but to believe it. The US government back then controlled every form of news people had access to. Do you today believe the old government tapes that portray young adults taking a hit and becoming suicidal rapists?

      Welcome to the modern age where technology allows people to network and share real ideas, not the ones the government wants us to believe in.
    • belebih, on 08/12/2008, -1/+9You should go a wee bit before that (20's-30's) and read about alcohol prohibition. The same ***** that kept alcohol illegal at that time is pretty much what's keeping marijuana illegal now. Eventually most people realized it was ***** and it was repealed. Now, considering alcohol has a more severe negative impact on society than marijuana (and no benefits at all, as opposed to medical marijuana), it's hopefully just a matter of time until it's legalized as well.

      People just need to pull the stick out of their asses and get educated about the issue, cause definitely the people that oppose legalization are pretty much just ignorant of the facts... either that or they have something to gain from keeping it illegal... ahem.
    • illinoise89, on 08/12/2008, -0/+9"Damn drug hippies". You sound like my grandpa. In case you were wondering, through the early 20th century it was common for Americans to use opium and other drugs to treat illnesses. Drugs have been around for a long, long time. Intoxicants will always be a part of any culture as much as art, food or religion. Who are you to say what deserves to be a part of a culture? And how many people are really stoners for life? I think you portray pot use as being a much bigger problem than it is.
    • DebbieKat, on 08/12/2008, -1/+4Funny. Are you saying the US government DOESN'T control all forms of news today? I think it's almost worse now than ever. Now news is just infotainment. As Randi Rhodes says: "The news has been canceled."
      • rowjimmy, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2it's not so much that the govt controls the news, as it is that big business *is* the news & the govt.
    • sanguinekane, on 08/12/2008, -0/+10Hate to break it to you, but pot had a culture associated with it in the 40s and 50s as well. Ever heard of Jazz and the Beat Generation?

      Cannabis has always had a culture associated with it because it has (almost) always been a part of human society in one way or another.
    • tech42er, on 08/13/2008, -0/+11You're a pathetic little wannabe authoritarian bitch because you think people should have rights based on whether or not you like them. Go ***** yourself; our rights are inalienable and as long as we're not harming others, you have no basis to throw in jail. For the record, I don't smoke (tobacco or marijuana) but I sure as hell support those who are exercising their rights by doing so.
      • phyr3x, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2Amen (not in a religious sense), brutha!
    • phyr3x, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1If the prime of your life was then, you would likely die in the war than be hurt now in any way by a medical marijuana user.

      P.S. Veterans, thank you for your sacrifice.
  • dumass4u, on 08/12/2008, -3/+93If I were ever king . . . (in the words of Tenacious D)
    The first decree is to legalize marijuana.
    The tyranny and the *****'s gone on too long.
    You old *****' shrivs who blocked it's legalization,
    you're banished from the land!
    • pumah, on 08/12/2008, -3/+13We'll rule as two kings!!!!
    • dafragsta, on 08/12/2008, -0/+13We'll travel in TUBES!
      • dumass4u, on 08/12/2008, -0/+3get some scientists working on the tube technology
      • fafnir314, on 08/12/2008, -3/+1if you don't get the reference, don't embarrass yourself
      • dumass4u, on 08/13/2008, -0/+0He says that in the song numbnuts.
    • kokoshka, on 08/12/2008, -0/+5dude the red phone is flashing
    • Tomchei, on 08/12/2008, -3/+3Repeal any law that doesn't interfere with ones right to life, liberty, and happiness.
      Remove the Income Tax
      Jail dishonest politicians.
      • bmorris, on 08/13/2008, -0/+6Go back to libertarian school, Tomchei. You guys want to repeal laws that DO interfere with one's right to life, liberty, and happiness.
    • tech42er, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call
      Don't stand in the doorway or block up the hall
      For he who is hurt will be he who has stalled
      It's time for pot legalization
      Get out of the way if you can't lend a hand
      For the times, they are a-changin'!
    • Fludd777, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2Dude, there was no potato famine.
    • TheBuz, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Cause everyone is Rockem Sockem robots.
    • Wootstapler, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1There are two air ducts...on the roof...
  • KaiSe7eN, on 08/12/2008, -26/+4Wow.....that was really not that funny. I've seen better from Colbert.
    • whywait, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1yeah. what was he high or something... : )
  • akula89, on 08/12/2008, -5/+37no love for Canadians..
  • TheKarmaPolice, on 08/12/2008, -1/+29i love the clock on the wall when he walked by at 2:17 into the video. check out the time.
  • aoru, on 08/12/2008, -1/+9So what is being done to make it legal and when will it be legal?
    • tech42er, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4http://norml.org

      The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws should have all that information.
    • tcsucks, on 08/13/2008, -2/+4It will never be legal because you can grow it yourself. There's no way for the Federal Government to make money off of it.

      Pot is not like brewing beer. It's a ***** plant and it grows like a weed (hence the ***** name). They are very easy to grow. Water + sunlight + seed + soil = marijuana. The only reason people grow it indoors is because they don't want people tearing through their gardens; or because the natural climate isn't ideal for it. If marijuana became legal, you could grow it in the ***** herb planters you hung from your kitchen window.

      Keep dreaming, pot heads. No one is going to buy from a dispensary once it becomes legal.
      • hajimemashite, on 08/13/2008, -0/+15same thing could be said about fruits and vegetables.

        i mean, who would go to the grocery store to buy tomatoes when you can just plant them inside of your house? Water + Sunlight + seed+ soil = Tomatoes right? And yet, every time when i go to the grocery store, i still see tomatoes on sale. I wonder why they keep doing that? People surely aren't buying them right?
      • sajorojas, on 08/13/2008, -0/+7^ listen to this man
      • macsox, on 08/13/2008, -0/+3Also, people brew their own beer.
      • Mpwns, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2dispensary's would still make money its the dealers who buy from them that will lose out since they are the middle man. also its not like you have around 15 strains to choose from when your growing for your self.
      • wonderbriefs, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Um, growing good potent pot is not that easy. You can tend to your crops like they are your children, and still manage to screw them up to the point that they barely get you buzzed. Not that I would know or anything.
  • Loudtyper, on 08/12/2008, -2/+114"We are going to cover this with something more family friendly."

    Love it!!
    • bweltondav, on 08/12/2008, -4/+26This was my favorite part of the interview. He covered up the illegal smoking scene with something that was legal--a blood bath from Kill Bill or whatever movie it's actually from.

      It illustrates how ridiculously backwards the whole situation is--that someone smoking is illegal on tv but someone's arm getting chopped off is ok.
      • vincevonvice, on 08/13/2008, -3/+5Thank you, we are capable of visual and auditory comprehension.
      • WarnerK, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4^^You'd be surprised.
      • psychokila, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1a brilliant deduction sherlock
    • SierraAlpha, on 08/13/2008, -9/+1Yeah somebody getting their arm chopped off... made by a director hopped up on so many drugs during its production. Oh yeah, and the movie is rated R and not for TV.
    • c010rb1indusa, on 08/13/2008, -0/+10I love when American hypocrisy can be displayed in such an obvious and funny way
  • Fatcheeseguy, on 08/12/2008, -1/+20http://books.google.com/books?id=s4FeZmuBAqsC&dq=r ...

    Anyone who's against marijuana should first read this (start at page 13) before ignorantly criticizing stoners or just read its history of many uses.
  • justinbonnet, on 08/12/2008, -3/+77I'm about to smoke a bowl, and lay down. It's hard living a life of crime.
    • AndySavage, on 08/12/2008, -2/+18Thug liiiife!
    • kokoshka, on 08/12/2008, -1/+41You've got some nerve not driving home from a bar after work.
    • solistus, on 08/13/2008, -0/+13How DARE you burn a dried flower in your own home to aid in relaxation? I demand that you be thrown in with murderers and rapists! Think of... the children?
      • Mpwns, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4as a stoner i know for a fact i would not last in the pen one month.
      • tim04, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2jesus...one month? think a little highly of yourself don'cha?
  • Corrosionx, on 08/12/2008, -2/+45Drug laws bad because they are anti-liberty. Good people disobey bad laws.
    • 30somethinDad, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2Well said.
    • kaelyiesta, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Agreed. ***** federal drug laws. They have no business telling states which drugs its citizens can consume.
    • Corrosionx, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1kaelyiesta:
      I say ***** state and county drug laws, they have no business telling its citizens which drugs they can consume.
    • phyr3x, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Well, I am sure our founding forefathers would be proud of our exercising our right to protest an unjust government.
  • konstantine89, on 08/12/2008, -1/+156This is hilarious.

    ...

    "but why so many BONGS?"
    "...those aren't my bongs."
    "You're right...we put them there."

    HA
    • cshard, on 08/13/2008, -0/+9"but they look so right at HOME."
    • SumguyTwentyOne, on 08/13/2008, -1/+4Hey! I think I saw that video too. Thanks for reminding me about that.
    • adrenalmedulla9, on 08/13/2008, -0/+3Yeah man, I could have forgotten about that line after just watching the video it was from. But you were here to help me. It's time like these you can tell who your real friends are, huh?
  • Inaktivist, on 08/12/2008, -2/+37Is there anything the Colbert Report won't nail? Also, on a side note, nice Mononoke reference!
  • billpilgrim, on 08/12/2008, -10/+0I
  • thebestever, on 08/12/2008, -7/+56MAKE WEED LEGAL!!!!!!!





    :D
    • rlanglois, on 08/12/2008, -4/+0dgg4spprt!
    • kaelyiesta, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Better yet, remove all authority for the federal government to legalize or criminalize drug use.
  • GassyTurd, on 08/12/2008, -1/+13I'm setting up a DWC system tomorrow. Grow your own.
    • fruscianteisgod, on 08/12/2008, -2/+5knock kncock

      who is it?

      The DEA bitch

      jkjk

      right on gotta do what u gotta do
    • blaisedaly, on 08/12/2008, -1/+42Maybe I'm just paranoid, but if I had a 600w dual-spectrum providing light for clones in organic soil set up in a converted closet behind a sliding bookshelf, I'd never post about it on the internet.

      *****.
      • lisaawesome, on 08/12/2008, -0/+15Seriously I would never post on the internet that you need to push the 2nd black brick from the end.
      • nj10ii, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1I'm not paranoid, and I for one would not post 'anything' on the internet if my name was Gassy Turd.
  • mwalker05, on 08/12/2008, -3/+64dugg for princess mononoke
    • linkcma, on 08/13/2008, -0/+6has anyone watched princess mononoke while high?
  • bigdubbz, on 08/12/2008, -2/+13well done colbert.

    legalize it.
  • RSS14, on 08/12/2008, -1/+12Can someone post a link for us Canadians?
  • Lothar121, on 08/12/2008, -2/+22Stop messing around and support the marijuana policy project. http://www.mpp.org
    Email your state and Federal law-makers with a custom letter supporting marijuana legalization and medicinal marijuana legalization (take action on mpp.org). Support the Federal bills HR 5842 and HR 5843 now! Look them up and write!
  • Trunkhouse, on 08/12/2008, -4/+12But was he stoned when he fell off the wing of the plane?
  • captoftheworld, on 08/12/2008, -2/+144"What kind of doctor would prescribe drugs to treat an illness?"

    Love it.
  • xerograde, on 08/12/2008, -1/+15Mike Levine
    "Bad-Ass"
  • fruscianteisgod, on 08/12/2008, -2/+10this is why i would have voted Colbert in 08
  • DarkReign16, on 08/12/2008, -4/+32Haha: http://fumpr.com/images/olo7ag0l6lqwbm22eh92.png
  • Fubeman, on 08/12/2008, -1/+14Dugg for the "Blue/Green Tinted Re-enactment" sequences!
    . . . oh, and pot!
  • pingveno, on 08/12/2008, -1/+15I find it vaguely amusing that every state that borders the Pacific Ocean allows medical marijuana.
    • Spudster, on 08/12/2008, -2/+7The west is the best!
      • lisaawesome, on 08/12/2008, -0/+4Proud to be from the beaver state! I just realized someone in my family has been born in every west coast state. That's your random Awesome family fact of the day.
  • Tyrghast, on 08/12/2008, -1/+28A naturally occurring plant that, in all of it's uses, enriches and raises quality of life for all human beings involved? Can't show it on TV! Excessive violence? Woooooooo praise the lawd and pass teh ammunition!
    • SierraAlpha, on 08/13/2008, -2/+2Honestly... I don't find it enriching when people smoke it around me and I don't feel like dealing with it, sometimes it's ok but your statement is retarded. You're very unaware of your surroundings if you think it's pleasant for everyone. And don't use the natural argument... uranium and cocaine is naturally occurring too, guess we should smoke it.
      • Tyrghast, on 08/13/2008, -0/+3Oh ye ignorant one, cocaine in the form which it is used does not occur naturally, and if you assume that 'smoking' is the only thing marijuana is useful for than you need to really reevaluate your knowledge of the plant. You also might try inhaling once in awhile, it will relax you far better than any other drug and your only side effect will be Domino's pizza.
      • leif77, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1... and impaired judgement... along with all that tar... and the stuff we smoke now is hardly the same plant it was in the summer of love...
      • knojah, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1@leif77
        "hardly the same plant" ?!
        how the ***** would you know if you ain't smoked it of recent?
        fancy yourself a botanist?
        lmfao at your ignorance

        enjoy your pharmaceuticals old man
      • leif77, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2... im 21 and once upon a time i enjoyed it but im just saying its not all sunshine and daisies... i thought potheads were pretty mellow but i guess some speak for the rest of them...
      • knojah, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1you're 21. stfu.
        what summer of love did u have youngbuck?
        dont talk about ***** you know not of.
        we are mellow until wankers like yourself try to impart retardation upon the world.
        smoke a joint,,, you might wake up to how much of a fool u really are
  • DubYaSee, on 08/12/2008, -3/+18While I applaud the Colbert Report's effort to paint the "War on Drugs" as a wasteful exercise in tyranny, the use of "stoner" humor allows the very serious points the satire makes to be marginalized as drug induced nonsense.

    While the economy, war in Iraq and Afghanistan (soon to be elsewhere), health care, and energy costs get top billing in this election cycle... the perpetual "War on Drugs" continues to deny many Americans the liberty of their birth right. The "War on Drugs" is a war on Americans by their government. The "War on Drugs" is serious tyranny folks... don't allow yourself to be numbed to the injustice of the "War on Drugs" just because it is so common place. Fight for liberty... resist the "War on Drugs". Work for liberty and equal justice.
    • Spudster, on 08/12/2008, -1/+2The best way to convince people the drug war is wrong is by making them realize that the best approach is harm reduction. The principled "liberty" approach will not work. People simply refuse to accept it.

      Drug use is not good, but jailing those who use and supply it to others is not the solution either. We need a regulated system that reduces the harm and realizes drug use is not a criminal matter, but a medical one.
      • StickWST, on 08/12/2008, -0/+3But I wouldn't package psychedelics like marijuana in with all those "dangerous" drugs.
        Obviously it isn't good for you, but it's an easy to control activity.
      • tech42er, on 08/13/2008, -1/+2It's neither. It's an individual choice and should be completely legal. I understand people might not accept the "liberty" approach but don't make this into a medical issue either.
      • personalj, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2It's a medical issue when it affects those around you, it is not safe to drive drunk, it is not safe to drive high, it's not good when you show up to the emergency room after you've overdosed on something with no insurance because you have no job and now tax payers must pay for you.
      • Spudster, on 08/13/2008, -2/+1Note I think I should replace "drug use" with "drug abuse" with what I wrote. Responsible drug use is one aspect of the drug war that has suffered. However, the war on drugs has done nothing to assist drug abusers either, who would do much better off with a harm reduction approach.

        Like marijuana, tax it, regulate, and move the money into addiction treatment and education programs. With harder drugs, provide it to addicts at a reasonable price so they can move on with their lives (this will work with heroin, but probably not meth).
      • personalj, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Provide it to addicts? There would still be a large drug trade for the harder stuff, as only addicts would be able to get a small amount at a time, non-addicts would still want it and wouldn't be able to buy it.
  • AndrewLeon, on 08/12/2008, -0/+2Nailed him.
  • kungfuscious, on 08/12/2008, -3/+10Heh - pretty funny, but not exactly hard hitting satire

    At the risk of being dugg down I recommend the 'Drugs' episode of Brass Eye, it's on youtube. That's what it's all about!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpu3aqZEQE 'got any yellow bentines?'
    • Spudster, on 08/12/2008, -2/+3I don't see why anyone would Digg you down for that. That episode was absolutely brilliant.
    • blaisedaly, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2Dugg up for introducing me to Brass Eye, and, indirectly, to Nathan Barley.
  • ndngoat, on 08/12/2008, -1/+82Canadians click here

    http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip73244
  • Phate8263, on 08/12/2008, -3/+2Loading...

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  • PimpSetBitch, on 08/12/2008, -0/+13Alcohol makes people drive erratically and become more confrontational. Marijuana has never made me want to fight anyone ever
    • karaokekidd, on 08/12/2008, -0/+7What about combining both? It makes me pass out and get molested by beautiful girls...
      • karaokekidd, on 08/13/2008, -0/+7At least my memory records it that way.
    • diggystardust, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1although WATCHING fights sure is fun
    • lolmax, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1I've definitely fought with a bag of cheetos or the controls in Prince of Persia for Wii after smoking too much
  • MishKabob, on 08/12/2008, -2/+11That was great, I'm glad their avoiding the petty crimes like rape and murder and going after the real criminals, sick people!
  • BaudiIROCZ, on 08/12/2008, -3/+17National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws

    http://www.norml.org/

    Law Enforcement Against Prohibiton

    http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php
  • jshooter1377, on 08/12/2008, -1/+13Marijuana is better than any other mind-altering substance out there (including alcohol). I bet no one has ever heard of a raging pothead or a marijuana related murder.

    Marijuana isn't legal because the government hasn't found a way they can tax it or put it securely on the market where they know people won't be able to get it anywhere else but from them.
    • dizturbd2, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Exactly.
    • robopuppy, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Government hasn't made it legal because they have far more addictive drugs lining their pockets. If marijuana was legalized, why wouldn't you just go to the store to buy it? I don't anyone that distills their own alcohol or grows their own tobacco because you can just walk down the street and get it.
      • kidjesus, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1But unlike alcohol, which has to be distilled, and tobacco, which has to be cured, growing marijuana is as easy as growing tomatoes. I would *never* make my own alcohol, 'cause the process is too time-consuming and too complicated, but if pot became legal tomorrow? You can bet your ass I'd go out and buy a hydroponic setup & seeds later that afternoon. You know, once I'm done getting high and playing video games.
  • nonfatmilk, on 08/12/2008, -0/+11"One may well ask: 'How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?' The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws"
    - MLK JR.

    I completely agree with him. If he was going into work blazed out of his mind and used medicinal marijuana as an excuse, terminating him would be more reasonable. The fact that he just had THC in his urine (duh, he's a medicinal marijuana user), and was terminated solely because of that is incredibly unjust.

    I think that even if you enjoy recreationally using marijuana, as long as you are going to work sober on time, doing all your work and performing well. It shouldn't matter if you prefer to light up in your free time to relax and let loose after a long day of work.

    Legalize!
    • tech42er, on 08/13/2008, -1/+3If a company does not want to hire someone who uses marijuana, even medicinally, that's their business. The real problem is when people are being JAILED because they're consuming a plant the government doesn't like.

      Legalize it!
  • csspeedbump, on 08/13/2008, -1/+2I have the same vape as that guy :D Eaaaaasy vape
  • nemo001, on 08/13/2008, -12/+3Hi, this is our sysadmin Stoney McStoner. He doesn't take Advil or Motrin for his back pain. He gets high. He's going to be the admin of our mission critical servers. We believe he shows really good judgment. Welcome Stoney.
  • Okinsley, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2haha thats hararious
  • ryan69969, on 08/13/2008, -0/+6Many conservative-minded folks (typically Republicans) often accuse the courts of being "activist." However, the Supreme Court really had to liberally stretch the Commerce Clause in order to grant federal authorities power to interfere with California's medical marijuana system--a system by which medical marijuana is produced and used within California's state borders. It really was a role-reversal for the Court--notably for the oft-conservative J. Scalia.
  • dizturbd2, on 08/13/2008, -1/+12I'd rather drive with a bunch of potheads on the freeway then a road full of drunks. Sure I might miss my exit and spend forever in the corner store deciding what munchies I want, but I still know what I'm doing, and I wont be running head-on into a minivan on the way.
    • personalj, on 08/13/2008, -2/+4Driving experiments show that marijuana affects a wide range of skills needed for safe driving -- thinking and reflexes are slowed, making it hard for drivers to respond to sudden, unexpected events. Also, a driver's ability to "track" (stay in lane) through curves, to brake quickly, and to maintain speed and the proper distance between cars is affected. Research shows that these skills are impaired for at least 4-6 hours after smoking a single marijuana cigarette, long after the "high" is gone. If a person drinks alcohol, along with using marijuana, the risk of an accident greatly increases. Marijuana presents a definite danger on the road.

      I'd prefer you were driving neither drunk or high.
      • bmdubya, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2While I do prefer driving neither drunk or high, if I had my pick, it would be high. From the countless times that I have driven high, I haven't done anything that would make a cop pull me over. But driving drunk is just stupid. You are a lot less aware what is going on when you are drunk than when you are stoned,
      • Metasquares, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2@bmdubya: If you were a responsible driver, you wouldn't be driving under either circumstance.
    • theadvenger, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4True, both are bad drivers, but at least with the guy on weed if he gets into an accident, he is only going 5mph.
    • personalj, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Driving over cautiously causes accidents as well, I see it all the time in Florida, elderly drivers who can't see and drive 20 under the speed limit. If you drive drunk or high, you need go to jail.
    • brad3378, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2I'll support your right to smoke weed,
      but ***** you if you think I'll support any form of impaired driving
      (e.g. drunk, stoned, sleepy, female, etc)

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