Rep. Barney Frank Offers Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
Massachusetts Democrats says government should not interfere with how people spend their leisure time
The federal government should stop interfering with people's "leisure" activities, including using marijuana, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, unveiling a bill to remove federal criminal penalties for possessing the drug. "I don't think that it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time," Frank said, according to the Washington-based Examiner. "There are a lot of things people do that I don't do, and I think that they should be free to do them. There are things that I do that other people don't do, and I ought to be free to do them." While Frank is a senior Democrat and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, he conceded that there is little chance of the bill becoming law anytime soon.
The legalization debate has been ongoing in USNews.com's Opinion section, where Peter Moskos of John Jay College of Criminal Justice argues in favor, while former Drug Czar Lee P. Brown says we should not decriminalize. Should drugs be legalized?
Reader Comments
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
I think weed should be legalized..im 17 and smoke it. it does no harm what so ever it dont kill your brain cells the scientist only said that because they tested it on a DOG. we are not dogs here people!!!
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ya weed is way better than any thing else you can smoke so yes lets ghet it done i smoke almost every day
illegal arrrests,nixon era...
in 1970 the littleton police pulled me for hitch hiking , i was
trown against a crusier, a 2nd.cop arrived,walked 20yrds and bent down to pick up a joint. i was convicted of "possesion"
sentenced to 6mnths. sent to billrica house of correction(i was
19) i freaked , and was transfered to bridgewater state mental
hospital. (i won't describe my treatment at the hands of the people there). it took a us congressmen to get me out of bridgewater.after 7yrs, a article was posted in the globe(or perhaps littleton's local paper)stateing the attorney general
had been paying a $100 "christmas"bonus for each arrest and conviction of pot users(police got $50) i've never even heard a
word from 'em (mass) a apology ,nothin'.. perhaps someone
knows a good lawyer?
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