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Friday, December 18, 2009

Mayor-elect McGinn on Marijuana

Posted by on Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM

Legalize it.

"If every elected official who ever smoked marijuana voted to legalize it would probably be legalized in an instant. We recognize that, like alcohol, it's something that should be regulated not treated as a criminal activity and I think that's where the citizens of Seattle want us to go."

(Thanks, Slog tipper Will in Seattle.)

 

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theophrastus 1
spiffy. we're all agreed on this. and if taxed correctly it should provide lots of revenue to fund good social works. but wait... there's Olympia and Attorney General Rob McKenna! *curses* foiled again.
Posted by theophrastus on December 18, 2009 at 5:20 PM
gloomy gus 2
I kind of like that my mayor's seen me high more than a few times.
Posted by gloomy gus on December 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
3
oh god when dominic hears this there will be no prying him off mcginn's dick
Posted by groovyman on December 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Greenwood 4
Swear the same quote was on Slog before.
Posted by Greenwood on December 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Anc 5
@4, in the article from the link, McGinn states that this is not a new opinion, and he stated in response to The Stranger's questionnaire, so you are probably correct.

On the subject, all well and good, but unless there is state action not much more can be done. Although maybe he could press the County to adopt a similar stance to the cities.
Posted by Anc on December 18, 2009 at 9:58 PM
6
yeah, quoted at least once before. something something memory loss...
Posted by Postum on December 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM
7

Look. McGinn is the same old pocket man for the Big Wigs.

He'll feed you slaves marijuana and whatever else keeps you pacified so he can shovel $5 billion into the top feeders hands.

You'll be happy though.

One lid and you'll fall asleep with a smile on your face.
Posted by Meet the New Lib on December 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
wisepunk 8
I've procured a hell of a lot of green over the last 25 years. I still have no idea what a "lid" is. It's like a part of the cheech and chong metric system, unknown to us mere mortals.
Posted by wisepunk on December 19, 2009 at 2:32 AM
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Pot should be legalized but if that ever happens, I think it's going to take a long time. Same-sex marriage should also be legal but at least the forces against that are mainly religious (and other) conservatives. With legalized pot (and legalized prostitution) you also have a fair amount of nanny-state liberals jumping in bed with the religious right, opposing those two things because they seem them as harmful to society.

Liberals and conservatives who are libertarian think that people should have the right to marry who they love, have (or solicit) sex for money, and smoke pot without other Americans, via the heavy hand of government, forbidding them from doing so.
Posted by Roma on December 19, 2009 at 10:35 AM
gloomy gus 10
The unironic use of the word "lid" to mean some indeterminate portion of marijuana means we on Slog have our first confirmed commenter over 80 years of age.
Posted by gloomy gus on December 19, 2009 at 12:17 PM

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