What did Edwards say about Marijuana?

[penguin7]

[Mojorabbit]

1. I missed who was

for decriminalization besides Dodd. My damn phone rang.

[phillysuse]

2. He did not support decriminalization -

Said it sent the wrong message to young people.

I agree. Only those of us over 40 should smoke weed.

[Adelante]

3. Legalization would send the wrong message to young people nt

[phillysuse]

4. But fortunately not to us old people!

I tend to agree with him

[Forkboy]

5. I don't know.I can't remember.

:P

[AlCzervik]

6. can he hook me up?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. Bummer answer (he's against it)

[ddeclue]

8. Honest answer though...

He says what he believes in in a straight forward way.

[Adelante]

10. He's improved since 2004, though

In that primary he thought medical marijuana users should be arrested. Sending the wrong message to young people is a far easier sell, I'd say.

[wisteria]

9. He mentioned that it shouldn't be decriminalized- we need to set an

example for our children.

[killbotfactory]

11. What message does throwing pot smokers in jail with violent offenders send to kids?

That the government is run by irrational assholes who don't mind ruining someones life for smoking a mostly benign drug?

[orleans]

12. it's not a drug--IT'S A LEAF! n/t

[GreenArrow]

13. pretty much

The message is sends is that we are a nation of hypocrites.

[chieftain]

16. Amen

[penguin7]

14. I have yet another reason to dislike Edwards

Do all the other candidates have this same idiotic notion?

By the way, trying people for marijuana is a big financial boon to trial lawyers.

[AtomicKitten]

15. Obama supports decriminalization of the "soft drugs."

He was lauded on the McLaughlin Group a few weeks ago for his strong stance on this and addressing the inequities in sentencing and overcrowding in jails.

http://www.mclaughlin.com/bb/bb.asp?topicid=2152&pagenumber=13