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December 09, 2012 06:13 AM UTC
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They lose an election and here come the doomsday warnings. What’s this, a precursor to a threat to raise tuition to make up for that “nearly a billion”?
I’m surprised he hasn’t threatened to drop all female students’ grades a point or two. Surely their ObamaCare is going to ruin the university.
You young whippersnappers keep voting like you do, we’ll make you pay for your insolence and independence. Consider this a warning from your kindly, wise old authority fart (I mean, Republican elder statesman)–who doesn’t know shit.
Is why people who are fine with alcohol are so opposed to drugs. I can understand people who are against any recreational stimulants opposing legalizing drugs.
But the people who favor legal booze & tobacco but not marijuana – how does that compute?
Put an end to that bullshit right quick. Rep Jared Polis caught doing his job well again. I love it.
To be fair, while I believe Rep. Polis’ statement, I also see the half-truth in Benson’s statement.
A vindictive Congress could, in fact, begin to width hold federal dollars in response to 64. That could come in a variety of manners – police program funding, highway dollars, and yes, grant money to the University of Colorado. Being in compliance with the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act does not in any way mean the flow of money will continue.
But, like I said, I believe Polis will do his job and make sure any funding continues. But don’t discount Benson’s words as a scare tactic when it’s a course the Feds have taken many, many times before.
can not accept that the voters decide to treat adults as adults. I do think that they are “afraid” of the impacts of legalization. Therefore they are “afraid” of adults monitoring their own behavior.
Perhaps, given A64 and what appears to be a national trajectory to legalize, that one good thing about MMJ is that folks who are going to smoke and drive are already doing that. I doubt it will get much worse. I do advise tokers to be adult, that this new “right” can be removed with an Amendment just as it was given by the voters to all of us.
an editorial in TNTSNBN today that chastises Benson in the same fashion that Congressan Polis took
(one Boulder, one Denver), I DO worry about the easy access to all kinds of substances on both campuses, but primarily in Boulder. When one of my kids arrived for his first day in the dorm last year, he received a welcom packet from community businesses. Among the coupons were empty plastic bottles with ads inside telling the kids where they could go to get their MMJ licenses and refills. It was literally the first thing he saw and held as a new college student. I have a problem with that.
Colorado does have a very serious problem with intoxicants and illegal drugs. In sitting through many workshops and meetings over the years as a community volunteer, I have heard that we are anywhere from 2nd-5th in the country (depending on the study) for substance abuse. Someone I know from high school sent their child to Boulder a few weeks ago, and that student drank himself to death. We do have a serious pot/alchohol/prescription/illegal drug problem here, and we need to take it seriously. I tip my hat to Benson for one thing — he knows that, and he wants to change our image.
I like Benson about as much as I like Mike Coffman, though, which puts him squarely in the same field as Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. What Benson, and so many anti-drug zealots like him are missing, is that penalizing substance users and abusers will never prevent abuse. The War On Drugs has been a giant waste of money since it started decades ago, because it was based entirely on false premises. What is needed is thoughtful drug policy that is based on research and experience, rather than the rigid ponderings of a bunch of crotchety old white men in business suits who don’t have a proverbial clue.
If Bruce Benson and his cronies want to improve lives for their students, they would do an about-face on all their politics and start investing in the kinds of things that help people of every age make healthy choices in life — well-funded, publicly accessible, FREE health clinics, schools, community centers, recreation centers, prevention programs, counseling services, and so much more. That money would be well-spent, whether it was on college campuses or in Highlands Ranch.