Tom Zbikowski FAILS Drug Test

JermikesHere wrote:Plus a Ravens player would never do anything wrong, so it's cool

PhantomJB93 wrote:Weed needs to be legalized

PhantomJB93 wrote:Weed needs to be legalized

JermikesHere wrote:Plus a Ravens player would never do anything wrong, so it's cool

BaltRavensFan20 wrote:

JermikesHere wrote:Plus a Ravens player would never do anything wrong, so it's cool

No, but theres no reason to come to conclusions when all the facts aren't there. But I guess since all the boxers tested positive they all must be guilty. Im not saying he didnt smoke weed, but atleast withhold any finger pointing till AFTER all the facts are known.

SnA ExclusiVe wrote:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81f7d1da/article/manager-ravennowboxer-zbikowski-passes-second-drug-test?module=HP_headlines

He passed his second test.

I'm going to hold back the urge to say "I told you so."

KWicK78 wrote:

SnA ExclusiVe wrote:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81f7d1da/article/manager-ravennowboxer-zbikowski-passes-second-drug-test?module=HP_headlines

He passed his second test.

I'm going to hold back the urge to say "I told you so."

Except you didn't with this part...

KWicK78 wrote:

SnA ExclusiVe wrote:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81f7d1da/article/manager-ravennowboxer-zbikowski-passes-second-drug-test?module=HP_headlines

He passed his second test.

I'm going to hold back the urge to say "I told you so."

Except you didn't with this part...

SnA ExclusiVe wrote:

BaltRavensFan20 wrote:

JermikesHere wrote:Plus a Ravens player would never do anything wrong, so it's cool

No, but theres no reason to come to conclusions when all the facts aren't there. But I guess since all the boxers tested positive they all must be guilty. Im not saying he didnt smoke weed, but atleast withhold any finger pointing till AFTER all the facts are known.

Agreed, same goes for the whole Ray Lewis HGH thing.

If it turns out that he did smoke Marijuana or whatever, then that's a huge mistake on his part and he deserves to be punished. But honestly I think Tom is smarter than that and I think boxing means more to him than anything as of right now and he wouldn't do anything to put that in jeopardy. But we'll find out soon enough.

tubbs51 wrote:

PhantomJB93 wrote:Weed needs to be legalized

I agree 100%

the extreme conservatards wont want that though...

God knows the Tea Party needs something new to bitch about.

CaptRCG2 wrote:

tubbs51 wrote:

PhantomJB93 wrote:Weed needs to be legalized

I agree 100%

the extreme conservatards wont want that though...

God knows the Tea Party needs something new to bitch about.

You sure you now what you're talking about?

Why the Tea Party Is the Hidden Force Behind Legal Pot
July 14, 2010 at 10:49AM by John H. Richardson


You're right, there does seem to be an awful lot of activity in the world of marijuana legalization this summer. Let's put together the pieces:


1. In 2010, more than a dozen state legislatures introduced new medical-marijuana laws, including conservative states where you wouldn't expect them — Kansas and Alabama, Tennessee and Nebraska.

2. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot this in Arizona and in South Dakota.

3. In Oregon, activists pushing for a new law to regulate medical-marijuana dispensaries collected 130,000 signature and put that on the November ballot, too.

4. Five other states are considering laws to relax and extend their existing medical-marijuana laws.

5. Eight states considered decriminalization laws that would replace jail sentences with fines, including Connecticut, Hawaii, Tennessee, and Virginia. (Already, fines are the only penalty for "personal use" amounts in twelve states, including Mississippi, California, Minnesota, and Oregon — thirteen if you count Alaska, which considers small amounts at home functionally legal.)

6. The elimination of all criminal penalties for amounts under one ounce is also under consideration for a November initiative in Detroit, which would join a growing fraternity of quasi-open cities, along with Seattle and Denver.

7. Mainstream groups are becoming more open about their support, including the state Democratic Party of Maine and the NAACP, both of which endorsed legalization efforts.

8. And, of course, there's California, which is voting on full legalization this November. And that Prop 19 vote looks like it'll come down to the wire.

"What you're really seeing is groundswell," says Mike Meno of the Marijuana Policy Project. "There was a poll in October showing that 81 percent of Americans nationally support medical-marijuana laws. I always tell people, What other public-policy issue can 81 percent of Americans agree on?"

One factor Meno cites is the Tea Party movement, especially the libertarian streak represented by Ron Paul, who frames pot legalization as yet another states' rights issue. "People don't want government telling them what they can use to unwind with after work," Meno says.
Not only that, but a Gallup poll last fall showed significant growth in support from Republicans for outright legalization — 7 percent from 2005 to 2009, from a low of 21 percent to 28 percent today. Democrats had an even bigger jump, from 41 percent to 58 percent — a total increase of 13 percent in just four years. (Oddly, the independents, usually the weather vanes of American politics, show unusual conviction on this issue, going up only 3 percent in the same four years, from 46 percent in support in 2005 to 49 percent last year.)

Libertarian support helps explain the ballot initiatives in Arizona and South Dakota, hardly strongbeds of liberalism. Another cause, it seems clear now, is growing alarm about the violence associated with Mexican drug cartels, which make 60 to 70 percent of their profits off marijuana. (For history buffs, the irony is that marijuana laws were originally rooted in American hatred of Mexicans and the cheap "ditch weed" they smoked for recreation.)All eyes are on California, where polls show the public almost perfectly divided but where the demographics suggest that change is inevitable — according to an April poll from a California CBS affiliate, only 39 percent of people 66 years or older thought pot should be legal, but a bracing 74 percent of folks 18 to 34 support it.

So even if California votes no, Meno says, "the wind is definitely at the backs of the anti-prohibition side."



Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/marijuana-legalization-by-state-071410#ixzz1KjREi6Y7

JermikesHere wrote:

CaptRCG2 wrote:

tubbs51 wrote:

PhantomJB93 wrote:Weed needs to be legalized

I agree 100%

the extreme conservatards wont want that though...

God knows the Tea Party needs something new to bitch about.

You sure you now what you're talking about?

Why the Tea Party Is the Hidden Force Behind Legal Pot
July 14, 2010 at 10:49AM by John H. Richardson


You're right, there does seem to be an awful lot of activity in the world of marijuana legalization this summer. Let's put together the pieces:


1. In 2010, more than a dozen state legislatures introduced new medical-marijuana laws, including conservative states where you wouldn't expect them — Kansas and Alabama, Tennessee and Nebraska.

2. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot this in Arizona and in South Dakota.

3. In Oregon, activists pushing for a new law to regulate medical-marijuana dispensaries collected 130,000 signature and put that on the November ballot, too.

4. Five other states are considering laws to relax and extend their existing medical-marijuana laws.

5. Eight states considered decriminalization laws that would replace jail sentences with fines, including Connecticut, Hawaii, Tennessee, and Virginia. (Already, fines are the only penalty for "personal use" amounts in twelve states, including Mississippi, California, Minnesota, and Oregon — thirteen if you count Alaska, which considers small amounts at home functionally legal.)

6. The elimination of all criminal penalties for amounts under one ounce is also under consideration for a November initiative in Detroit, which would join a growing fraternity of quasi-open cities, along with Seattle and Denver.

7. Mainstream groups are becoming more open about their support, including the state Democratic Party of Maine and the NAACP, both of which endorsed legalization efforts.

8. And, of course, there's California, which is voting on full legalization this November. And that Prop 19 vote looks like it'll come down to the wire.

"What you're really seeing is groundswell," says Mike Meno of the Marijuana Policy Project. "There was a poll in October showing that 81 percent of Americans nationally support medical-marijuana laws. I always tell people, What other public-policy issue can 81 percent of Americans agree on?"

One factor Meno cites is the Tea Party movement, especially the libertarian streak represented by Ron Paul, who frames pot legalization as yet another states' rights issue. "People don't want government telling them what they can use to unwind with after work," Meno says.
Not only that, but a Gallup poll last fall showed significant growth in support from Republicans for outright legalization — 7 percent from 2005 to 2009, from a low of 21 percent to 28 percent today. Democrats had an even bigger jump, from 41 percent to 58 percent — a total increase of 13 percent in just four years. (Oddly, the independents, usually the weather vanes of American politics, show unusual conviction on this issue, going up only 3 percent in the same four years, from 46 percent in support in 2005 to 49 percent last year.)

Libertarian support helps explain the ballot initiatives in Arizona and South Dakota, hardly strongbeds of liberalism. Another cause, it seems clear now, is growing alarm about the violence associated with Mexican drug cartels, which make 60 to 70 percent of their profits off marijuana. (For history buffs, the irony is that marijuana laws were originally rooted in American hatred of Mexicans and the cheap "ditch weed" they smoked for recreation.)All eyes are on California, where polls show the public almost perfectly divided but where the demographics suggest that change is inevitable — according to an April poll from a California CBS affiliate, only 39 percent of people 66 years or older thought pot should be legal, but a bracing 74 percent of folks 18 to 34 support it.

So even if California votes no, Meno says, "the wind is definitely at the backs of the anti-prohibition side."



Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/marijuana-legalization-by-state-071410#ixzz1KjREi6Y7

lol another +1 from me to you capt. I read his post and was going to get into it but figured why overload another thread with political talk, especially when he so very clearly has no idea what he is talking about again. But that doesn't mean I'm not glad you completely and utterly shut him down. Well played!

tubbs51 wrote:Was not aware the Tea Party was for Pot legalization...

still not gonna vote for them.

CaptRCG2 wrote:

tubbs51 wrote:Was not aware the Tea Party was for Pot legalization...

still not gonna vote for them.

Fair enough. Who are you planning to support and why?

tubbs51 wrote:Was not aware the Tea Party was for Pot legalization...

still not gonna vote for them.