Marijuana Quotes - Page 26

• Any marijuana transaction I ever did with anyone, there were never any guns involved, ever.

  George Jung

  Gun, Transactions, Involved

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy.

  Bill Maher

  College, Comedy, Pot

  "Bill Maher Confesses: ‘Selling Pot Allowed Me to Get Through College’" by Andrew Kirell, www.mediaite.com. September 9, 2013.

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• I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.

  Gary Johnson

  Alcohol, Criminals, Drink

  "America's Most Dangerous Politician". Interview with Michael W. Lynch, reason.com. January 2001.

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• Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization.

  Gary Johnson

  Borders, Mouths, Problem

  "Yes, It Is time for Pot Legalization, Mr. President" by Gary Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2011.

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• They think my mother's ashes are marijuana.

  Graham Greene

  Mother, Thinking, Ashes

  Graham Greene (1996). “Travels with My Aunt”, p.23, Oberon Books

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• Having a debate right now over whether or not to legalize marijuana is kind of like having a debate over whether the sun will come up tomorrow.

  Gary Johnson

  Sun, Tomorrow, Kind

  "The Legalization of Marijuana Is Debated at CPAC — Here’s How It Went Down" by Zach Noble, www.theblaze.com. February 26, 2015.

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• 90% of the problem with marijuana is prohibition related, not use related.

  Gary Johnson

  Use, Politics, Problem

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• The historic transition from Novice to Proficient to Adept was said to be accomplished virtually overnight by the progression from marijuana to peyote to lysergic acid. Instant mysticism had arrived. Before the court of law, hippies demanded freedom for LSD the way early Christians demanded freedom for the Eucharist.

  William Everson

  Christian, Hippie, Law

  William Everson (1988). “The Excesses of God: Robinson Jeffers as a Religious Figure”, p.5, Stanford University Press

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• We have tax revenue that's going to allow us to look in a much more comprehensive way at intervening in addiction.

  John Hickenlooper

  Addiction, Looks, Way

  "Colorado's Governor on Marijuana Legalization" by Conor Friedersdorf, www.theatlantic.com. July 1, 2014.

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• "On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned ... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies often times when they had no violent crimes ... I was against this, but I can see why so many people supported it."

  John Hickenlooper

  War, Kids, People

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• "As Colorado attempts to build its brand as a healthy state, marijuana "dilutes what you're trying to do."

  John Hickenlooper

  Healthy, Trying, Colorado

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• Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.

  Daniel D. Palmer

  Weed, Flower, Deeds

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• We have a responsibility and an obligation to do everything we can to try to make this work.

  John Hickenlooper

  Responsibility, Trying, Obligation

  "Colorado's Governor on Marijuana Legalization" by Conor Friedersdorf, www.theatlantic.com. July 1, 2014.

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• There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  People, Drug, Different

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• I never use the word "drug" without defining it. I define it exactly the way the DEA defines it, "a chemical compound capable of reproduction in standardized dosages." I explain that marijuana is a plant with many drugs in it, just like any other plant.

  Carl E. Olson

  War, Drug, Use

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• Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally on our planet, serves a thousand different functions, all of them positive. To make marijuana against the law is like saying that God made a mistake.

  Bill Hicks

  Mistake, Law, Different

  "Chicago '91". Comedy album by Bill Hicks, 1991.

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• We were also performing. We'd give them a list of, like, 'Here's how we want to be introduced' They'd be like, 'Great' And then 5 minutes later they'd come back, 'Bad news: we lost your list. But good news: we've got a trash bag full of weed!'

  Amy Poehler

  Weed, Giving, Smoking

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• Although drugs are immoral and must be kept from the young, thousands of schools pressure parents to give the drug Ritalin to any lively child who may, sensibly, show signs of boredom in his classroom. Ritalin renders the child docile if not comatose. Side effects? "Stunted growth, facial tics, agitation and aggression, insomnia, appetite loss, headaches, stomach pains and seizures." Marijuana would be far less harmful.

  Gore Vidal

  Children, Pain, School

  "The Last Empire" by Gore Vidal, www.nytimes.com. November 1998.

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• So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.

  Tommy Chong

  Mean, Able, Joints

  "Comedian Tommy Chong fighting prostate cancer". www.cnn.com. June 10, 2012.

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• We've legalized marijuana recently. Medical marijuana, but the rest will come.

  Susan Sarandon

  Weed, Smoking, Medical

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• My whole persona is vodka bottles and marijuana The hope in Nana was rockin', inspired from my Mama

  Vinnie Paz

  Bottles, Mama, Inspired

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• If I'm going to be totally honest, I don't think that smoking weed is that big a deal.

  Chloe Madeley

  Weed, Thinking, Smoking

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• The only effect that I ever noticed from smoking marijuana was a sort of mild sedative, a release of tension when I was overworking. It never made me boisterous of quarrelsome. If anything, it calmed me and reduced my activity.

  Robert Mitchum

  Smoking, Boisterous, Release

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• Our parents had to drive us to the gig, or even go in with us because of the liquor laws. The owners were really scared to death that we'd drink. We usually just went out somewhere and smoked weed. I don't smoke anymore, but back then we used to smoke quite a lot.

  Dexter Romweber

  Weed, Law, Smoking

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• San Francisco is the only city in America where marijuana is legal but plastic bags are not.

  Conan O'Brien

  San Francisco, America, Cities

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