Mark Kirk Targeting Potent Marijuana, Wants Tougher Penalties

Chicago Tribune:

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug trafficking laws regarding a highly-potent form of marijuana, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison for a 1st-time offense.

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Comments

[Chitownfool]

02:55 PM on 06/19/2009

Is he aware that this "kush" he's so worried about has been around for years and years but then the slang term was dank....so he wants stricter laws for a new slang term?

[Chitownfool]

01:19 PM on 06/19/2009

Call him and let him know what you think! his phone number is: 202-225-4835

[Lakeview Greg]

03:34 PM on 06/15/2009

Ahh, when the Kirk crows in the late spring, when his voters fill the Internet with their sweet and toxic comments about him, when right wing nutballs from around the country rally to Kirk's screech, then we know election time is just a year and months away. Wonder how that divorce thing is working out for him.

:)
Kirk for Senate? Sure, why not? I would love to see all the dirt on his love life. nudge nudge wink wink.

[DawnK]

02:30 PM on 06/15/2009

Shouldn't he be going to jail for treason? Wasn't it him who went to China last week and told Chinese officials not to trust the US banking system? What an ass. This is the battle he's taking up. What a typical backward Republican.

[The Patriot]

12:29 PM on 06/15/2009

Guess he'll be losing his job in the next election...read the comments on the source article...MR. KIRK, YOU ARE FIRED

[fumes]

09:03 AM on 06/15/2009

the better it is..

the better i like it.

that's not rocket science is it?

[Sheepleperson]

11:12 PM on 06/14/2009

Hurry, someone buy this congressman a pack of un-filtered Camels before he goes 1950's on us. He'll probably be searching for Communists next.

[mafeoc]

09:12 PM on 06/14/2009

PUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZE!
Congressman Kirk protect me from myself!

[Hilodave]

12:08 PM on 06/14/2009

Hey Illinois vote this guy out of office. This guy is out of whack with the times...Yeah increase the penalties for the people who use the good stuff. You know the weed you use less of to feel good. It's like punishing the the guy who prefers a well aged single malt to wild turkey.

[Bude]

11:45 AM on 06/14/2009

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-confession-bd-14-jun14,0,4399112.story

[Bude]

10:55 AM on 06/14/2009

This country would be much better off if it outlawed tobacco and legalized marijuana!

[Bude]

10:44 AM on 06/14/2009

Insanity is making the same mistake, and expecting a different result. The "war" on drugs was lost 30 years ago. I was recently at a rock concert in Chicago. I bet there were 10,000 people smoking weed. I saw a guy rolling a joint in front of a cop. Will our elected representatives ever stop treating us like idiots?

[Bude]

09:53 AM on 06/14/2009

Count me in for some of that Big Fatty!

[atlantajoe]

08:15 AM on 06/14/2009

this is almost as stupid as when the dem controlled congress gave crack users harsher penalties than powder coke users.

[Bude]

11:23 AM on 06/14/2009

Sorry atlantajoe, I believe you made that one up.

[roald]

01:09 PM on 06/15/2009

Can't comment on where the votes came from, but crack penalties are much harsher than for coke.

[roald]

01:40 PM on 06/15/2009

The guidelines were set deliberately. It appears that those "soft on crime" democrats saw crack use as much more serious than powder due to its addictiveness, relationship of its users to other crimes, and harm to users. While the information may have been wrong, the decisions were based on impact on society, not the race of the users.

See
http://www.ussc.gov/crack/CHAP6.HTM
for more information.

[Z-Liberator]

01:03 AM on 06/14/2009

The War on Drugs is the War On Americans!