Colbert: Has the Drug War Gone on Long Enough?

By Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report. Posted May 1, 2009.

Colbert interviews Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance on the need for massive drug law reforms.

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Pot more popular than the Congress [Report this comment] Posted by: aahpat on May 2, 2009 7:47 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] For the second time this year polls have shown that marijuana legalization is more popular than the United States Congress that prohibits the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana More and More Popular Than Congress [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] ask colberts' question to the voters... [Report this comment] Posted by: Annapurna1 on May 3, 2009 11:58 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] and 98% would answer with a resounding..if not angry..NO...polls that show that marijuana is "more popular than congress" are inherently skewed..since any poll about marijuana will attract a disproportionate number of potheads... as a member of the other 2%..i fully agree with ending the drug war...but were obviously not getting the message across...personally..i think its because voters see the drug war as a war and not another failed prohibition.. that combined with the corrosive affects of bu$hcos' "white flag of surrender" bullshit... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » When you learn to read Posted by: aahpat » RE: ask colberts' question to the voters... Posted by: phillydrifter

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