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Since 1968.  That’s how long I’ve thought we should decriminalize marijuana.  1968.  Most of you weren’t even born then.  And with almost a sure bet on developing glaucoma in my lifetime, I need this stuff more now than ever.  Okay, maybe not ever.  There’s been some tension in my life, if you know what I mean.

Ron Paul and Barney Frank co-sponsored a measure “ending the federal war on marijuana and letting states legalize, regulate, tax, and control marijuana without federal interference.”

But Texas Congressvarmint Lamar Smith has announced that he will kill the bill.  Lamar Smith is delusional.  He thinks President Obama is personally encouraging people to smoke dope.  No, I am not high and making this stuff up.

Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), the top Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee who would likely become chairman of the committee under a GOP majority, accused the administration of being too lax in its enforcement of drug laws.

“The administration is clearly sending the message that they don’t think it’s bad to use marijuana,” Smith said on Fox News. “So they’re encouraging the use of marijuana. And that simply is not a good thing to do.”

Lamar, Dude, you have reefer maddness. Every time you open your mouth, you encourage the use of stoopid.

Lamar Smith believes that marijuana leads to stronger drugs.  You know, like alcohol leads to rat poison. Blue jeans lead to dirty dancing.  Piano lessons lead to …. oh, excuse me, I’ve having a sudden attack of damned if I know.

I just don’t get it.  We sell cigarettes, alcohol, and caffeine, but cancer patients can’t use the most effective drug against nausea because Lamar Smith does not want to do anything that President Obama thinks is sane.

Lamar, I swear that if I get the glaucoma, I am coming to your office and stick a cattle prod in your overalls.  I promise you.

Look, Lamar, Willie Nelson smokes every day and he’s 78 years old and works harder than a man 1/4th his age.  He’s living proof that marijuana is like vitamins.

1968, Lamar.