Attn, DC Reasonoids: Drink To Divided Government, Chat with Guest Stars at Happy Hour, Tues., Jan. 16

Reason's Nick Gillespie, Radley Balko, Kerry Howley, and David Weigel invite you to come out at 6.30PM next Tuesday, January 16, to the Upstairs Bar at Dragonfly and celebrate the publication of our February 2007 issue featuring stories such as:

Divided We Stand: What to expect from the long-awaited, much-anticipated return of gridlock.

Peace on the Border: Why anti-immigration conservatives fell flat in 2006.

Pot Clubs in Peril: Are San Francisco zoning boards a bigger threat to medical marijuana than the DEA?

Quotations from Chairman Milton: More than three decades of wisdom from the late champion of liberty, culled from the pages of Reason.

We the Living Dead: The convoluted politics of zombie cinema.

Joining us will be special guest stars Jacob Sullum, Reason senior editor; Alex Pareene of Wonkette; Bill Wyman, assistant managing editor of the arts desk at National Public Radio; and Megan McArdle, global agenda correspondent for The Economist and proprietress of Asymmetrical Information. Details:

Reason Happy Hour
Tuesday, January 16, 6.30PM to whenever
The Upstairs bar at Dragonfly, 1215 Connecticut Avenue, NW, near the intersection of Connecticut, N, and 18th Streets

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Comments

[Guy Montag]

Ugh! This is like a Bill Murray movie!

[Guy Montag]

Bill Wyman, assistant managing editor of the arts desk at National Public Radio

Wow, and I was worried he would not get any more good gigs after leaving the Stones?

[Rogus]

Pot Clubs in Peril: Are San Francisco zoning boards a bigger threat to medical marijuana than the DEA?

These were a joke from the very beginning. The whole "medicinal" usage was just a cover as a place to go get high. There have been several news reports about how any "injury" can get you an prescription to go get high. If they wanted to make weed legal, they should just come out and say we want to make make legal instead of using the "medicinal" as a cover.

Now these area with these pot clubs are seeing an increase in crime and that's why a city as "Progressive" as SF is looking at zoning them out.

[Rhywun]

Rogus,

The whole "medicinal" usage was just a cover as a place to go get high.

So? Aside from your contempt for the very real benefits of medicinal marijuana to some folks, who the fuck cares if others are taking advantage of a loophole in order to harmlessly enjoy themselves?

Now these area with these pot clubs are seeing an increase in crime and that's why a city as "Progressive" as SF is looking at zoning them out.

Facts, please. Including proof of a causal link between pot smokers and increased crime.

[Terry]

When are you coming to Los Angeles?

[Guy Montag]

Oh now, let me get on the record as one who cares not what chemicals any adult ingests voluntarily and also on record as any employer can refuse employment to anybody on anything they don't like in an employees body.

[Chris]

Rhywun:

So? Aside from your contempt for the very real benefits of medicinal marijuana to some folks, who the fuck cares if others are taking advantage of a loophole in order to harmlessly enjoy themselves?

Emphasis on SOME FOLK. Problem is that it is very easy to get a medicinal marijuna card for people who dont have serious injuries. Some FOLK have legitmate concerns several folk don't.
Here's an example:
http://cbs5.com/sugerman/local_blogentry_314201902.html

Facts, please. Including proof of a causal link between pot smokers and increased crime.

I've never said between pot smokers, so lets get that out of the way. I said "these area with these pot clubs". Now that I've clarified that point here is a quote and link to back up that statement.

Some San Francisco politicians, if reluctantly, have come to a similar conclusion, as they have had to deal with the crime that hangs like smoke around some pot clubs.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/06/EDG5TG2CIQ1.DTL