Az Shooting New Attempt to Hinder Marijuana Legalization movement?

[RavensTown]

What's up with people in the media repeating that this nut was a pot smoker? Even though that may be a fact, it was just mentioned against by Taibbi of NBC on MSNBC with a gleam in his eye. What's his angle? Only pot smokers are capable of murder? Are people trying to bring back the ancient debunked propaganda that pot makes people violent?

[tridim]

1. He had quit smoking pot, according to acquaintances.

So maybe the lack of pot made him violent, but not the other way around.

[RavensTown]

2. Oh, well the guy on MSNBC didn't mention that

Which further leads me to believe he had an angle he was trying to push.

[Statistical]

9. See we should legalize pot to REDUCE mass shootings.

Republicans play the fear card all the time.
Maybe the pro-legalization crowd should try it.

[FSogol]

3. Unrec. Sounding a little paranoid? Everything isn't about pot.

:shrug:

[RavensTown]

4. Paranoid? No

Just wondering why it keeps getting brought up as if it has something to do with the horrible act. Unless it's being made to force a connection. That's not paranoia to point that out.

[spanone]

5. america knows that pot does not cause violence....legislators too.

[Cid_B]

6. The only time I heard it was in reference to his dismissal from MEPS

He failed his urinalysis at the military processing center...

[nebenaube]

7. This can't fly...

Surely, they ran a drug screen on him when they took him into custody. Let's see the data!

[walldude]

8. According to the mother jones article

it was when he quit smoking dope that he got really weird. But I'm sure the facts don't mean much in this case.

[lies and propaganda]

10. a pothead does not a murderer make - John 3:16

or im pretty sure anyway ;p