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You should join us in New Hampshire as part of New Hampshire Common Sense. We've been working to reduce the penalties on pot possession and use. Obviously, marijuana use is not a criminal matter and should not be treated as such.
Legalized, licensed sales of pot would make the experience bureaucratized and regulated and ho-hum. The idea of government-run marijuana stores, manned by uniformed clerks and featuring brightly-lit cases of various amounts and configuraitons of grass, open from 10:00 am to 4:00 except on Sundays, holidays, and even-numbered third Thursdays or whatever would be, to my mind, a huge turn-off.
Talk about co-opting the revolution. No thanks.
On the other hand, the prisons would not be filled with pot dealers who were ratted on by others plea-bargaining, and the government would be forced to stop harrassing pot smokers and go after the heroin traffickers.
So maybe decriminalization would be okay.
But please -- not legalized, government-issue pot.
I did not realize pot smoking was about something other than getting high.... but viva la revolution! cuz pot smokers really know how to get organized and get things done...
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On the other hand, the prisons would not be filled with pot dealers who were ratted on by others plea-bargaining, and the government would be forced to stop harrassing pot smokers and go after the heroin traffickers.
Less non-violent people in prison, focus on worse problems, sounds good to me
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But please -- not legalized, government-issue pot.
why would it be government-issued? If its legalized it would become a public commodity open for public businesses... It would not surprise me if cigarette companies were the first to get it out to market b/c they have almost everything they need already... I wonder if we can convince the tobacco lobbyists to work towards legalizing pot
Can someone give one good argument as to why pot should not be legalized? I can't think of anything, the potential benefits as I see them are:
1.) Reduced speeding on law enforce related to pot.
2.) Tax revenue from growers and retailers which currently pay no taxes. You could also add additional taxes to retail sales much like the sale of tobacco products.
3.) Reduce drug related crime.
4.) Reduced the number of dangerous individuals coming into the country to smuggle drugs.
I do not have a good argument why it should not be legalized because it goes against a big word, Freedom.
The list you provide I agree but the main reason to me, again, is Freedom.
What's so great about smoking something that just makes you stupid anyways? The only people who can't see how much better the mind is without pot are the people doped up in their fantasy world that the world is so much better when high or that you are "open minded". Cut the crap, it is nothing good
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are you saying you only smoke weed because its cheaper than tobacco???
