Marijuana legalization may not be the right thing (federal, Maine, amendment)

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Yes, they did. However, the re-criminalization was challenged in the courts some 15 years later, and now they are in a situation where they find it difficult to get rid of it. As a result, marijuana use in Alaska is highest in the nation. Not surprisingly, marijuana use in Colorado is third highest in the nation, and I expect it to rise when the numbers come in in a few years.

So, Alaska is a warning example in two ways:

1. Once you pass such law, it is legally very difficult to undo it
2. Drug use skyrocketed as a result of decriminalization

weed has become the most used safest drug in the world even with strict laws against it.. prohibition creates more users..

[irspow]

Originally Posted by cruxan

weed has become the most used safest drug in the world even with strict laws against it.. prohibition creates more users..

You cannot legislate away any part of the "free market". Law can transfer demand into the black market though.

[Packard fan]

Originally Posted by gtc08

and this is coming from someone who was initially pro legalization, but was unaware of what was going on in washington.

my mom was there a few weeks ago(sister getting married) and she told me they advertise it constantly on television.

she said my cousins would sit inside the bathroom all day and smoke pot, and that even at the wedding there was an area for them to smoke.

she even took a hit herself(i think the first time in her life) and didn't like it, made her feel sick.

i think in the end this is going to come back and bite us.

Be careful there: many people are gonna accuse you of being a racist right winger here.

Tho after reading about the much larger numbers of DUI's in Colorado where pot's legal under that state's laws, I'm afraid you're 100 percent right.

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by cruxan

one can still grow 6 plants..

Exactly. Possession is still legal in Alaska.

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Keep dancing the deflection dance.

where's the proof???


weed the safest natural DRUG has been gaining popularity world wide even with strict laws against it..


ohh and by the way could you tell me why the prohibition of alcohol did not work?? still waiting for answer..

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

So, Alaska is a warning example in two ways:

1. Once you pass such law, it is legally very difficult to undo it

I agree. That's why the FDR initiated war on drugs in the 1930s is so insidious. Those 80 year old laws have ruined hundreds of thousands of lives and they were driven by racism.

[irspow]

Haha, because you can't legislate what people want, they will still want it whether or not it is a crime. All you can do with silly laws against human desire is make it illegal to be human...

[no1brownsfan]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Yes, they did. However, the re-criminalization was challenged in the courts some 15 years later, and now they are in a situation where they find it difficult to get rid of it. As a result, marijuana use in Alaska is highest in the nation. Not surprisingly, marijuana use in Colorado is third highest in the nation, and I expect it to rise when the numbers come in in a few years.

So, Alaska is a warning example in two ways:

1. Once you pass such law, it is legally very difficult to undo it
2. Drug use skyrocketed as a result of decriminalization

The fact that prohibition of cannabis is unConstitutional in the first place, should make it a no-brainer and easy to repeal. Where is the ammendment in the Constitution for prohibition? Oh wait! There isn't one!

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by Packard fan

Be careful there: many people are gonna accuse you of being a racist right winger here.

Tho after reading about the much larger numbers of DUI's in Colorado where pot's legal under that state's laws, I'm afraid you're 100 percent right.

if alcohol residue stayed in ones system for 6 weeks half the country would be charged with dui..

thc stays in ones system for up to 6 weeks , so if I smoke a bone today and get pulled over in two weeks that same bone will show up in my system. doesn't mean that the person is high..

the big factor is did car fatalities, accidents go up?? most studies suggest that they have gone down in places with medical marijuana laws..

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by no1brownsfan

The fact that prohibition of cannabis is unConstitutional in the first place, should make it a no-brainer and easy to repeal. Where is the ammendment in the Constitution for prohibition? Oh wait! There isn't one!

Where is the amendment for speeding, or DUI?