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Maybe so, but I'm not sure. He sounds just like a lot of DARE officers around here. One ignoramus DARE jerkoff told a group of first graders that they could die from marijuana. Sickening, disgusting and immoral. A six-year-old was interviewed by the local news, and he seemed quite frightened.
I think the argument is take someone who smokes pot who has done nothing to harm anyone else besides (arguably) themselves. Why stick them in the same place as a murderer who DID harm someone else, it doesn't add up. We shouldn't have laws against things that don't directly harm another party.
Totally agree! Someone smoking a doobie in the privacy of their own home doesn't harm anyone!
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Originally Posted by HiFi
No, we don't do that...smoking pot is a misdemeanor. Buying and selling on the black market is illegal, if we don't punish it what would be the purpose of regulating the marketplace at all? Why not let people buy or sell anything without tax, without oversight, without safety standards, is that what you want?
Unless you're a minor, then it shouldn't be a misdemeanor to smoke it period! Nor should it be against the law for an adult to purchase it! Legalize it and it will significantly reduce the black market surrounding it!
Would our kids be better off with even more drugs available? I don't think so.
It's easier for kids to get drugs that are designated as illegal street drugs, because...guess what? Drug dealers don't ID. In the case of cannabis, treat it like alcohol with the same stipulations! 21 and up, no selling to minors! As for driving under the influence? The same penalties apply as with DUIs regarding alcohol.
Its not a war.. no matter what pro dopers want to label it as... it is communities being fed up with being overrun by lowlifes who use drugs that are thieves pushers and marijuana cowboys destroying our environment (physical and social)
It is about slowing the cesspool of human failing of seeking lives less realized... and while I cannot prevent that.. our communities dont have to go for wholesale giving up
Which is what drug users want us to do
As a citizen and a policeman living in a community heavily affected by drugs.. oxy.. heroin.. meth and marijuana I KNOW the citizenry hates drugs because of their votes to try and control them
War... if it was a war we would win it fairly easy by practicing Sun Tzu..
But we are dealing with human beings who are sick... and it isnt so black and white
Also to notmeofficer, here is a list of major cultural icons and innovators that have given us some of the greatest art, thoughts, ideas, and inventions this world has EVER seen.
-Steve Jobs
-Thomas Edison
-Bill Gates
-Jerry Garcia
-Charles Dickens
-Jimi Hendrix
-Paul Erdos
-John C Lilly
-Bob Dylan
-Sigmund Freud
-Miles Davis
-Carl Sagan
-Vincent Can Gogh
-Paul McCartney
-Ray Charles
And that's just the TIP of the iceberg! But hey, according to you all those people are worthless....
Is there anyone here who thinks the government and prisons are doing the right thing by imprisoning hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug addicts and ruining their lives?
Yes. Stupid people who know that garbage is illegal yet they think they won't get caught.
I support very little of this part of the "justice system" because it has very little to do with justice. If it was fairly and evenly applied, I would feel different.
Also to notmeofficer, here is a list of major cultural icons and innovators that have given us some of the greatest art, thoughts, ideas, and inventions this world has EVER seen.
-Steve Jobs
-Thomas Edison
-Bill Gates
-Jerry Garcia
-Charles Dickens
-Jimi Hendrix
-Paul Erdos
-John C Lilly
-Bob Dylan
-Sigmund Freud
-Miles Davis
-Carl Sagan
-Vincent Can Gogh
-Paul McCartney
-Ray Charles
And that's just the TIP of the iceberg! But hey, according to you all those people are worthless....
I support very little of this part of the "justice system" because it has very little to do with justice. If it was fairly and evenly applied, I would feel different.
You know the old saying... "money talks and bull**** walks!" And that is the flaw in the system.
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