FBI reports -- American marijuana user arrested every 42 seconds

[Sycophant]

Pathetic.

Elaborate?

 

[InnerPhyre]

Legalize and regulate, kids.

Agreed. Drug dealers on the streets are making 1000% profit. Take the market out of their hands. Tax it. Make the laws the same as alcohol laws.

 

[UberLutheran]

Agreed. Drug dealers on the streets are making 1000% profit. Take the market out of their hands. Tax it. Make the laws the same as alcohol laws.

Exact match. 100 percent. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!!!

 

[jameseb]

FBI reports -- American marijuana user arrested every 42 seconds

What is everyone else's thoughts on marijuana?

Just one thought for them to avoid getting arrested every 42 seconds....

STOP BREAKING THE LAW.

 

[Vylo]

But don't they have the right to put what they want into their own bodies, so long as it does not endanger others? Tobacco and Alcohol are much more harmful then pot, and yet they are still legal.

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

Agreed. Drug dealers on the streets are making 1000% profit. Take the market out of their hands. Tax it. Make the laws the same as alcohol laws.

I actually agree with you for once. To me alcohol is just as bad as marijuana based on the effects it has on people. Personally, I would much rather be around somebody who is stoned than somebody who is drunk. Even though they're both acting stupid the pot head is mellower while drunks are more violent and reckless. I've never had a pot head puke on my carpet either.

If the prohibition on beer last century taught us anything it's that you aren't going to successfully ban this stuff. It's wasted effort and money on a lost cause. Might as well legalize it, regulate it, and make some tax money off of it.

 

[starchild]

I have never ingested any of this stuff, and never smoked anything (inhaled, or not...). But people do, and really, there are only a couple real issues from pot use. Long term - cancer or emphysema. So, once we outlaw tobacco, we can talk about banning it because of that. Shorter term - lowered response times. So, if a person is stoned and driving, that worries me - as much as someone who is smashed and driving. Which could be dealt with in traffic code, probably even more successfully than drunk drivers are.

Back to that long term thing and tobacco - do you wonder, as I do, how decriminalizing marijuana might affect tobacco sales? I wonder if the tobacco industry would apply any pressure to keep marijuana illegal?

 

[jameseb]

But don't they have the right to put what they want into their own bodies, so long as it does not endanger others?

Nope. You see, a drug-induced state can result in the less-than bright individual getting into a car and driving on the road, endangering the lives of other people. Of course the same is true of alcohol, but at this time, one is legal and the other is not.

Tobacco and Alcohol are much more harmful then pot, and yet they are still legal.

What can I say.. the law is the law. Perhaps those who favor it could become more politically active and attempt to repeal the law with public support though. Till then, smoke at your own risk.

 

[Vylo]

Nope. You see, a drug-induced state can result in the less-than bright individual getting into a car and driving on the road, endangering the lives of other people. Of course the same is true of alcohol, but at this time, one is legal and the other is not.

I said so long as they are not endaring others, that is not the case in your scenario. People can become intoxicated without causing harm to others.

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

Nope. You see, a drug-induced state can result in the less-than bright individual getting into a car and driving on the road, endangering the lives of other people. Of course the same is true of alcohol, but at this time, one is legal and the other is not.

That's the thing, it's like outlawing the color purple while violet is still legal.

 

[jameseb]

I said so long as they are not endaring others, that is not the case in your scenario. People can become intoxicated without causing harm to others.

Yes, I'm just suggesting that there's no guarantee that people will stay at home and be good while enjoying their vice.

 

[jameseb]

That's the thing, it's like outlawing the color purple while violet is still legal.

I agree. But as Judge Dread says, "its the LAW!"

 

[Vylo]

Yes, I'm just suggesting that there's no guarantee that people will stay at home and be good while enjoying their vice.

There is no guarantee that people will stay at home and be good regardless of their state of mind. By this logic we should pre-emptively arrest everyone because they have the capacity to do wrong

I agree. But as Judge Dread says, "its the LAW!"

Just because something is law, does not always make it right.

 

[CurlyCrown]

It's very sad the amount of money wasted on marijuana law enforcement. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the war on marijuana during the Great Depression.

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

I agree. But as Judge Dread says, "its the LAW!"

This isn't some divine mandate that needs no reasoning to support it. To make a law, you actually need a reason that fits with the rest of the laws. "Because /shrug" is not a reason to make a law.

 

[soulbrother-NO.1]

I looked through the article, I am astounded! It seems like to me that this is a big mistake. I had no idea.

What is everyone else's thoughts on marijuana?

Godbless,
-SA

Drug use going up on Bush's watch? Another victory for the Bush admin. I suppose when America has become a silly, divided nation, it's citizens tend to want to escape reality for a few hours each day.

 

[Vegeta7286]

Drug use going up on Bush's watch? Another victory for the Bush admin. I suppose when America has become a silly, divided nation, it's citizens tend to want to escape reality for a few hours each day.

I stubbed my toe and I blame Bush. I sure hope Kerry gets elected....maybe my toilet will unclog...Dang Bush!

*sigh*


Anyone else getting really really tired of people blaming Bush for every little thing? When Bush gets re-elected I am going to be laughing in all your faces for the next 4 years.

 

[Vylo]

Drug use going up on Bush's watch? Another victory for the Bush admin. I suppose when America has become a silly, divided nation, it's citizens tend to want to escape reality for a few hours each day.

qhaw? Are you blaming Bush for drug use going up? Maybe in some roundabout economic way, but even that is a stretch. The War on Drugs™ is the source of this problem. Sure Bush doesn't seem to be doing much about it, but how many politicians, including Kerry are really willing to finally change this.

Anyone else getting really really tired of people blaming Bush for every little thing?

Yes, it is demonizing, and takes away from those things that Bush is actually to blame for (Iraq)

 

[Street Smarts]

Most working police officers (not the brass) agree that it should be legalized.

Cool I would like to see proof of that

 

[Street Smarts]

Nothing like actually standing up for what is right. so since that would take to much work lets legalize it and tax it...this thread is very disappointing to read