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Thread #70562 Message #1206149
Posted By: Little Hawk
13-Jun-04 - 08:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: Legalize Pot?
Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
One thing I should probably clarify here. I would be in favour of legalizing pot...IF it were done responsibly...but it wouldn't be!
Here's what I mean.
The responsible way to legalize pot would be to pass laws as follows:
You can legally grow and privately use your own pot on your own property...BUT...you can't sell it to the general public or market it through any licensed business whatsoever. Nor can you put it in a fancy package, advertise it, or give it any brand name.
You can use it, but you can't deal it.
This would put the power, and the decision back in the hands where it belongs, the hands of ordinary people.
The power is presently mostly in the hands of organized crime.
I know perfectly well that if pot were made legal the business community would leap joyfully at the opportunity to mass market it to the ordinary public, and that would undoubtedly have bad effects on society in a wider sense.
Do I think that this money-driven society would actually be responsible enough to enact such laws as I have described?????
No! I am sad to say that I don't think the politicians are that responsible. I think they would reward the highest bidder, by allowing big business to market the stuff. They always reward the highest bidder. That is the central sickness of this whole society. Money in the hand RIGHT NOW is seen as more important than life, health, Nature, or a viable future for mankind on this planet.
Therefore, given the prevailing idiocy of our society and our governments...I would not recommend totally legalizing pot at this time (sigh)...even though it's not very harmful to most people and helpful to some.
What I WOULD recommend is totally de-criminalizing personal use of pot (in private) and possession of small amounts of pot for personal use!!!! And I would de-criminalize growing small amounts of it on private property for personal use.
Simple.
What I would do, however, my stupid government is highly unlikely to ever do, because they are after money and power, not sanity and responsibility. They do not serve, they dominate, lie, and exploit.
- LH