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Thread #35337   Message #482642
Posted By: Dharmabum
13-Jun-01 - 03:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Legalise Drugs ?
Subject: RE: BS: Legalise Drugs ?
What's an ounce of decent weed going for now? $400/$500. And superweed?
Now let's legalize it & have it controlled by the government & have them tax the hell out of it.
WOW,I'D LOVE TO HAVE STOCK IN THAT CASH COW!!!!!

Legalize it,NO,not if that means government control.
Decriminalize it,Absolutely!

For the record,I don't smoke weed anymore. But I am not against anyone making a choice to do so.I have smoked my share & IMO it is much less harmful than many of the over the counter drugs & alcohol that are available to all of us.

Here's a thought,We decriminalize the growing & possesion of marajuana.Anyone who chooses to do so, may grow it in their own backyard or windowsill with a plant grow light. It'll make one heluva Chia pet folks!!!!!!

#1,If you can grow it ,you ain't gonna buy it.
#2,If no one's buying,no one's selling.
#3,Now, no one's getting incarcerated for pot related offences & we're not paying for their room & board.
#4,Our legal system is now free to deal with more important matters (like possibly getting the drunks off the road or putting the heroin dealers in jail).
#5,Now we've got all of this surplus cash left over from what we were paying DEA to stop the weed from crossing our boarders.
#6,And all of the effort that our narcotics agents were spending on busting the weed dealers that were selling the weed that crossed our boarders.

Now, what shall we do with all of these leftover resourses? Could we use them to fight the real drugs,to help the real victims? It takes 1 overdose to kill a drug user, It takes 1 drunk to wipe out a whole family.Maybe we could save 1 or 2.

Truth is, no one has to lose their job if pot is decriminalized. There are still plenty of illegal substances that need to be dealt with. There will always be wealthy people behind it.And there will always be government officials willing to look the other way for the right price.

I wonder if we'll be under FBI surveilance now.
Me? I'm not paranoid, Why do you wanna know?

DB.