tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post6632975320002133063..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Are We Ready to Reform Marijuana Laws?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-66538712915566341652009-04-21T20:18:00.000+02:002009-04-21T20:18:00.000+02:00For God's sake, it's about time. I'd personally g...For God's sake, it's about time. I'd personally go far beyond legalizing pot (the hypothetical junkie robbing somebody for his next fix can't possibly create more evil than the massive international illegal drug trade we've created through prohibition), but no matter how you slice it marijuana prohibition is pointless and destructive. <br /><br />I don't use the stuff myself, and have little interest in it, but forget taxes; we'd make up the cost of transition in the first week that we weren't spending a fortune investigating, arresting, prosecuting, and imprisoning people who just wanted to use a drug less dangerous than alcohol. <br /><br />And this is leaving aside _completely_ the fact that the federal government doesn't have the authority to restrict non-commercial intrastate drug use and posession in the first place... <br /><br />Sorry--this is just one of those things (like gay marriage bans) that doesn't affect me directly but _really_ pisses me off anyway.elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-50110564100585366542009-04-21T16:00:00.000+02:002009-04-21T16:00:00.000+02:00How can you possibly understand that the drug war ...How can you possibly understand that the drug war is an abject failure yet refuse to apply that same logic to gun control and the "war on guns?"Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.com