AlphaNoN
Well-Known Member
Thanks man, honestly this should be common sense, we know that legislating morality doesn't work, we know that prohibition doesn't work.
We can look back at our recent history and see that alcohol prohibition was an abysmal failure that caused the rise of criminal enterprises and violence. Drug prohibition has followed suite. The last 60 something years have been an ever escalating diatribe of violence and failure, with no end in sight.
We can look at places that chose not to criminalize vices, such as the Netherlands, and see that their society hasn't crumbled, drug violence and addiction are marginal, and the country benefits from the increased income from tourism and taxation.
And finally, we can look at places that are adamant and belligerent about continual drug prohibition, places like Saudi Arabia for example, where a microscopic spec of marijuana can land you in prison for a minimum of 4 years (20+ years for possession under an ounce). Or death penalties for suspected traffickers in Singapore. And people are still doing drugs, no amount of punishment is enough to deter everyone's need to alter their consciousness.
That's where we're heading, that's where these "drug warriors" want to take America. With the way that technology is progressing and police powers expanding, it's only a matter of time before they implement harsher punishments, more violent apprehensions, degrade our liberties in the name of "safety" for the public at large. They've made a business out of the "war on drugs", it's a multi-billion dollar money machine, and face it, the majority of us are statistical paychecks.
Taxation of marijuana would be a boon to our faltering economy, not only the income from taxation, but the very act of ending prohibition would free up hundreds of billions of dollars that was used to enforce draconian vice laws. This money could go directly to schools, non-propagandized drug education programs, addiction treatment, etc.
We can look back at our recent history and see that alcohol prohibition was an abysmal failure that caused the rise of criminal enterprises and violence. Drug prohibition has followed suite. The last 60 something years have been an ever escalating diatribe of violence and failure, with no end in sight.
We can look at places that chose not to criminalize vices, such as the Netherlands, and see that their society hasn't crumbled, drug violence and addiction are marginal, and the country benefits from the increased income from tourism and taxation.
And finally, we can look at places that are adamant and belligerent about continual drug prohibition, places like Saudi Arabia for example, where a microscopic spec of marijuana can land you in prison for a minimum of 4 years (20+ years for possession under an ounce). Or death penalties for suspected traffickers in Singapore. And people are still doing drugs, no amount of punishment is enough to deter everyone's need to alter their consciousness.
That's where we're heading, that's where these "drug warriors" want to take America. With the way that technology is progressing and police powers expanding, it's only a matter of time before they implement harsher punishments, more violent apprehensions, degrade our liberties in the name of "safety" for the public at large. They've made a business out of the "war on drugs", it's a multi-billion dollar money machine, and face it, the majority of us are statistical paychecks.
Yeah.. because when I want to get drunk, I just head on down to the closest illegal red-neck corn mash distillery and get some moonshine.. No, legalization would take the drug trade out of the hands of criminals, they would have little to no recourse, the black market would fizzle out within a decade.
Taxation of marijuana would be a boon to our faltering economy, not only the income from taxation, but the very act of ending prohibition would free up hundreds of billions of dollars that was used to enforce draconian vice laws. This money could go directly to schools, non-propagandized drug education programs, addiction treatment, etc.
