thelastpirate
Well-Known Member
WHOA!!!! Having read this thread in it's entirety, I just sit here shakin' my head in amazement. I cannot believe that there are that many folks out there with thier heads so far up thier asses.
Just how in the hell can it be a bad thing to legalize marijauna? Right now, the current estimate is that OVER 20 BILLION untaxed dollars are spent annually on the weed. Just think of the domestic programs that would or could benefit from the tax dollars generated? The gov't spends over 14 BILLION dollars on drug interdiction, a direction that everyone knows is a huge waste of time and tax dollars that COULD be better spent to combat poverty as we know it in our country. Hey thats a great Idea. If we gotta be at war, thats a good start!! A war on poverty. Nah, that would make too much sense
If we took the money now spent on interdiction, and the tax dollars from the sale of marijuana alone, every man woman and child in the US could have adequate housing, enough food, and medical care. Our schools could be better, we'd have FAR fewer people in jail for drug related crimes, thereby freeing up bed space for the truly violent and dangerous criminals we now have to turn loose on parole or early release due to prison overcrowding.
The quality of smoke would be alot better and alot more consistent. If we take away the illegal aspect, we take away the organized crime aspect. The reason they are in it in the first place is money. We would have an entire industry thats too multi-faceted to go into, ready made overnight. Youd have commercial growers for the masses, Independent growers for the connisuers. No one would have to deal with the underworld, or undesireable types to score. (We ALL have had to do that at one time or another)
People, prohibition didn't work back then and it aint working now. Yes, there is violence involved with drugs, even Marijuana. Legalize it, and you end the violence. No more jacking grows. Those people who are violent could be put in prison, which would be a REAL deterrent since we would have enough bed space to KEEP them there for thier entire sentence.
Everywhere that has legalized drugs has senn a marked drop in violent crime.
GrowTech, McLovin420, Alphanon and Blink, ya'll made some great points. Our gov't has no place to regulate or criminalize vice. I am a former alcoholic, and I am here to tell you that it is WAAAY worse than pot. We have a teenage drinking problem now, and THATS illegal. Why and how does keeping pot illegal prevent it from getting into anyones hands, much less our kids. Right now, if I had to go buy weed, I'd be better off sending my son or daughter, because they probably have better connections than I do. So much for protecting the kids!!! I smoke, my kids don't, go figure! Guess I did something right.
Legalization is a win-win proposition. In fact it makes so much sense in so many ways, it makes me start thinking WHY the government has kept it illegal. ther has to be a reason for that, because there is no logical or rational reason for it to be illegal while all the alcohol can be bought, and the "iffy" drugs approved by the FDA every day have far worse sideeffects, potential for abuse, and addictive properties than pot.
Bottom line. You don't like pot? Dont smoke it. Dont want your kids to smoke pot? Try being a parent, and raise smarter kids with more respect for what you say.
See there, ya'll got me started. Sorry for the rant.
The very last Pirate
Just how in the hell can it be a bad thing to legalize marijauna? Right now, the current estimate is that OVER 20 BILLION untaxed dollars are spent annually on the weed. Just think of the domestic programs that would or could benefit from the tax dollars generated? The gov't spends over 14 BILLION dollars on drug interdiction, a direction that everyone knows is a huge waste of time and tax dollars that COULD be better spent to combat poverty as we know it in our country. Hey thats a great Idea. If we gotta be at war, thats a good start!! A war on poverty. Nah, that would make too much sense
If we took the money now spent on interdiction, and the tax dollars from the sale of marijuana alone, every man woman and child in the US could have adequate housing, enough food, and medical care. Our schools could be better, we'd have FAR fewer people in jail for drug related crimes, thereby freeing up bed space for the truly violent and dangerous criminals we now have to turn loose on parole or early release due to prison overcrowding.
The quality of smoke would be alot better and alot more consistent. If we take away the illegal aspect, we take away the organized crime aspect. The reason they are in it in the first place is money. We would have an entire industry thats too multi-faceted to go into, ready made overnight. Youd have commercial growers for the masses, Independent growers for the connisuers. No one would have to deal with the underworld, or undesireable types to score. (We ALL have had to do that at one time or another)
People, prohibition didn't work back then and it aint working now. Yes, there is violence involved with drugs, even Marijuana. Legalize it, and you end the violence. No more jacking grows. Those people who are violent could be put in prison, which would be a REAL deterrent since we would have enough bed space to KEEP them there for thier entire sentence.
Everywhere that has legalized drugs has senn a marked drop in violent crime.
GrowTech, McLovin420, Alphanon and Blink, ya'll made some great points. Our gov't has no place to regulate or criminalize vice. I am a former alcoholic, and I am here to tell you that it is WAAAY worse than pot. We have a teenage drinking problem now, and THATS illegal. Why and how does keeping pot illegal prevent it from getting into anyones hands, much less our kids. Right now, if I had to go buy weed, I'd be better off sending my son or daughter, because they probably have better connections than I do. So much for protecting the kids!!! I smoke, my kids don't, go figure! Guess I did something right.
Legalization is a win-win proposition. In fact it makes so much sense in so many ways, it makes me start thinking WHY the government has kept it illegal. ther has to be a reason for that, because there is no logical or rational reason for it to be illegal while all the alcohol can be bought, and the "iffy" drugs approved by the FDA every day have far worse sideeffects, potential for abuse, and addictive properties than pot.
Bottom line. You don't like pot? Dont smoke it. Dont want your kids to smoke pot? Try being a parent, and raise smarter kids with more respect for what you say.
See there, ya'll got me started. Sorry for the rant.
The very last Pirate
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