It should be made legal and taxed and sold much like liquor. DUI laws would still apply and other such laws.
I must say I agree. It's a shame most governments have failed to realize the revenue potential PLUS the lower expenses for law enforcement with regards to legal marijuana.
If people want to smoke that crap and kill themselves it's up to them. Same with tobacco and alcohol. Making drugs illegal was the worst mistake this nation ever made. Thanks Democrats.
1. I agree - let people make their own bad decisions. So long as they don't hurt people or put people at risk unnecessarily(DUI) while in their intoxicated state, let'm have it. Marijuana is probably the least dangerous illegal drug there is, I can hardly see a good reason to keep it illegal. Drug prohibition drives up crime by inflating the cost of drugs, and people are going to buy drugs whether they are legal or not. If drugs are legalized, jails will be less overcrowded(more room for violent, dangerous people, less early releases for them). Will use rates go up? Yes, it's simple economics - but we could counter the increase somewhat by transfering some of the funds used to fight drugs to drug education programs(which deter use). Also, if drugs are legal we can put those nifty little surgeon's general warnings on them, like with cigarretes. We can also regulate(this is a card carrying Libertarian suggesting this, and we're against regulation, lol) the amount of a substance drugs could have in them(for instance, we could have a limit to how much THC pot has) if they were legal.
Plus we must remember that marijuana sold on the streets has been enhanced with other drugs or extra THC is added (I believe).
Lewis,
I've known drug users, pushers and abusers. Believe me they do (but not so much anymore) lace marijuana with Angel Dust or various other drugs.
I learned that in health class!
I am opposed to legalizing marijuana in any form (you'll find I've been 'brainwashed' (*cough, cough*) very well by the public education system), although I wouldn't complain too much about this:
The AFIP supports the legalization of medicinal marijuana. Dealers of illicit, non-medicinal marijuana, as well as all other illicit drugs, should be the focus of our resources on the war on drugs.
