RE: America's War on Drugs
September 6, 2012 at 9:28 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2012 at 9:35 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 5, 2012 at 3:40 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: There was, if I recall correctly, a study of late that claimed that long term (>15 years) usage of marijuana correlated to an 8 point drop in IQ.Meh, they can have 80 points and I'll still be able to field a more competent argument for legalization than is made for continued prohibition.
The legislation itself is ineffective and costly. It creates lucrative opportunities for violent individuals and interests. The market is so vast and well developed (and the interests so thoroughly criminal) that it can fuel national instability at it's point of production. It leads to a lack of screening or quality control - motherfuckers are smoking raid (and whatever else might get sprayed, without proper controls)........and then, when it does "work" we end up with prisons literally overflowing with non-violent offenders charged and sentenced for victimless crimes.
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