(October 3, 2012 at 2:21 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(October 2, 2012 at 2:03 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Okay for users.
No for sale and production.
I think this sort of attitude of a big problem. If you legalize the use, of course there is going to be production and sales. Right now that production and sales is carried out by criminals, because they face major legal consequences, they protect their profits with violence. If you take away the need to protect those profits, i.e. 'the crime' of producing a product that is legal to consume, then you take away the need for violence. Marijuana (and indeed all drugs) need to be legalized. Decriminalization doesn't address the major social problems caused by drugs. In fact it might even make it worse by increasing demand, thus increasing the suppliers and the crime associated with it.
I'd just add: What about those who want to grow their own personal use plants? I'd think at least some people would want to do that... if it's a reasonable quantity (obviously not for distribution), why not?
