Y'know, guys, cops are only a small fraction of the problem. The prison industrial complex is a bigger problem; as long as wealthy plutocrats are making money locking people up in our war on drugs, they're going to fight tooth and nail any attempt we make to legalize marijuana.
Me, though, I think it should be legal. I don't like it much myself, but I have friends who smoke weed with no ill effect. In fact, the government should be able to see the advantages of legalizing marijuana as well: if it's legal, it's taxable. I've also read that in most places, where marijuana is illegal, it's easier for children to get it than it is for them to get alcohol simply because one is legal and subject to government regulation and the other is black market and subject to almost no regulation.
Me, though, I think it should be legal. I don't like it much myself, but I have friends who smoke weed with no ill effect. In fact, the government should be able to see the advantages of legalizing marijuana as well: if it's legal, it's taxable. I've also read that in most places, where marijuana is illegal, it's easier for children to get it than it is for them to get alcohol simply because one is legal and subject to government regulation and the other is black market and subject to almost no regulation.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
