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Funniest thing on TV tonight...
On 11/24/2011 1:58 PM, Disgusted wrote:
On 11/24/2011 12:12 PM, X ` Man wrote: On 11/24/11 12:08 PM, wrote: On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:55:03 -0500, X ` Man wrote: end the war on drugs.it's a failure. that would end alot of the flow of weapons and money over the border. Well, I think possession of personal use quantities needs to be decriminalized, especially for marijuana. I'm against lifting criminal penalties for drug trafficking and big-time dealing. That is a weasel position. Where are the "personal use" quantities supposed to come from? This is as bad as the other ill fated prohibition experience we had. They tried to punish the manufacturers and importers without criminalizing the use too. You don't need a history book to see how that worked out, you just need to look at our inner cities and the Mexico border.. Where? From licensed stores, of course. If you are over 18 and you want pot, you should be able to buy a couple of ounces it at a licensed store. The state would be able to collect its tax, just as it does with cigarettes. There are ways to regulate how much you buy in any given time period. There are ways to regulate prescription drugs that are already in place. We all know how well that works. The problem is in taxing and controlling it. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Prescription drugs need expensive materials, and expensive equipment to refine and deliver the product the public is used to. If you tried to manufacture/grow these items in any quantity and produce a product that looked/smoked/tasted/performed like the retail product there would be a big trail right to your door of evidence of the process/production. To deliver pot in a form that is acceptable you need a box of baggies, and a closet, some water and a light... The finished product from a kid and his closet is easily as refined, and marketable as any huge operation could produce. It would be entirely impossible to tell if someone smoking legally on the street corner paid tax on the smoke or grew it themselves... You can't produce beer, or cigarettes in your home to compete with Budweiser or Marlborough either... |
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