“So you want to legalize and mainstream the drug culture.”
How does saying, “I’m against the WOD,” imply that I want to legalize and mainstream the drug culture?
It’s like assuming that if I say, “I’m against the TSA,” that I want terrorists to take over airplanes.
Liberals identify a problem. Then they apply a ineffective solution to the problem. When they don’t get the result they want, they assume that they didn’t do ENOUGH of the solution.
With the WOD, conservatives think a LOT like liberals.
The facts are these:
- the WOD has directly cause a loss of civil rights for all Americans. (How many articles are there posted here on FR of innocent Americans being hurt or killed by improper ‘no knock’ warrants?)
- the WOD is ineffective. Prohibition always is. We have a higher drug addiction rate now that we did when these things were legal. The more we enforce drug laws, the higher the abuse rate.
- the WOD is expensive and we don’t get the bang for our buck. Many other countries have found more effective ways to deal with drug abusers than prison. Rehab is not perfect, but it works much better than jail.
- the WOD catches innocent pain patients and doctors in the crossfire. Even patients with legitimate medical needs are seen as abusers and potential criminals. Old ladies are treated as addicts and criminals.
- one of the core principles of conservationism is PERSONAL responsibility. It is NOT our job to regulate another person’s mistakes. It is NOT our job to protect adults from themselves.
No. I’m not saying, “Everybody get high!” I’m saying that what we are doing isn’t working.
Another poster said that they were worried about kids getting into their parents’ stash.
According to my kids, it’s a hell of a lot easier to get pot than alcohol. Alcohol is regulated. It costs more.
Most pot-heads do NOT want MJ legalized. Then it will be heavily regulated and taxed. The price will go through the roof.
If you don’t want to legalize it then we keep enforcing laws.
Problems with law enforcement is not because of the contraband, that they are seeking, it is with their methods, war on drugs, war on guns, war whatever, the changes the voters need to make are not to legalize drugs, that actually ignores the issues.
Legal pot will never bring in taxes, growing the best pot for selling under the table will become the cottage industry of America, while the majority of users just grow their own, America will be under a mountain of pot, people will not know how to get rid of all the pot they grow.