Cocaine, heroin etc. are illegal to make, possess, sell, transport and use in about 99.5% of the world. Yet virtually ANY middle school kid will tell you he can get ANY drug he chooses with little to no difficulty.
So....tell me again how making drugs, ANY drugs including MJ illegal has ANY effect on it’s use or availability.
Prohibition did not prevent drinking.
Vice squads and bunko squads have no effect on gambling.
Prostitution is illegal in all but 15 county’s in America yet it’s practice is rampant. So yes, making drugs in general and marijuana specifically illegal is pointless.
It does not prevent their use, it merely empowers evil people to destroy freedoms.
You’ve either been fed the line or you’re feeding it.
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/16/opinion/actually-prohibition-was-a-success.html
The mantra that prohibition didn’t work ignores the facts. Sure there were problems inherent in prohibition, but they’re far outweighed by rampant drunkenness.
Maybe it’s a nice theory, that drug legalization will not increase use and maximize liberty. The reality is different, and quantifiable.
Obama agrees with you, but you drug pushers aren’t going to convince me.
Great post. They have been telling us lies about marijuana for decades. Apparently it causes impotence, abortions and murder.
So yes, making drugs in general and marijuana specifically illegal is pointless.It does not prevent their use, it merely empowers evil people to destroy freedoms.
...that is exactly the point, but on this issue some people seem to check into logic free areas and spout off...have you watched Bill O’Reilly on this subject lately...Mary Katherine Hamm ‘smoked’ him in a debate and he ended up yelling at her and looking like a stooge...