[Sparta]

Solution to the drug war: If it fails, try and try again. Waste some more taxpayer dollars and erode some more Constitutional rights.

[Sparta]

Ping!!!

[weikel]

But the drug war is a great way to buy votes with taxpayer money. Drug cops are glorified welfare recipients IMHO.

[RonF]

How is it that cocaine can be legally prescribed, but marijuana can't?

[dennisw]

So what's your deal? Legal heroin and crack? Meth too?

[BansheeBill]

Meanwhile in Canada, a new therapeutic/medical marijuana delivery service has started where you can order online: (I got this of the BORQUE website the other day):
LINK

[pariah]

"It can cause problems for people physically as well as all the areas that drugs can cause problems with - family, schools," she added. "That's why we make policy around these drugs, because they do cause problems for people."

Gee, thanks. I am sure we at FR are all weeping with gratitude for your foresight -- protecting families, schools, protecting us from ourselves.

"The only low-risk choice when it comes to illegal drugs is abstinence."

Same with sex. Are we going to ban that too?

Countries where small amounts of marijuana or other drugs are legal face social service costs seven to eight times higher than those in the United States, Prosser responds.

So it doesn't cost us anything to arrest, prosecute and lock people up? hmmmm...

"To bring mind-altering drugs that are deeply interconnected with organized crime and street gang violence onto a public market would be a disaster."

Because you could cop a dime bag from the state-licensed store, rather than courtesy of your local street gang? Yeah, what a disaster that would be!

[Jonathon Spectre]

"Those individuals who choose to sell and deal drugs are clearly criminals," Prosser said.

They do not harm anyone through force or fraud, therefore they are not guilty of anything that can be called a crime.

It's always easy to lie to save your job.

[DAnconia55]

Countries where small amounts of marijuana or other drugs are legal face social service costs seven to eight times higher than those in the United States, Prosser responds.

Bwahahahah.

And in Africa there are more black people than here. Thus black people cause poverty.

But such logic will never be questioned here, with the WOD jackboots - that will eventually show up on thread.

[galt-jw]

Wow, they made it illegal, eh? Well, looks like no one will be smoking weed in that area again!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[jmc813]

WOD Ping. Thanks for the heads-up, Sparta.