Posted on 04/05/2009 4:36:51 PM PDT by ChrisInAR
What do you talk about at lunch with Tom Tancredo? I thought I knew, but to my surprise (and relief), we spent much of the hour discussing the wisdom of legalizing drugs rather than rehashing our disagreements over illegal immigrants.
"The status quo isn't working," Tancredo says, meaning the war on drugs has failed — spectacularly. And while that's hardly a novel insight, most people who reach it don't take the next step of questioning the drug war itself.
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This is going to be fun. I’ve asked ChrisinAR and katya8, who are proponents of full legalization of marijuana, to find out how many countries allow marijuana to be grown, sold, bought, and smoked.
What is funny is that these sorts of people do not actually have a clue about what they are saying and are living in their own doped up world of idealism.
They won’t be able to find a country that supports their stance, just like they have no clue about how it should “help us” by being legalized.
Decriminalization is not the same as being legal.
Good luck to the pot smokers. You have already proved my point.
Oh, and to help you pot smokers out a bit (I figure you have probably given up because that is what is expected of pot smokers), you can start your search by going here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_country
Yup, just as I thought, you gave up.
Hey, I helped you out a bit in my prior post. Take a look at that link.
You do that by clicking on it and waiting until a page shows up in your BROWSER. Of course, if you are currently doped up, you can hold off until you sober up sometime after noon tomorrow.
I’m ambivalent about dsstigmatizing drugs. I’m also ambivalent or worse about the “war on drugs”. Neither has a good side.
What does worry me greatly about this is the selling point. Legalize pot and all the criminality associated with pot will disappear. I’m sure it will in the short run.
What I see happening in short order, if marijuana is legalized, is that all the land in Mexico and further south used to grow pot, will become worthless to the narcos. In no time this crop will be scrapped in favor of cocaine and heroine.
Then, we’ll have a great chance to see how much law and order is restored.
I also find it strange that legalizers think that lowering the cost of marijuana will not greatly increase consumption. Have they never learned the basics of supply and demand? If people are allowed to grow their own pot, how are you going to still ban them from selling and distributing the stuff? Many pot-smokers are too lazy to become farmers and will continue to buy from others. If the stuff becomes legal, the govt. will tax it like alcohol and big commercial agribusinesses will market it; then you can forget about ever reversing course.
Most of the legalize drugs folks live in small towns
where they don’t see or hear of the traffic accidents, violence, etc. that is caused by those on Marajuana, etc.
Not funny watching the news about innocent people killed
thanks to pot heads.
There, that's corrected
Did it ever occur to you there are people that support the legalization of Marijuana that have never smoked pot?
I haven’t given up like you said, ‘cuz I’m not @ my computer all the time this afternoon. I think it’s safe to say that there are FEW — if any — countries that have completely legalized marijuana outright. But then again, there are few nations that have put a man on the moon, either. Let the US prove its exceptionalism by once again being the 1st. I have read, however, that Nepal may not be as draconian as, say, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, & the US are (that’s great company for the US to be in, ain’t it? You should be proud!). Switzerland, Spain &/or Portugal might be a few other less-than-draconian nations. Pot is technically illegal in Holland, but they haven’t enforced the law like you think they should, & unfortunately, they might be thinking about doing so.
Then, strangely, they are even more clueless.
There is no country that can serve as a template for this “idealized” concept of full legalization of marijuana.
As a result, such people want us to be the guinea pig. I will not support that.
I’d think such people would think that muggings would go down if we legalized mugging. It’s a similar concept.
Tobacco smuggling. (if we legalize it they will stop)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2222875/posts
Tom Tancredo is right.
While I don’t want people to abuse drugs, it is obvious that what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working, and the collateral damage has been enormous.
Tom threw me when he voted in favor of the big bank bailout.
Unfortunately, statism has taken so strong a hold even among some people who call themselves conservatives, that they won't even consider anything other than the same policies that have failed. You cannot even suggest modest changes without being accused of being a drug addict or a drug pusher. If you suggest that the state treat adults like adults, people will say you want to sell crack cocaine to infants. It is like talking about gun control with leftists - they will accuse you of wanting to give kindergarten students machine guns. They are like some liberals who imagine that just one more gun control law will magically end violent crime.
I suggest you move to Malaysia in order to prevent us dopeheads from taking over. We’re coming after you! LOL
Pot heads, or boozers causing accidents.
Both drugs and booze are mind altering.
People need to find out why they need their mind altered.
Escape never solves the problem.
I’m sure you would have opposed the US being a “guinea big” for having a non-monarchical government in 1776.
UGH....I didn’t know that. Thanx for the info.
This boils down to an issue of liberty. It is also an issue of the 10th amendment. Where are the feds authorized? Most people who are fervent defenders of “drug” prohibition would not consider making alcohol and tobacco illegal, and usually on the issue of liberty. If someone wants to smoke crack, let ‘em. If they break the law while on crack, prosecute them for the crime. This can also be looked at as a way to purge the gene pool.
That is a good point. I don’t know if it’s so much the case that legalization is the answer to all the associated problems, but I think it is time we at least do a more fundamental reassessment of the strategies currently being used.
I don’t think drug use has been increasing by any significant degree, but we’ve had increasing problems with drug-related violence.
This violence, however, is associated with illegal immigration as well, and it’s hard to draw a line between the two problems.
While I don’t want people to abuse drugs, it is obvious that what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working, and the collateral damage has been enormous.
Absolutely!
Please tell me something: does the 5 Principles on this link sound reasonable to you?
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