Posted on 11/05/2017 3:15:14 PM PST by Antoninus
That’s where I’m at.
Honestly, I think alcohol is worse.
“But I’m interested to see others opinions as to how far Society should go to protect people from a perceived Danger.”
The argument is about which “Society” should be making those laws - state or federal. On a forum dedicated to restoring constitutional government, it shouldn’t even be a discussion. You either support the 10th Amendment or you don’t.
My theory is, you put "m." 'cause you can't spell marijuana.
Admit it.
If a few lives are ruined along the way, no big deal to the political.
oooo I can’t wait.
I believe Californians can grow up to six plants. Tax revenues disappear when folks are giving away weed like it’s zucchini.
People don’t even know what Freedom is...
You know instead of just putting titles in this you could use hyperlinks that link to the articles...
I’m in an area of about 30,000 people. Two liquor stores and a dozen dispensaries, stores, if you prefer. A couple are waiting to open. Gotta be 21 to get in.
I Believe Again !
Government Knows Best Always !
You need to look into the reasons MJ was made illegal in the first place.
I neglected to mention the split of federal and state laws, which you have brought up.
I really think on this issue, and others too, it really depends on what people’s criteria are for judging a situation.
It’s just a harmless plant, right?
But your argument is that the government has no business telling us what we can smoke, shoot or snort.
So to follow that logic, then heroin must be legalized. Or are you saying the government can ban some stuff but not other stuff? Is that it?
“I believe Californians can grow up to six plants. Tax revenues disappear when folks are giving away weed like it’s zucchini.”
CO citizens can grow up to 6 plants, yet the tax revenues are on track to exceed $200M in 2017.
Full disclosure: the high school was probably the easiest place to get weed prior to legalization.
“I really think on this issue, and others too, it really depends on what people’s criteria are for judging a situation.”
Like whether they will respect the Constitution or not. Do you support the 10th Amendment?
1) Personal responsibility - it's not the governments job to protect people from themselves
2) Raise taxes
3) Eliminate a ton of costs and saves a TON of police time
4) Prisons can be saved for people who commit VIOLENT crimes
5) The current MJ dealers push people onto harder drugs immediately. Legal dealers would never do that. This eliminates a huge portion of the gateway drug.
6) MJ would stop being laced with other, harder drugs and chemicals. See #5
7) Alcohol kills more people every year than all illicit drugs combined. No one has ever overdosed on MJ.
8) The crimes people are worried about committing while stoned (specifically, driving), are already illegal. Double them if you need to
yup
Giving more money to government is a bad idea.
What if they legalized marijuana but didn’t tax it? What if they eliminated the high taxes on alcohol and tobacco?
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