The "drug culture" that Bill Perkins describes as unhealthy is one in which 75% of senior citizens agree with.
The "culture" that he describes involves a majority of Americans, in fact. 51% of respondents in an American survey said they have tried Marijuana at least once in their life.
I don't want to turn this into a marijuana argument, but....
The fact is, if marijuana was legal, the legalization would eliminate the "unhealthy culture" that the media claims marijuana perpetuates. Thousands of drug dealers would be forced to live a life that didn't consist of crime, because their product would be legal. Since it would be legal, demand for the product would go up and prices would go down. People would stop stealing for drug money, because their product would be cheap enough to be purchased at a fraction of the previous cost. If people stopped stealing for drug money, our court system would have billions of dollars in breathing room, both because there would be far fewer theft cases brought to courts and because marijuana prosecution cases were eliminated. This surplus of extra tax money (and indeed, even more funds could be obtained by taxing marijuana) could be used to help finance the national debt, pay for healthcare of the poor and elderly, or anything else we could imagine.
Sheesh, all of this controversy over a product with only 2 prominent negative side-effects. Most prescription medicines have more side-effects than that.
Last edited by rickscales; 12-22-2004 at 09:09 PM..
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