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Originally Posted by timalkin
I don't mind seeing pot smokers go to jail at all. People who can't follow the law belong in jail. If you don't agree with the law, work to change it, but don't flagrantly violate it and claim that you're not the one who's fucked up.
I'm against legalization. We don't need another substance that will allow people to slime around. We don't need more impaired drivers on the roads. We don't need to make it easier for kids to do poorly in school.
The feds will still be enforcing federal drug laws, but legalization on the state level will bring a whole new level of tax evasion when marijuana taxes aren't being properly paid to the state. Legalization will also give the drug syndicates incentive to streamline their hard drug operations. It's about time that we can start getting more of a focus on the harder shit from our cartels. If you thought violence over marijuana trafficking is bad, you aint' seen nothing yet.
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I disagree. I think pot smokers need to fragrantly violate the law and show that smart, healthy individuals can engage in recreational use of marijuana with no harmful effects. I really don't think the law will ever get changed on a federal level until enough people let the government know they want to do it and that it being illegal is not a deterrent.
Marijuana does NOT cause tax evasion. If people are not properly paying their taxes, that is a completely separate issue.
Marijuana is not preventing drug syndicates from "streamlining their hard drug operations." If Marijuana was legalized and "made in the USA" so to speak, We wouldn't have to worry about pinching people importing it and we would be able to focus our attention on hard drugs. Not only that, but it'd really hurt the cartel's profits. It's not going to make them more violent than they already are. Legalization is not a positive thing for a drug lord.
Lastly, Marijuana does cause motor impairment but it also makes people very cautious. A marijuana smoker is much less likely to drive than someone under the influence of alcohol or a cell phone. This California law does not permit minors to smoke. It actually specifically states that it's illegal to smoke in the presence of a minor. Also, There is no reason to expect that more people would smoke if it were legal. Marijuana is legal for adults in the Netherlands and last time I checked it had about the same percentage of use as it does in the US.
Oh yeah, I don't smoke, and I probably wouldn't smoke if it were legal. If that matters..