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Originally posted by Sho Nuff
Id rather see it decriminalized then legalized. I dont want big business mixed in with my bud. Id rather be able to grow my own plants in peace and feel free to buy equipment and seeds without having to cover my tracks.
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Decriminalization does not mean that you can grow buds and buy equipment in peace. You could and would still be fined for possession, now matter what the amount you have. Decriminalization's one and only goal is to ease the workload of police officers and courts, which are bogged down by minor possession cases preventing them from focussing on dealers. Instead of having to convict every person carrying minor quantities, they would just write them the equivalent of a parking ticket.
As I've said in another thread, speaking from my own experience growing up in Montreal, cops already are pretty lax towards those that carry/use minor quantites, even in public. They just nab the stash and chuck in a strom drain. No fine, no bust, no extra paperwork. Decriminalization would just give them that much more incentive to leave pot smokers alone. However, that might blow up in our faces, since "pot bust quotas" may be introduced (just like "speeding bust quotas" that make driving fast towards the end of the month pretty dangerous), which would aim to encourage cops to hand out fines and increase their budget. It's all a money/interest game in the end.
If you would want a world where you could buy/grow marijuana without fear of reprisal, it would be a world in which pot was LEGAL, not simply decriminalized. Therefore, the government would be all over that like flies on shit.