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dlooney
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"The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur." -George W. Bush, discussing the decline of the French economy with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
My personal opinion is that it should be decriminalized by the Federal government, meaning they would not prosecute anyone federally for doing it. Then for each individual state, they could make up their own laws either legalizing it or criminalizing it. That solves quite a few problems. It would allow states to retain individual state rights, which is always a hotbutton issues. The citizens of that particular state wouldn't have anything to cry about because they now have the right to self-determination regarding marijuana. They would then "love it or leave it", according to how their fellow citizens feel.
So if say Texas says it will stay illegal, the citizens who want to use it would move to say, Kentucky, where it is already a huge cash crop. The Kentucky state government would get to tax it and use the revenue to fund programs along with the aid continuing to flow from the federal government. The combined two sources would turn Kentucky into a much more stabile state, thereby bringing in more citizens who would pay less for things overall tax wise. (meaning lower property taxes, goods and services taxes, etc) The rebound of this state would make our country stronger as a whole as increased jobs and opportunities flow to the state.
Texas citizens would not recieve additional funding simply because Kentucky is now becoming solvent, and a lot of Texas' citizens are now leaving the state for more freedoms. So when citizens leave and businesses start to fold in Texas due to a much lower employee base leftover, Texas will lose out on tax money from those businesses and goods/services. Citizens left in Texas would now have to deal with less overall services as the state revenue stream dries up. The citizens still residing there have the option to legalize it still, but now only at the risk of gaining money vs their "core values". No one will be forcing Texas to change laws, that would be something they would do because they would want to keep income coming in. This ensures that each citizen in the U.S. can start to feel comfortable in their surroundings and should be rewarded (either way) for the decisions they make with laws and who they elect.
Any citizen from either state would only have to blame themselves if they stay in a place that is not beneficially enriching their core beliefs.
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I'm ok with legalizing it. I just hope people are responsible like they are with alcohol. I'm wishing that I'm not near someone who is operating heavy machinery or driving aggressively or in a hurry when they are in with Lucy in the sky with diamonds. If someone causes some kind of accident they better pray I die or fall into a severe coma. Because if I survive I will own everything they have worked their entire life for + a few million. They will be my personal bitch the rest of their life and will never forget me.
Legalize it! Higher chance of more irresponsible people doing stupid shit to give me or another some free shit and moneyz.
Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!
Yeah, the safety issue never concerned me much because if you look at the statistics already while its illegal, you can see plenty of people smoking it now. Whatever the injury/death rates are now, they'd stay around the same levels. I would imagine a small spike early due to people going nuts initially, but that would go back down.
Kind of like when you tell a kid he can't have any cake for months, then you tell him he can have as much cake as he wants. You know right away he'll try to eat the whole thing, get sick then won't want any cake for weeks. But eventually, he'll learn to just eat a little cake at a time.
There is nothing to support the idea that if they legalize it, that hoards of zombies will spring up overnight, and the economy and society will collapse. If someone wasn't smoking weed now, they won't do it simply because it's legal even though I see some dummies argue that way all day , lol. If they don't do it now, they won't do it then for the most part.
"TO MICHAEL!"
lol thats a joke right?
about 50% of the crimes in america are alcohol related. 4% are marijuana related(and that would be under 1% if its legal, because its all for dealing or possesing)
In any case, the 'war on drugs' is little more than a self-destructive waste of money.
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It's been shown that people who are stoned on pot are actually LESS likely to cause death by dangerous driving than people who are not stoned on pot (straight).
This is due to them being paranoid about being stoned and the consequences of that. This leads to a much lower average speed which causes less death and destruction even IF an accident happens.
"The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur." -George W. Bush, discussing the decline of the French economy with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? Isn't that LSD? I'm not sure I'm understanding this post - it's a wee bit confusing. I'm under the impression you'd like to be in an accident with a person driving under the influence of something so you can make money? Err... good luck with that!
I agree Pot should be legalized
Either legalize pot or make cigarettes illegal. I think that would only be fair.
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No one is promoting driving while under the influence and it would definately be illegal to if pot was legal.
But I would rather have some stoned guy driving behind me than a drunk.
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? Isn't that LSD? I'm not sure I'm understanding this post - it's a wee bit confusing. I'm under the impression you'd like to be in an accident with a person driving under the influence of something so you can make money? Err... good luck with that!
I'm saying people aren't magically going to become instantly more responsible when the stuff is legalized. People can't even text message or talk on a cell phone while driving without getting into some kind of accident. People don't think about the consequences and just do whatever and deal with it later. And legalizing it isn't going to cause cartels to stop killing people. They will concentrate on other things like sex slavery, harder drugs, gamblng etc. And if Mexico wants the US to legalize why don't they do it first? Lets see what happens.
Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!