The DEA has failed to eradicate marijuana. Now Congress wants it to stop trying.

Washington Post ^ | November 27, 2015 | Christopher Ingraham

[Little Ray]

Pot is a waste of court time and prison beds.

[DJ MacWoW]

We haven’t stopped murder or robbery either. So?

[Wolfie]

Let’s see if you can describe the difference between marijuana use and murder/robbery.

[ConservingFreedom]

We haven’t stopped murder or robbery either. So?

Two-thirds of murders get solved - the proportion of pot 'crimes' that are even known to the authorities is assuredly several orders of magnitude smaller.

And murder and robbery violate rights, whereas pot growing, selling, and using do not.

[ZOOKER]

I still think Fedgov will decriminalize and move toward regulation and taxation.

There's just too much money to be made, and Uncle Sam wants his share.

[Still Thinking]

I’d happily go for this so long as it’s coupled with a repeal of all the rights-raping legislation they’ve passed using the WOD as a cover.

[Tau Food]

I hate to see the kids using pot because there is a lot of evidence that it does interfere with the growth of their brains. I really do not care about what people over 25 do with their bodies.

[givemELL]

New article on high potency marijuana as causing significant brain damage:

http://www.hngn.com/articles/154730/20151127/skunk-cannabis-associated-brain-damage-study-finds.htm

Is there a developing parallel to “Lead was to Romans as marijuana is to Western Culture?”. No doubt there are a multiplicity of such parallels.

[ConservingFreedom]

high potency marijuana as causing significant brain damage

Heavy drinking isn't good for the brain either ... but banning a drug, be it alcohol or pot, only encourages the making and use of more concentrated forms (in order to make concealment easier, and the act of getting a buzz quicker so less detectable).

[sparklite2]

Not only has the WOD not stopped drug addiction,
it has had no effect on it.

[ConservingFreedom]

I hate to see the kids using pot

Kids have been reporting for years that they can get pot more easily than cigarettes or beer - which stands to reason, since only sellers of legal goods have incentive to 'card' buyers.

[morphing libertarian]

need some common sense

[GreenHornet]

This brings to mind a headline I saw a number of years ago in “The Onion: “WAR ON DRUGS OVER - DRUGS WIN”

[JRandomFreeper]

That is a State power, not a Federal power.

/johnny

[ConservingFreedom]

need some common sense

What, spending $18,000,000 a year to combat okra and ditchweed isn't common sense?

[DJ MacWoW]

Crime is crime. The only reason people want to legalize it is because they need it to live. Btw, I don't drink either. I don't need drugs to enjoy life or have a good time.

Good luck.

[TheStickman]

Decriminalize it.

WOD = WOP = fail.

More freedom is always better. Less government is always better.

[ConservingFreedom]

I don't drink either.

Do you think alcohol should be banned?

[MileHi]

That is a State power, not a Federal power.

Right. Hope yer good.