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To: cpdiii

“Decriminalize all drugs. Take the crime out of it...”

You must mean “legalize” instead of “decriminalize.” When a drug is decriminalized, as has happened with marijuana in a few states, the threat of jail is removed and usually people caught with the drug won’t end up with a criminal record. They’ll usually be fined though and the drugs will be confiscated. There is no legal production or sales when a drug is decriminalized. Decriminalization does not “take the crime out of it.” Law breakers will still provide the drugs, and usually that means organized crime will be involved in production and wholesale sales at least.


11 posted on 12/09/2008 11:27:05 AM PST by SmallGovRepub
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To: SmallGovRepub
You must mean “legalize” instead of “decriminalize

Yes you are correct.

13 posted on 12/09/2008 12:07:53 PM PST by cpdiii (roughneck, oilfield trash and proud of it, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, iconoclast.)
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