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you're exactly right, they spend resources on stamping out pot and it allows cocaine and meth to be less targeted. Right now the government is successfully stopping a lot of drugs from getting across the mexican border. The result is that the drug smugglers have only got a limited number of truckloads they can get north. What do you think they are saving those limited truckloads for? It is all cocaine. because cocaine is very valuable on per-volume basis as compared to marijuana, that's why. The marijuana is being squelched by the anti-drug efforts, but the cocaine is not squelched. That is what is happening right now.

Marijuana is not without harm. But it is much less harmful by far than cocaine or meth.

"Marijuana is not without harm. But it is much less harmful by far than cocaine or meth."

Yes and a 22 cal does less damage then a 45 cal but I don’t want my kid shot with either. Higher more border guards.

The result is that the drug smugglers have only got a limited number of truckloads they can get north. What do you think they are saving those limited truckloads for? It is all cocaine. because cocaine is very valuable on per-volume basis as compared to marijuana, that's why. The marijuana is being squelched by the anti-drug efforts, but the cocaine is not squelched.

So now it comes from Canada instead, when it can, and is produced locally otherwise.

Can you think of one thing better for our economy than legalizing and encouraging production and sales of marijuana and hemp? I can't. There's the return of the American consumer, at least for Hostess.

Press reports claim that meth has ruined many college towns out West as more and more young students are hooked on the stuff and turn to crime to buy more. Montana has had a severe problem trying to cope with the effects of this drug, but the city authorities and cops are losing the battle.

For some Freepers, it appears that they believe meth, coke and marijuana are not a problem. The libertarians out there insist that no laws should be made or enforced to control drugs. I wonder what their opinion might be if their son or daughter turned up hooked on meth, hmmm?

Unless you have seen the result of such drugs on kid's minds, then you cannot appreciate how bad the effect can be. I visited a big mental health facility in California that had buildings full of young people who had permanently fried their brains with meth, coke and other damaging drugs. Most were there as veggies until they die, with no hope of cure. They were free to choose. They did and are now wards of the State. What a waste!