"Smart Approaches to Marijuana: preventing another big tobacco"
Posted on 12/31/2019 11:20:48 AM PST by Olog-hai
“I’m So Wasted!”
Spicoli
So all the felons who pleaded-down now have clear records.
Glad I don’t live there.
Then the states become the dope peddlers.
Guess he doesn’t want the prison full of potheads, when he inevitably goes to jail, with all the other Illinois ex-Governors.
“How many dealers or people with other offenses plea bargained down to simple possession and will now be pardoned?”
Yea, the Left has been VERY SUCCESSFUL in convincing the country, including conservatives, that people are rotting away in jail because they got caught with one joint. There’s almost always a bit more than just that if they end up in jail, such as a felony to along with the joint.
Will cannabis users be able to obtain a Firearm Owner ID (FOID) or concealed carry permit in Illinois? Feds say it’s a disqualifier for firearms transfers and purchasers. What sayeth the State of Illinois?
Rule of law is dead and this pot phenomenon is going to rot this country further. I am not some “prohibitionist” as the pro-weeders like to attack with. The trend recently with libtard governments is promotion of vice and replacing the criminals who once controlled vice.
Are states in which alcohol is legal "alcohol peddlers"?
Are you saying that to make a thing legal is to "promote" it? Tobacco? Marxist literature?
and replacing the criminals who once controlled vice.
Taking profits out of criminal hands is a good thing.
Marijuana is harmful. It’s addictive. Legalization causes all kinds of societal problems.
Get the facts:
https://learnaboutsam.org/science/
https://learnaboutsam.org/sam-resources/one-pagers-fact-sheets-and-talking-points/
Pennsylvania. yes. Sale of legal alcohol is a state-run monopoly.
And since sales are through the state, doesn’t the state not only have a legitimate need for tracking individual sales for health and welfare reasons, but the means to do so?
“Sorry, we can’t sell you alcohol. You are now in the state’s Drinkers At Risk database. Go drink some water.”
Pennsylvania. yes. Sale of legal alcohol is a state-run monopoly.
OK. What about the states where alcohol is legal and sold by (licensed) privately-owned entities?
"Smart Approaches to Marijuana: preventing another big tobacco"
Since states that license liquor store owners derive lots of tax revenue from liquor sales, then yes, you could say that.
But the Prohibition era taught us that one way or another, people are going to drink. The state might as well profit by taxing legal sales.
Should marijuana sales be legalized and taxed? By the logic of alcohol sales, yes.
Then the argument returns to: which is worse on the body, the mind, the psyche, alcohol or marijuana?
IMHO, marijuana is worse. It makes the development of the mind grind to a halt.
“What’s the difference between a drunk driver and a stoned driver?
“A drunk driver will blow past a stop sign.
“A stoned driver will wait for it to turn green.
AA members will tell you they didn't grow a day while they were drinking.
“What’s the difference between a drunk driver and a stoned driver?
“A drunk driver will blow past a stop sign.
“A stoned driver will wait for it to turn green.
And that's worse how?
The way NYC is going is beginning in Ol’ Chicago, starting with reducing criminal penalties of things which will make for more compliant would-be voters.
“Are states in which alcohol is legal “alcohol peddlers”?”
In a manner of speaking, the
answer is yes, as the states
regulate the sale, licensing,
and distribution of alcohol.
Not to mention the collection
of taxes on alcohol sales.
It’s their regulations that
state how, where, who
gets to sell it, and
when it can be consumed,
and by whom. States
have their grubby fingers
in the pie.
“AA members will tell you they didn’t grow a day while they were drinking.”
Functioning alcoholics can maintain
their mental capabilities for
years. They can function in a
manner that them being an alcoholic
is not easily discernable.
(my father was one).
What did him in were his physical
ailments.
I also worked with a mechanical
engineer who supervised a group
of 20. A very intelligent
individual, who made important
decisions. On the day of his
retirement, he confessed
to the entire group,
that he had a drinking problem,
and produced a pint of vodka
from his desk drawer. We all
were shocked from his admission.
Have you ever attended an AA
meeting? I have, as part of my
fathers’ recovery. The most I
heard from his group was their
loss in the belief of a higher
power. Their faith in god was
overpowered by the bottle.
And so can quite a few regular marijuana users; for them, part of being not easily discernable is not identifying themselves as users of an illegal substance. (And of course, for each of alcohol and tobacco, their are overusers who allow themselves to be readily identifiable as such.)
In a manner of speaking, the answer is yes
Not in the common meaning of "peddler."
And even in that manner of speaking: what of it?
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