To: The Other Harry
So why legalize it, if the same people are going to use it anyway?
I'm sure a similar study would show that repealing all civil rights legislation passed since 1964 would not increase the amount of discrimination in the country. Only in that case, it would be true.
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
So why legalize it, if the same people are going to use it anyway? So they won't be punished for acts that don't infringe on anybody else's liberties, and so we won't have to pay for that punishment.
10 posted on
05/04/2004 9:56:20 AM PDT by
The kings dead
(O.C.-Old Cracker:"It's time for some of our freedoms to get curtailed for the sake of the Republic.")
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Well, you save billions of dollars used to imprison/prosecute/chase pot users, and cops have more time to pursue other crimes if they aren't chasing pot users.
And, of course, you could always tax pot sales for a financial windfall.
11 posted on
05/04/2004 9:56:27 AM PDT by
John H K
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
So why legalize it, if the same people are going to use it anyway? Because it never should have been criminalized in the first place. It's not governments business.
12 posted on
05/04/2004 9:57:49 AM PDT by
Protagoras
(When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
So why legalize it, if the same people are going to use it anyway? Well, I had a similar question, but my initial reaction was, "Why criminalize it?"
24 posted on
05/04/2004 11:13:38 AM PDT by
tdadams
(If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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