Posted on 02/25/2005 10:22:10 AM PST by nyg4168
This is more kookish propaganda from the pro-drug crowd. Don't let anyone fool you, we are winning the war on drugs, one dealer/user/producer/trafficker at a time.
Even if the courts ruled that the Federal prohibition is valid, ending state laws against drug use would save the states money. The cost of enforcement would be shifted in toto to the federal government, and the state law enforcement agencies would not have to do a thing to help them.
I think I agree. This is a perfect area in which federalism can pay dividends. As a conservative with zeal of the newly converted, I no longer care too much about the libertarian's desire to create an amoral anything goes society, but we've got to start thinking outside the box. Legalized drugs will take the profit motive away from the drug dealers.
LOL!!
You forgot your sarcasm tags!
Maybe you don't think drugs should be legalized, but you can't possibly believe the "war on drugs" is being won. What evidence do you have to support that?
Any cost of enforcement shifted to the feds ends up being higher federal taxes and MORE power to the federal government for all of us. That said, I'm all for state actions that result in re-establishing state's rights over federal rights. This one is odd, but I like to hear other states besides us southerners bringing it up.
I agree. I think everything shoul go to states rights. Abortion, homosexual marriage, drug laws, etc....should all be dealt with by each individual state as they see fit. The federal government should stay out of it!
Precisely, just because we remove the laws on this doesn't mean we've condoned an amoral society. Thinking outside the box, as you said, can allow us to find other ways to attack these problems. Individual responsibility is going to have to be taught and learned in America again.
No one will ever legalize drugs in America because there would be no excuse to ever RAISE TAXES again!~}
The Stranger, OY! the meshugana liberal fish-wrap of Seattle.
And I have NO DOUBT Gregoire would love a new tax source.
BAHAHAHAHAAH!!
Your kidding right?
The states have just about taxed cigarettes out of existence their treasury's are sinking without all that Cigarette tax money , they are looking for new sources of money. Legalise drugs and they have it, The states arent worried about criminals making money they just want a new thing to tax .Legalise drugs and the momey you save on locking up drug dealers will be spent on social services to wean folks off the hard stuff. Now having said that I am a proponent of prescription use of heroin for terminal patients. Its cheaper and does a better job than the synthesized stuff.
I disagree.........Just legalizing marijuana alone, and treating it like alcohol and tobacco (restrictions on age and taxing it) would reap financial windfalls at all levels of government.
First would be the criminal justice system would not be overburdened with petty stuff, thus saving taxpayers dollars better used for prosecuting more important stuff;
Second would be freeing up law enforcement to actually deal with the real criminals that neeed to be dealt with by the rest of the criminal just system, thus saving tax payer dollars;
And finally, by eliminating the black market and collecting taxes on it like alcohol and tobacco, any time the state needs a quiet way to balance a budget they can just up the excise tax on it, just like they now do to alcohol and tobacco.
Sounds like a winning proposition all the way around. It seems to me
Seatle is in Washington state, King County is where the Dems pulled off their theft of the Governors office. Not a Southern State.
Really? Introductory Economics says not so. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1351049/posts
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