Posted on 08/29/2005 9:02:32 AM PDT by SmithL
Unlike their mellow brethren in San Francisco, the half-dozen or so medical marijuana clubs that have sprouted up in the urban no-man's-land between San Leandro and Hayward have turned into something out of the Wild West.
There's been a rash of armed robberies, a shootout that left one robber dead, and the possible attempted hit of a worker for cooperating with police.
"I don't think this is what the voters had in mind when they passed the medical pot law, but that's what we're dealing with," said Alameda County Sheriff's Lt. Dale Amaral, whose Eden Township beat includes the 2 square miles of unincorporated land where most of the clubs are.
The motivation behind the robberies -- big cash and big marijuana.
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They should ban guns there THAT will solve the problem...
Then, make harsh language illegal.
ASKKKKK the robbers to stop, that'll do it.
Duh! Master of the Obvious.
" The motivation behind the robberies -- big cash and big marijuana."
Nah......couldn't be that!
Could it be rivals in the non-medpot trade trying to defend their turf?
LIBERTARIANS: "Let's regulate pot and other drugs just like we do alcohol and we will see all of our problems disappear. Since alcohol has been regulated you don't see anymore drunks do you?"
Very possible!
Surely this is the case. There is one way to put them out of business... Paging all drug warriors, paging all drug warriors...
How you gonna sell tha chronic and not come strapped?
Drunks we see, bathtub gin we don't.
Wrong logic chain, my friend. The point is not to eliminate alcoholics but to eliminate the crime trade built up around first alcohol and now weed.
Congratulations. You have mastered the art of building straw men.
China fell to opium. It never recovered until it took a hard line against users.
As long as white middle class subversives are using it, there will be a drug war and related drug crimes.
This is a little confusing my friend but I guess the gist of what you are saying is that in the case of marijuanna, people don't know what's good for them and someone like the Government has to step in to make sure they do "what is best". Sorry, in this case, I don't buy it... despite China "falling to opium".
Happy, liberaltarians? Legalization of pot or drugs is a moronic idea. This is yet another example of why.
Freedom's quite an illusion, isn't it? I believe in anarchy, ideally, but if there's going to be one law then there may as well be a thousand.
Such logic seems to justify just about anything... I believe the term these days is "Whatever".
Absolutely- it's very empowering. Our ideals become worthless when the government doesn't respect them. The constitution really is just a piece of paper and a million dreams that we're not allowed to live.
This covers a lot more than drugs, of course. Like the ACLU likes to argue- if the state can forbid you from owning a tank, then why not a rifle?
The best deal for freedom, short of a massive revolution someday, is to work with the government for sensible laws. The other avenue is to break and subvert the law, which carries a terrible personal risk.
Naturally you ignore that this is a problem created solely by Prohibition and nothing else whatsoever.
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