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To: robertpaulsen
Since about 17 of those 20 million are involved with marijuana, that seems to be the drug to focus on -- I say we increase the penaly to discourage use. You agree with THAT notion?

Not at all. The effects of marijuana use pose no serious threat to the user or to society. Therefore, marijuana use should not be criminalized. If anything, I'd rather the federal government focus on more pernicious drugs, like cocaine, heroin, and meth.

75 posted on 12/28/2005 7:24:33 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
"The effects of marijuana use pose no serious threat to the user or to society."

You're saying they DO pose a threat to the user, just not a serious one? I agree, and that's one reason to prohibit it.

As to the "threat to society" -- IF the legalization of marijuana resulted in a doubling of teen use, would that be enough of a threat to our society to maintain the illegality of marijuana? Or don't you care about that?

IF the legalization of marijuana resulted in a tripling of marijuana use among adults (with no reduction in the use of other drugs, like alcohol), would that be enough of a threat to our society to maintain the illegality of marijuana?

I'm just trying to get a feel for your definition of a "serious threat to our society", which I'm guessing is a very high bar (I thinking your "serious threat" = Bubonic Plague).

77 posted on 12/28/2005 8:01:31 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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