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To: Eagles6
Eagles6 said: "Take the profit out of selling dope and the gangsters doing it will find another criminal enterprise like kidnapping and home invasions. "

It took a while to address all the extremely violent criminals that were educated during the prohibition of alcohol.

I don't do anything about my neighbors, some of whom I know use pot. But I would be quite willing to drop a dime on them if they were kidnappers or home invaders.

Are you in favor of criminalizing alcohol as during prohibition? Why not?

48 posted on 04/03/2009 6:38:08 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: William Tell
"Are you in favor of criminalizing alcohol as during prohibition? Why not?"

No. Alcohol has an historically long and beneficial use to society before and after prohibition.I don't believe that these characters will turn legit. The cartels are now smuggling hezbollah operatives into this country. Will they stop if weed is legal?

Personally I would have no problem with someone growing and consuming their own pot. I don't believe that decriminalizing marijuana would have any effect on crime. The cartels are smuggling pot because it's lucrative. Here in the US a gangbanger with a 3rd grade education and a felony record will not suddenly decide to flip burgers because he can't make loot selling pot, he will find some other criminal activity to engage in.

68 posted on 04/03/2009 8:51:55 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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