Ironic this is from “Accuracy in Media”. You can be against the insane War on Drugs and not be “for dope”.
Ditchweed is so easy to grow that the only reason it is profitable is the fact that it’s illegal.
Most people would grow their own rather than purchase it. Worrying that DTO’s would become legitimate is a straw man argument because that’s the whole point of legalization.
They simply couldn’t compete in an open and legal free market because the drop in price would leave them undercapitalized compared to already established farmers with land and equipment using modern farming methods instead of hand tools in the deep woods to avoid detection.
Sure - legalizing pot will make all the criminals give up their lives of depravity and become model citizens. (Sheesh, the stupidity of people is astounding.)
Isn't it more logical to assume that they will continue to move cocaine, heroin, meth, ecstasy, humans and weapons through their existing networks?
About 50% of drug profits to Mexican mobs come from pot.
If pot were a commercial crop in the U.S., our producers would grow better quality at a cheaper price, putting the Mexican pot growers out of business.
With 50% less money available to destabilize the Mexican government, we would have a less volatile neighbor on our border.
Pot is widely available and grown in the U.S. It is doubtful that anyone who wants pot cannot already get it.
My neighbor has a commercial pot farm, and nobody is going to bother him about it. The local DA has told the police not to bring him any pot cases. Medical marijuana is legal in Oregon.
Governments shouldn’t have laws that are universally disrespected. It creates an environment of general disrespect for the law.
Prohibition of alcohol failed. Prohibition of pot has failed.
Get over it. The war on Pot has failed.
Legalize it, take the profits away from the drug gangs, and give the profits to ingenious American farmers.
Good grief, what a leap. And pardon the pun, but apparently this author's ignorance has no bounds, especially when it comes to medical use. I am with Judge Napolitano on this one.
Your boss wants fedgov to move against States with medical marijuana programs. Has Cliff ever heard of the Tenth Amendment? Cliff apparently shares the same view of the Commerce Clause as Nancy Pelosi:
What say you?
There should be no laws regarding what a person can put in their own body.
Period.
No less a conservative that William F. Buckley was for drug legalization. Was he a ‘’dope’’?
In fairness to Salem and Townhall, they are just the conduit. They are not, nor should they be in the business of regulating the speech of everybody who chooses to have a blog there. When you open up a marketplace of ideas you are invariably going to have the odd goofball turning up every now and then.
Who’s to say Tommy Chong could not have a blog on Townhall if he wanted one. (or for that matter, I think Pat Buchanan has already got one....)
Liberaltarians will blame anyone except the users (themselves) for the problems. Gotta have their drugs, nothing else matters.
The war on drugs led to the 911 attacks and gave us this pretender, BO.
A Chicago female FBI agent arrested one of the 911 hijackers after being tipped off by a flight school. The undocumented arab just wanted to fly the plane and not learn how to take off or land.
She grew suspicious and petitioned to subpoena his computer which later revealed the name of the other hijackers.
She was rebuffed by her station chief who demanded she concentrate on drug cases because there was money to be made off RICO seizures and turn the would be terrorist over to immigration.
What a different world we live in today if she was allowed to pursue her instincts on a possible act of terror in the planning.
I’ll give the drug addicts credit they have never given up on legitimizing their favorite compound.