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To: SaraJohnson
"new problems....strip us of our liberty and harass us all in the name of drug users" What do you think is going on now? Legalizing brings more liberties to consume and produce a commodity that government has not been able to stop. Legalizing would rid us of the corrupting influences on law enforcement and get government on the side of control by incentive rather than by punishment.

Oregon just busted an open-air, in plain sight, 91,000 plant grow operation run by 5 Mexican citizens on public land. The pot farm ran through a ravine for over 3 miles, had irrigation piping and had been there for at least 5 years. Some drug war we're fighting.

Name a successful black market for anything commonly used in the United States. They don't exist because they can't compete with Safeway, Walgreens, Costco, etc.

Bottom line, of all the recreational drugs, we must legalize marijuana now and put American farmers to work instead of Mexican farmers.

Remember, the addicts and young people you talk about, as excessive users, are our own families and friends whom suffer far more from getting caught than from getting high on marijuana.

The hard drugs such as cocaine, meth, and opiates I am not ready for full legalization because the producers are largely foreign and often military enemies and our government is unwilling to take the drug war fully to them.

24 posted on 06/26/2011 8:56:32 AM PDT by gandalftb (Fighting jihadists is like fighting an earthquake, harden yourselves.)
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To: gandalftb

The hard drugs such as cocaine, meth, and opiates I am not ready for full legalization because the producers are largely foreign and often military enemies and our government is unwilling to take the drug war fully to them.


So your solution is to legalize drugs (with it’s ensuing risks to freedom, problems and complications) and keep the drug war going at the same time. Brilliant. I can tell you have thought through the issue well. LOL


25 posted on 06/26/2011 9:25:37 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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