America is not Portugal.....sorry, but decriminalizing won’t do this country any good....
FTI..there was a thread here inthe last few days..think it was from the LA Times, that cops in Cal are seeing many MORE serious traffic accidents because of peopel using medical marijuana and driving..In one case..someone who was stoned and killed a person wasn’t even charged..
Well there's a pile of "settled science". ;-)
The other thing the people screaming “Look at Portugal!” don’t realize is that de-criminalization is not legalization. Instead of facing criminal proceedings for possession you face civil proceedings. You can still be fined and still be ordered into rehab, you just won’t be put in jail.
>>decriminalizing won’t do this country any good....<<
Come on, give us your reasons why it won’t work here. Are you connected in some manner with drug enforcement or rehab work?
How can you be so sure?
Depends on what you decriminalize
Marijuana is the excellent drug to decriminalize, we literally have thousands of people in prison doing time for marijuana related crimes which is very costly, have millions of people with felony criminal records for minor marijuana related crimes like possessing an empty bong. Yes, that's a class "C" felony
Our justice system is over burdened dealing with minor marijuana crimes simply to keep the cash flow coming in to pay for all the public sector justice workers at county and state levels.
Get caught carrying under 28 grams of dope, how about a nice $500.00 fine and go to school like a speeding ticket instead of thousands of dollars of court costs, probation and weekly psychobabble sessions which you pay for.