Legal Pot In The U.S. May Be Undercutting Mexican Marijuana

NPR ^ | December 01, 2014 | John Burnett

[ConservingFreedom]

How China got rid of opium

With "street committees" and "re-education" - that is, with communism. Is that what you're advocating for the United States of America?

[ConservingFreedom]

Wright also stated that "one of the most unfortunate phases of smoking opium in this country is the large number of women who have become involved and were living as common-law wives or cohabitating with Chinese in the Chinatowns of our various cities".

We can't have that.

[zeugma]

I have yet to hear a good argument from the pro-criminalization side.

You don't think the ever-increasing destruction of our constitution, and the accompanying loss of respect for the law and civil society is a good argument for the pro-criminalization side?

How about all the money and power it brings to the ever expanding police state? It's a real good deal for those profiting off both sides.

Shouldn't everything not specifically spelled out in the hundreds of thousands of pages of the Federal Register as being legal for americans to do be criminalized?

[indthkr]

The Chinese solution was a good one.

After finishing up here in the US, we can extend the solution with cruise missile strikes on Mexico

[LeoWindhorse]

exactly

sobriety is preferable

[familyop]

Communism is not necessary for taking out the trash, and some of the methods prescribed would work even more effectively in a free, representative republic.

[Jonty30]

They might make more per job, but the number of human smugglings compared to how much marijuana is sold is very miniscule.

[ConservingFreedom]

The Chinese solution was a good one.

As his link shows, the Chinese solution was "street committees" and "re-education" - that is, communism. Is that what you're advocating for the United States of America?

[Jonty30]

It’s alot harder to get people interested in the harder drugs than marijuana.

[ConservingFreedom]

With "street committees" and "re-education" - that is, with communism. Is that what you're advocating for the United States of America?

Communism is not necessary for taking out the trash,

But that's how China did it - if you're not advocating communism, you should find a noncommunist example.

and some of the methods prescribed would work even more effectively in a free, representative republic.

Such as?

[ConservingFreedom]

Why not cut out the middleman and ban leftism?

exactly

How would that work? Any First Amendment issues there?

Time will also show that life long MJ use results in early onset of dementia / senility .

Like regular lifelong drinking.

sobriety is preferable

But not at the point of a government gun.

[familyop]

"The Chinese solution was a good one."

Yep. Enough Americans will be getting an education by seeing their loved ones robbed, enslaved and murdered by the pushers, so they won't have any inhibitions about putting the pushers down. The addicts who are not pushers can be cleaned up with plenty of healthy exercise and cheerleading after willingly starting a program to strengthen their minds and bodies. They'll win.

China also has a compulsory draft for service, but enforcement isn't necessary. More than enough gladly enlist. We did the same during the early 1950s and before. Infantry initial training and initial training for some infantry-related specialties would also clean up many of the addicts. It's for the defense and strength of a nation and is not limited to communism.

[Magic Fingers]

“Will there next be a pot war? Something they will need to hash out???”

Better to hash it out than to take pot shots at each other.

[familyop]

"With 'street committees' and 're-education'"

Apparently, you are against the freedoms of speech and assembly that we'll exercise to turn ruined minds back to the right--the minds that pushers have turned to the left with dope. Obviously, you want those minds to stay to the left.

[ifinnegan]

“That’ll lower retail prices and thus the amount of crime committed in order to pay those prices - another piece of good news. “

Dope Head logic.

Gotta love it and laugh.

[indthkr]

I'm advocating sobriety via due process.

I'm also advocating draconian "controls" on individuals or enterprises (including governments) that enable and profit from the production and sale of products whose sole purpose is mind-altering recreation.

[ifinnegan]

“believe that smoking MJ causes people people to vote ( and think ) Liberal progressive / Leftist”

Absolutely does.

It’s effect on the brain and worldview is the biggest problem with it.

[familyop]

Have your way with the drug slaves that you own for now, thanks to the state commies in your pocket. But their families and friends will be with us soon enough. Pride goes before a fall.

[TigersEye]

Young people are generally rejecting drug use across the board.

Teen drug and alcohol use continues to fall, new federal data show

[familyop]

Sincerely good and surprised to see your comments here. Review my comments in the thread.