Oregon: Activists Pushing To Relax Marijuana Enforcement

Northwest Meridian ^ | May 18, 2006

[Huck]

Because of the high yes vote

High yes vote. Get it? High? Marijuana. hehe. I tell you what though. Portland is a total commie sewer. Yucko. I'd rather smoke illegally elsewhere than smoke legally in Portland.

[atomic_dog]

I bet if we legalized drugs and turned all the narcs into la migra that we could catch and deport 12 million.

[mountainlyons]

If they are going to make illegals citizens with full rights then we should be able to choose a law that we do not like and violate it without prosecution.

[highimpact]

The "war on drugs" is the single largest waste of money in the history of law enforcement. Billions of dollars are spent every year in an effort criminalize addiction. The laws don't stop people from using or buying. Want to wipe out gangs? Legalize drugs. Want to solve prison overcrowding? Legalize drugs. Prohibition didn't stop alcohol abuse, and it won't stop drug abuse.

[Moonman62]

However, signature-gathering for the measure has been a little lethargic thus far.

I wonder why, in Portland, no less.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The "war on drugs" is the single largest waste of money in the history of law enforcement.

We've got 20 million illegal "immigrants" living in the U.S. and you actually believe that?

[hodaka]

You got my vote. The war on drugs is a farce and is the way for the government to violate our rights and to seize or property, that is why this war continues.

[freepatriot32]

ping

[sanjacjake]

You are right....seems anybody, especially a denizen
of Washington, who comes up with a figure..it is then
spouted over the airwaves....right or wrong...and then when CIA ,,tells Bush..WMD are in Iraq..It's a "slam
dunk" accusation...he repports it.....and then he is
lying??????? I like to hear ...Mike Savage rant and
rave about everything, including this drug thing...Jake

[FlingWingFlyer]

Billions are spent each year for federal, state and municipal law enforcement agencies and we still have crime. Murder, rape, robbery, etc. continues. We have definitely failed in our war on crime. The cops gotta go.

[PaxMacian]

"Murder, rape, robbery, etc. continues."

Comparing a violent crime where there is a perpetrator and a victim
whose rights have been violated to the possession of an herb gifted
by God to man and beast alike at the beginning of time is a stretch.

[one more state]

Become a citizen of Mexico they decriminalized cocaine, pot, peyote, so move south. Become an illegal alien of Mexico.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I see what drug abuse does to individuals and families everyday in my job. "Victimless?" I don't think so.

[mugs99]

Become a citizen of Mexico they decriminalized cocaine, pot, peyote, so move south

No they didn't. We threatened them with import restrictions if they did. They caved...exactly the same as Canada when we threatened them with import restrictions if they decriminalized.
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[mugs99]

"Victimless?" I don't think so

You can find victims in every human activity including religion.
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[FlingWingFlyer]

Nice.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

As a libertarian, I STRONGLY identify with that view.

But I confess I have moments of doubt and weakness when I think about, say, Heroin. Marijuana is a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. But when it comes to heroin and the like, I find I have a strong temptation to be inconsistent.

Out of curiosity, do you ever find yourself feeling the same sense of struggle?

I'd be interested in hearing from other libertarians that do.