Posted on 05/24/2014 3:38:24 PM PDT by Wolfie
Where The War On Pot Will Go To Die
In some states, there's an untenable mismatch between the crime and the time, but does anyone think that potmedical or recreationalwill still be illegal in 10 years?
Now that a majority of Americans54% and climbing, according to Pew Researchbelieve that marijuana should be treated like beer, wine and liquor, its time to ask: where does the war on pot go to die?
What episode will trigger that final skirmish that kicks over the hollowed-out edifice of marijuana prohibition like the Berlin Wall? What will be the final outrage against common sense and common decency that triggers an Arab Spring for weed in these U.S.? Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia already have medical marijuana (with more to come), and full legalization has gained 13 percentage points in just the past five years.
Ironically, whatever ends the war on pot wont happen in Colorado or Washington, which have already legalized recreational pot and have received vague promises from Attorney General Eric Holder that the feds wont bust people and businesses who comply with state laws. Colorado is further along in the retail process than Washington (where pot shops wont open until mid-July), and so far the only problem of note is that the state is raking in 40% more tax revenue than originally projected.
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Are you implying that organized crime went away after 1933?
“Once we were in Kansas airspace alcohol was NOT allowed to be served.”
Holy carp! That sounds more like Saudi or Iranian airspace.
Except I read a book by P.J. O’Rourke that said when his airliner was departing Riyadh, that just as soon as the wheels lifted off, the attendants brought out minibottles and soon grown men were swilling several at once while yelling at the cabin windows, “F*** you, you moving tea towels!!”
Anyway, I never did dope so the following joke is told with complete prejudice:
“What’s the difference between a drunk driver & a stoned driver?”
“A drunk driver will blow right past a stop sign. A stoned driver will wait for it to turn green.”
It certainly went away from alcohol and it’ll go away from drugs. One less thing.
There are many in federal law enforcement that are interested in seeing the effects of dope legalization because it is the cartel's cash crop.
Yes, I’m sure Henry and Clare Booth Luce would not like to see what it’s become.
I’m not surprised. Aren’t there like, 107 or 108 counties in TX?
Personally I think that the marijuana edibles will be recriminalized. Not saying its right or wrong, just that I think they will be.
Also a big source of police corruption, IMO.
The whole bikini barista scandal in Everett is a good example.
"The lush traffic in alcohol beverages during the violent years of 1920 to 1933 had laid the base of organization for a number of criminal gangs. The termination of the ban on liquor deprived these gangs of their most lucrative source of money" - Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce
/johnny
The whole WOD has been used as an excuse to steal away our rights for decades.
I have never smoked pot, nor do I intend to start now. I think the war against pot is a giant waste of government resources. It is an excuse to destroy our civil rights and our financial privacy. It justifies untold government intrusion in our lives. It puts otherwise peaceful people in prison and as a result encumbers their ability to participate in the economy for the rest of their lives.
And that absolutely zero to do with my statement.
As to your comments - are those who indulge in alcohol or tobacco also lying Libertopians (whatever the heck that means)?
Got that right. So many don’t. Actually I’m a relativity recent convert. Milton Friedman helped me change my mind.
The drunks, get drunk in public, drive drunk, drive with suspended licenses, and beat on the people they are supposed to love.
The druggies get caught in possession, sell drugs to support their habit, steal stuff to support their habit, and every once in a while go bat$&@t crazy. We had a meth head kill his girlfriend and infant a couple years ago. Very sad.
My point is that two forms of recreational drug use, one legal and one illegal, make up 90-95% of the incarcerations in the county. Not everybody that drinks or does drugs will abuse them, but there will be a social price to pay.
Decriminalize drugs and you will take back a huge amount of power and restore many freedoms.
Yup. The argument that works for me is the “War on Drugs” does more harm than good.
I knew some people that went to church, were officers in the navy, had families with good kids, had nice homes and good jobs... that smoked marijuana regularly!!
Hell, we’ve probably still got blue laws.
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