Posted on 09/06/2002 8:59:47 AM PDT by MrLeRoy
It's enough for a big thumbs up ... or a big light up, if you prefer.
Canada should legalize marijuana use by adults, a Senate committee recommended Wednesday. The report comes on the heels of a two-year study of public policy relating to pot.
The present system of prohibition on marijuana just doesn't work, the committee found. Obviously, the committee learned something from early 20th-century history, when alcohol was prohibited in the United States. Then, prohibition simply gave gangsters a product to move and people to shoot.
Instead of the current system that penalizes people for having small quantities of pot on them, there should instead be a regulated system for marijuana, perhaps like our current system for alcohol, the committee determined.
"Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and health issue," said Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, the committee chair.
It's true that taking pot still involves the harmful intake of smoke, which the committee recognized. But, as the committee pointed out, it's more of a health issue than anything else.
In addition, making pot legal would clear the way for our police to tackle other, more harmful crimes relating to the public good. Really, would you rather see a pot smoker or a child molester behind bars?
Whether the federal government will ever adopt the Senate recommendations is up in the air. Hopefully the feds won't throw up a smokescreen on this to cloud the issue, and goes ahead with legalization.
Of course not. That would require you having a thought in the first place.
For what it's worth, I really hope the DEATFBIRS never mistakenly get your address wrong on one of their midnight raids.
Naw, don't worry about that. They already have a dossier on me, and they KNOW that would be a big mistake!
I wouldn't get too cocky if I were you. They do take down some of their paid informants from time to time just to keep the rest in line. You could be next.
That makes one person. I hope it does happen to him. It's called poetic justice.
So, the pot calls the kettle "black!" My facts are ham-handedly dismissed as "government propaganda," being "irrelevant," or "out and out lies." I've been called a Federal Agent, a Disruptor, and a Drug Warrior among other things.
The fact remains, these Pro-Marijuana threads are pep rallies for Pot. You don't want an opposing point of view, or a discussion. You just want everybody to agree with you. So, I just enjoy pissing off all of you potheads!
Just what government needs, more cash.
I like how you clarify your remarks by adding "that is already illegal".
Saves you time from defending alcohol, tobacco, soda and bacon double-cheeseburgers.
Another personal attack! You potheads just don't want to play by the rules do you? I guess it's the whole anti-establishment mentality that goes with being a drug abuser.
I just don't want you getting in trouble.
I'll admit that I am often guilty of hurling insults, but you will never find an instance of my starting it. You and your buddies seem to be impressed by that tactic, so I figure why not run with it.
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