[Dane]

I have no problems with you giving criticism of the drug lifestyle. I have a problem with you taking mine and other's tax dollars and putting law abiding systems in jail/prison and giving them a record over something that is relatively harmless compared to alcohol and most prescription drugs.

You still haven't denied that marijuana is not an integral part of the drug culture. So with your above statement you are saying that the drug culture is harmless?

You can rant rave about how marijuana is harmless, but it is an integral part of something very dangerous, the drug culture.

[rb22982]

No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I don't care if you complain about the drug culture all day long till you are blue in the face but " have a problem with you taking mine and other's tax dollars and putting non-violent citizens in jail/prison and giving them a record over something that is relatively harmless compared to alcohol and most prescription drugs."

You can rant rave about how marijuana is harmless, but it is an integral part of something very dangerous, the drug culture.

Anyone who wants to make something illegal because of its association seemingly with other things, regardless of the merits of the item itself is a 'feel based' position. One example is guns. It is 'associated with crime and violence' so the soccer moms try to ban them, regardless of the fact that guns are rarely used to commit crimes. Another is marijuana, which is comparitively harmful, impossible to OD on, yet want to keep it illegal because it is 'associated with other drugs'. Hey, so is alcohol but I guess that matters not.

And if marijuana were legalized you'd seperate that drug culture instantaneously. Alcohol was an 'integral part of the drug culture' during the 20s too, ya know. Still is. Everyone I know who does hard drugs usually gets slammed before or during [with other drugs] with alcohol