Legalizing marijuana

[bardicverse]

bouzane said:

bardicverse said:
Hmm after several good points, I see what most are inferring. Store purchased weed takes the power for the recreational stuff out of shady people's hands, and puts them into a corporate bracket of consumable goods. This actually makes sense, keeping people away from shifty sources, and also controls product quality. I also agree that toking and drinking are really just different methods to attain pretty much the same effect.

I would infer a point though - a middle ground. Legalization of the green stuff, but an outright ban on the sale/peddling of other drugs. Dealers get caught - capital punishment. Keeps the hard stuff away, and keeps the stoners happy.

 

You would have my life taken because you believe that all dealers are "shady" and that qualifies them for capital punishment? You're a monster.

No, did you read the post properly? If marijuana was made legal, and out of the hands of dealers on the street, leaving them to push only hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, etc, and those drugs were continued to be contraband, then a harder punishment would be enacted to keep those harder drugs off of the streets. Of course, I also believe that murder, rape, child molestation should all be punished via capital punishment. I am a strong advocate that crimes oft go too softly punished, and those punishments are not a deterrent enough to stop people from committing them. Think about it - if you knew you could die for selling cocaine, would you still do it? Or would you go legit and only sell weed (granted it was legalized)?