Marijuana Prohibition ended in Colorado!

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SamuelRSmith said:

Slimebeast said:

SamuelRSmith, I don't get it. How can you as an ultra-liberal not be in favor of legalizing marijuhanna?

I see this as a first step. Yes, the prison-legal system is an industrial hegemony that will fight for its survival and try to invent new markets (petty crimes) to justify its existence, but as a society and democracy we still have to make the right choices, the most sane choices. And the war on drugs is extremely insane and unethical.

I'm sorry if I get offended by the fact that the state has now given me "permission" to smoke some marijuana... as long as I buy it from regulated firms, give the state its cut, do it in specific places, and don't possess over a certain amount.

Your arguement is so idealistic. The arguement basically says it should be all or nothing.

By the way, the law does say you can grow six of your own plants in Colorado. In Washington, which will take a year to set up a retail market, unlike Colorado that already has them in place, it does not say you can grow your own.