Zappykins said:
Kasz216 said:
Zappykins said:
Mr Khan said:
It'll be interesting to see when the momentum passes to the point where state laws on the matter outweigh the Controlled Substances Act by virtue of the sheer number of states participating. |
I think we have already passed that point! At least with 'medicinal use.' I think it is like 19 states - more states than have Same Sex Marriage.
Every year people, usually Barry Sanders is one, submit a federal bill to legalize it.
I got our new Major of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti to say he would support legalization. That is a big deal for a major politician, and the second larges city in the USA.
To me it is about what is going to make society better. I think having fewer people in jail, not working, away from their families, because of personal recreational uses isn’t a good thing. People should still be held accountable if the do something bad - like hitting a person, stealing or being irresponsible with a vehicle.
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Sadly that's not true at all, a great number of medical marijuana growers have been "arrested" by the feds, despite promises by the Obama camp to not do so.
He'll they've gone so far as to arrest and charge a bunch of people who aren't even growing the stuff anymore!
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/06/reports_has_obama_outspent_and.php
The scariest part is that enforcement of the law is ridiculiously racist.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/marijuana-arrests-four-times-as-likely-for-blacks.html
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True, the original laws against Marijuana were used by racist themselves too.
And I do not disagree that things are bad. They usually get bad before they get worse. Look at how much people attacks gay people, for just being gay, when Same Sex Marriage gets popular. Anti-gay violence has skyrocketed since New York State approved Same Sex Marriage.
It's like that quote: "Mahatma Gandhi First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
It's precisely that more, and more state have a form of legalized Marijuana, that the Federal Government is cracking down harder. What if studies can show that legalization is good for the community? It will mean so much of what they have been saying is documented falsehoods.
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Studies have shown that... for like, deades now. It's just ignored.
Didn't know that about anti-gay violence in NY. Interesting.
