War on Drugs

@izcoder:

Ok, first of all, I’m not really concerned with those pot-heads who light it up in their house. The ones that really concern (and affect me) are those OUTSIDE of the home. The pro-legalization folks here seem to be forgetting that people actually DO pot, and then walk outside. GASP! :o

Yb wasn’t commenting on the amendment portion of your argument, I think he was commenting about the fact that you seem to think you can do whatever you want, as long as it’s inside your home. Please explain this to me.

Why do we have to legalize marijuana to have a better affect on society? There are other more effective alternatives besides giving up on the problem.

1. yes. they do walk out of their house. Big deal. Yes, it’s bad if they do pot and drive - those people need to be punished harshly. Funny - i’m on the board of a condo corp and i had to deal with a buddy of mine doing pot by the pool. What an idiot. I reamed him out and told him next time he was banned from the pool (not that this is germaine to the discussion).
2. the amendment - i’m Canadian, so we don’t have the same “amendment” issues (and there is less an emphasis on civil liberties here than in the US). w.r.t. doing “whatever you want” - obviously there is some common sense required here - as TG says - murder is different than smoking up. I can’t kill and eat a man in my own home and then claim some amendment protection. I can, however, do a LOT of disgusting things that are not legislated (as well as things that are legislated but no one cares enough to charge me for).
3. My question is why do we have to throw people who do pot in jail and how will that improve society? So far pot-smokers are the least of our problems here in Canada (and we have a much lower homicide rate than in the US so i’m guessing Americans have a few other things to concern themselves with). Legalizing pot will result in fewer “criminals” in jail hopefully being more productive without tying up law enforcement resources etc.
   Also decriminalizing marijuana is not “giving up on the problem” but using more appropriate measures to deal with the problem. If we control it, we can make the weed safer, eliminate the criminal element that sells it, maybe make a few bucks in taxes/fines from it, and devote scarce resources to REAL problems. As for the societal ones - some of the tax/fine money could go to the Addicitons foundation - that way the few pot-smokers who actually have a problem might be treated, but there will doubtless be enough extra cash to treat people with more serious addictions.

Yes, I completely agree with you that we need more appropriate measures. But we don’t need to legalize marijuana to implement the more appropriate measures. Rehabilitation and such can be implemented while still keeping pot illegal.

Yb wasn’t commenting on the amendment portion of your argument, I think he was commenting about the fact that you seem to think you can do whatever you want, as long as it’s inside your home. Please explain this to me.

I think CC was able to answer this to me. Let’s look at the differences, shall we:

A) Murdering somebody is a violation of his/her civil rights (well duh)
B) [Cold blooded] Murder is universally accepted as wrong - smoking pot is not
C) Murdering somebody places somebody elses life’s in danger (well duh) - smoking pot does not
D) Police cannot search your house without reasonable cause support WITH affirmation. (Works in both cases. What right do I have to search your house for a dead body or pot without a warrant or reasonable cause?)
E) Your house and pot is private property. The person being murdered is not (well duh)

And where is my support from all you potheads who posted in the “game of HIGH adventure” thread?
TG, Chris, Xi - i’m looking at you guys.

I take the 5th Amendment on that! Drugs are wrong! :)

Many of them are actually pretty bright, and have lots of opinions. They often don’t have a lot of background on their opinions, but thats not neccessarily a bad thing. The more you know about a problem, the less black and white it is, the more complicated it is, and most importantly, the less appealing the solutions are. Ignorance is bliss.

A lot of them are socialists. I like to call it “lets all hold hands and share everything syndrome”

Many of them are actually pretty bright, and have lots of opinions. They often don’t have a lot of background on their opinions, but thats not neccessarily a bad thing. The more you know about a problem, the less black and white it is, the more complicated it is, and most importantly, the less appealing the solutions are. Ignorance is bliss.

A lot of them are socialists. I like to call it “lets all hold hands and share everything syndrome”

Sorry, but I have no idea whatsoever to what you are refering to or what context it fits to the issue at hand.

lol

I’m actually at the University of Washington right now, at a JSA conference

ahh . . . for a while there i was as confused as TG.
So what does your conference have to say about the intelligent plan to at long last de-criminalize marijuana?

What intelligent plan? What are you taling about? CC?

KILLING THEM MUHAHAHAHAHAHAH ^_^