Can someone explain the weed thing to me please?

[GobBluth]

 

[shortylickens]

I already gave it, its a free country last I heard. If somebody wants to do heroin why shouldn't they be allowed? Plus its not as bad as the media or government make it out to be. Its actually healthier than alcohol, being thats its not an outright poison. It just gets a bad rep because its illegal. If it was legal, it'd be pure, affordable, known dose so less od's, plenty of clean needles so less disease, no drug wars over it, taxes would be paid on top of less spent on the prison and police. It'd be more like alcohol where the addicted don't have to rob people for their fix, its a win win for everybody.

 

[skull]

I left out the part where the war on drugs is pointless, I used heroin for 6 years and almost every day I'd go downtown to get my fix. So over the roughly 2200 days, I couldn't buy my heroin maybe 3 times because no one had any. Obviously the same thing still applies or it wouldn't have gotten so much worse since I was using it. So whats the point of all these people getting drug charges and thrown in jail for a victimless crime when it doesn't actually do anything to stop drug use?

 

[Thebobo]

I left out the part where the war on drugs is pointless, I used heroin for 6 years and almost every day I'd go downtown to get my fix. So over the roughly 2200 days, I couldn't buy my heroin maybe 3 times because no one had any. Obviously the same thing still applies or it wouldn't have gotten so much worse since I was using it. So whats the point of all these people getting drug charges and thrown in jail for a victimless crime when it doesn't actually do anything to stop drug use?

War on drugs is doing nothing, all it does is it makes the problem worse. I can imagine those three times were a nightmare until you totally kicked it.

 

[Scarpozzi]

My guess is that they're allowing the leniency to the few states that blaze trails.....CA, CO, WA for the sake of future argument. They spend many tax dollars on policing those drugs and even jailing people over sales and possession. Overcrowded jails are a big problem in CA, one of the reasons they passed it out there...costs the state millions a year just in staffing, food, and other expenses they never get back....on the flipped side, the regulation of the industry is generating huge tax dollars and giving the drug trade a black eye in those states.

My assumption is that more and more states will jump on board as they see potential tax profits and as we move further from Christian values in this country. I suppose with pot and alcohol being readily available, maybe people will stop getting stuck on painkillers and meth, but do it indoors off the streets.

What concerns me the most is that when things are more available, the population of people who wouldn't have tried it or tried getting it will simply walk in off the street and then not know how it will affect them. At least, from what I read in Colorado, the prices are so much higher than the price of street drugs it will keep usage low for most people.