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Mtt48 · 12-22-2011, 07:25 PM

The legalization of marijuana has a lot of benefits. When I was growing up, it was so much easier to buy weed than buying cigarettes or booze. Why? Because you had to go to a store that was regulated and had rules indicating who they may and may not sell to. This would at least have the benefit of making it more difficult for young people to obtain. I have also read studies that show that marijuana has a much greater effect on young people and their brain chemistry which can cause problems later on in life. There is an added benefit that regulation would provide to children in their formative years.

Also, all of these growops around the city are a serious problem. There was that fire a couple years ago that was the result of a growop. It burned down the growop house and a bunch of surrounding homes. Those families lost everything.

Also, I will quickly and generally state that the treat the hard drugs problem as a criminal one is the wrong way to do it. It is a health problem first. Heroin, crack, meth are serious health problems and making these people criminals does nothing but shut them off from normal society and essentially force them into a life of criminal behavior in order to get their fix.

There is a program in Switzerland I believe where the government provides free heroin to addicts that meet certain criteria. The results have been astonishing in that crime has dropped dramatically, ie: robberies, theft, etc. This program has allowed addicts to remain in "normal" society and to function as people and not force them into a life of criminality. I could blabber on and on, but I really think the hard drug problem needs to be looked at as an issue of health and not as one of crime.

12-22-2011, 07:25 PM	#34
Mtt48 Scoring Winger Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	The legalization of marijuana has a lot of benefits. When I was growing up, it was so much easier to buy weed than buying cigarettes or booze. Why? Because you had to go to a store that was regulated and had rules indicating who they may and may not sell to. This would at least have the benefit of making it more difficult for young people to obtain. I have also read studies that show that marijuana has a much greater effect on young people and their brain chemistry which can cause problems later on in life. There is an added benefit that regulation would provide to children in their formative years. Also, all of these growops around the city are a serious problem. There was that fire a couple years ago that was the result of a growop. It burned down the growop house and a bunch of surrounding homes. Those families lost everything. Also, I will quickly and generally state that the treat the hard drugs problem as a criminal one is the wrong way to do it. It is a health problem first. Heroin, crack, meth are serious health problems and making these people criminals does nothing but shut them off from normal society and essentially force them into a life of criminal behavior in order to get their fix. There is a program in Switzerland I believe where the government provides free heroin to addicts that meet certain criteria. The results have been astonishing in that crime has dropped dramatically, ie: robberies, theft, etc. This program has allowed addicts to remain in "normal" society and to function as people and not force them into a life of criminality. I could blabber on and on, but I really think the hard drug problem needs to be looked at as an issue of health and not as one of crime.