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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
The war on drugs hasn't worked because of the soft sentences handed out. Dealing and growing marijuana is very profitable. Right now if your caught it is a slap on the hand.
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Because unless you're an actual gang member, you're likely not a threat. And there's no purpose served putting you in prison.
I agree, drug dealers should be prosecuted and arrested. They aren't nice people. But most stoners are REALLY friendly. Compare that to alcohol, which turns several of my closest friends into intolerable #######s.
The idea that pot is illegal in this day and age with all the research we have at our disposal is insane.
And one more thing. Conservatives, who supposedly want less government, individual freedoms, etc... Where does arresting someone for smoking a plant that makes you silly fit in with personal liberty?
Is it the best thing in the world for you? No. But we sell hundreds if not thousands of legal products that are demonstrably more devastating to a person that marijuana. If you wanna go catch the real criminals, fine. Do that. While legalization won't solve every issue, it'd go a long way to help. Someone posted that 27 percent of cigarettes are black market.. Okay. I've never encountered anyone who bought black market cigarettes. But 27 percent is a damn sight better than 100%.... My math's not great, but that seems like a 73% improvement, and if any police commissioner handed over an improvement record like that they'd make him king of his city.
Prison for non-violent offenders and petty drug possession is absurd, and it only infringes on our liberties as Canadian citizens.
I don't WANT to have to buy pot from some weirdo. I'd like to be able to support the local convenience store and help out a small business. Better yet, just decriminalize it, allow one plant per household, and if you actually sell it to someone, THEN you get nailed. Have a registry or something, I don't care. But stop wasting our money and our cops' time trying to arrest innocent people who aren't hurting anyone because YOU can't sort out the Hell's Angels.