Yep, though I don't know what the Bushites' cronies get out of that war. In the 1930's or so, the US Gov't decided to make marijuana "bad," mostly to satisfy the cotton growers who felt threatened by hemp. Surely the tobacco growers felt threatened, as well.
I have never known a violent or dangerous pot-head.
I have known a lot of people who behaved very badly when drinking the legal drug, alcohol.
Criminalizing pot costs us billions of dollars a year just to incarcerate these non-violent offenders, eliminates a potential tax stream, gives power to drug-lords, and encourages people to use other drugs, instead (like alcohol and tobacco). It does nothing to stop regular users from using.
"The War on Terror" has a lot of parallels, now that I think about it, and they're both about as effective.
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Date: 2006-09-26 03:34 pm (UTC)I have never known a violent or dangerous pot-head.
I have known a lot of people who behaved very badly when drinking the legal drug, alcohol.
Criminalizing pot costs us billions of dollars a year just to incarcerate these non-violent offenders, eliminates a potential tax stream, gives power to drug-lords, and encourages people to use other drugs, instead (like alcohol and tobacco). It does nothing to stop regular users from using.
"The War on Terror" has a lot of parallels, now that I think about it, and they're both about as effective.