Poll: legalizing marijuana

[retiredatfifty]

.... There is just too much stuff floating around these days to intoxicate folks both legally and otherwise. ...

And most of it people are getting legally at the pharmacy, the liquor store, and even the grocery store in some locales.

(There's not really a roadside breath test for any of that "pharmacy" stuff either)

 

[retiredatfifty]

.... If they drive impaired or do something else stupid under the influence -- well, we already have laws to deal with that. ....

But we have an easy and fairly incontestable breathalyzer test for DUI alcohol .... kinda makes that low hanging fruit for law enforcement & the judicial system.

 

[retiredatfifty]

One could just as easily use this logic to argue that alcohol should be illegal. We've already seen how well that works. I don't see a sudden rush to smoke pot if it were legal. The people who smoke now will continue to smoke; it just won't be illegal.

It just might though, be a little less accessible to the under-18 crowd if legalized and distributed/sold primarily through legitimate business establishments rather than drug cartels & street gangs.

 

[retiredatfifty]

Regardless of one's opinion on marijuana ... I predict an increasing number of States & localities will legalize the sale of it to some degree or other ... probably not nationwide though. It will be too much of a cash-cow for a lot of State/local governments to ignore. (Anybody remember when the only casinos were in Vegas --- and there were no State Lotteries?)

 

[RustyShackleford]

the illegality teaches young people to disrespect the law. They learn pretty quickly ... that the stuff is not the demon it was made out the be

Congress is responsible for a lot of disrespect of the law. They have made so many stupid regulations that everyone has probably broken more than one.

Well yes, our various legislative bodies are who has made MJ illegal.

But as far as "regulations", I think those affect young people (in the formative years I referenced) a lot less than various prohibitions.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Gee, why would Americans disrespect drug laws and law enforcement personnel? DEA, Sinaloa Cartel in Secret Cooperation for Years | TIME.com