That's a lotta hooch
- Thread starter CylentButDeadly
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Amen brother....because 400lbs of an illegal drug is a waste of law enforcement time!
While that is a very impressive amount of pot, it is still definitely a colossal waste of time, money and resources.
Also, meow. Also.
Also, meow. Also.
Seriously, how is that not a good use of their time?
Its a personal freedom issue. The Feds have more important things to do than worry about a harmless plant which is much better for your bodies health than alcohol or tobacco.
Prohibition doesn't work, as was proven in the early 20th Century, and is proven daily by the law of supply and demand. Laws designed to stifle the personal freedoms of American citizens are counter-productive.
You nailed it. Legalize it, and you cut off a huge revenue source for the Mexican Drug Lords, and replace it with a huge cash crop for American famers, and billions of needed tax dollars for deeply in-debt government.
.....says the guy who likes to smoke pot???
And the statement in bold is just way too much of generalization. Seat-belt laws, helmet laws, capacity codes for bars, etc., etc. They all stifle personal freedoms...but aren't counter productive.
Probably about the time if and when Marijuana is no longer associated with Federal crimes. That being said, I didn't realize that law enforcement officers had more constructive things to do with their time than the enforcement of laws that are on the books...
Once again, if it's their job to enforce the law, I fail to see how enforcing the law is not a constructive use of their time. The argument of whether marijuana should or should not be legalized is a completely different argument. The fact is right now it's criminal, and the enforcement of laws is hardly a waste of time.
....and you get a whole lot of stoned out and unproductive people you thrust into mainstream society, along with lots of other problems.
I don't think the amount of stoners would increase that much just because it's legal. I don't know ANYONE who's like "yeah, I would totally be a pot head if it was legal". Almost everyone has tried it, and those who don't do it regularly refrain not because of the legality, but because they don't enjoy the effects of it. Besides, being stoned isn't any worse than being drunk. The ban on marijuana is archaic, and exists only because some senators in the 1930's were worried about their daughters sleeping w/jazz musicians.
dude, you're canadian.
I don't think the number of stoners would explode--but I absolutely think it would increase, and not by just a little bit. If nothing else, those who hide would be doing it out in the open. And being stoned does slow your reactions, does affect your ability to reason--that's just medical science.
and if what you said about senators in the 1930's is true--GOOD. Jazz musicians are dirty.:yes:
It does. Much like alcohol, but without the short term memory erasing, extreme mood alterations, and potential to kill you through overdosing.
I'm far from being a pot-head by any stretch of the imagination, as I quit enjoying eating massive quantities of junk food and falling asleep when I was about 18, but I thinks it's illegalization, and most of the war on drugs, is counter productive. The worst effects of drugs are those which are a result of the black market that currently provides them.
