Marijuana laws- O/T

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Wow, this battlefield is going to be fun to watch. Who says the election is over? Can't wait to see the Feds and States battle over this one.

A great discussion / debate with ramifications well beyond the issue at hand. Watch carefully how this plays out.

jeff

Interesting discussion and another slow news day so I decided to use dictator privileges and move this to the front page where more folks can join in, if they so desire. Party on......

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Leon

Interesting discussion and another slow news day so I decided to use dictator privileges and move this to the front page where more folks can join in, if they so desire. Party on......

I have no opinions that I'd like to share about what hippies do in their spare time, which is all the time, but I did think it was funny when I saw Leon posted at exactly 4:20

[2dueces]

I'm a child of the 60's so you know where I stand on this.

The big problem and it's always been the same but no one brings it up.
Here it is in a nutshell. This country's economy is oil and drug crime based.
Legalize pot and it takes a huge chunk of the economy. Not as many cases, not as many lawyers, judges, cops, jails, jailers.
That's the main reason this country does not legalize drugs. They continue to throw Billions at the war on drugs and fail but it keeps all these people employeed. Imagine a country with less crime because we don't need a black market for drugs? Well the economy would implode.
It is said they will get 50 million in tax revenue from legal pot but spend 500 million on health costs. I say bull. As for me, my days of drug use are long over but to see people still going to jail for a couple of joints is criminal.