Marijuana laws- O/T

[glchen]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

Why would it be legal to smoke openly on the streets? I believe that constitutes public intoxication and possibly disorderly conduct but I'm no lawyer. So if marijuana is being used in a legal way, how does this affect you? Tell me why it should be illegal?

I thought that I saw somewhere that after the SF Giants won the World Series on year, at their parade, you could smell weed in the air. I couldn't find an article on that, but I did find this one: Link

[packs]

But what does that have to do with anything? Have you ever been to a football game? Half the stadium is drinking in the parking lot.

Ever been to NYC on St. Patrick's Day? How about New Year's Eve? What do you think the streets look like?

Or even simpler. In your casual knowledge about marijuana and it's effects on people, would you say there are likely to be more or less violent crimes committed by people using marijuana or people getting black out drunk?

[glynparson]

are the wookies of the world. Many would have been following the Grateful Dead if this were 25 years ago. These are not the typical homeless even the reporter states that. These are people that came there for the weed, the weed did not cause the homelessness. For the record I have used cannabis under a doctors prescription, I felt it was absolutely helpful.

[tschock]

"SOmeone sell me on being a supporter of legalization without talking about rights infringement ..."

Seriously? There need be no defense beyond this. If it something infringes on someone's rights, that infringement is illegal. Or should be. Rights are something that can only be taken away. They are NOT granted to us by the state, contrary to what some modern statists (in "progressive" clothing) would have you believe.