You can start criticizing drugs and marijuana in particular when you can put together a coherent sentence, and learn to spell.

To the “Radical ranter,”
Moving on to address some of these issues…

1) I don’t know many drug dealers who sell to children: in fact, I personally know none. It’s not pragmatic. A child doesn’t have a credible or renewable source of income. I, however, do admit though that I personally have never witnessed it, I’m sure some drug dealer somewhere has sold marijuana to a ten year old. Which brings me to my next point…

2) Legalized, marijuana would be regulated. Power over the drug market would be taken directly FROM the drug dealers hands, and put INTO federal and/or state guidelines. Enough said on that point.

3) As for the “drain on our economy due to drug outsourcing,” or whatever you were attempting to say in the blog, when marijuana, or drugs period, are regulated, they will of course be taxed, and heftily so (sin tax anyone?). In fact, there’s a bill currently advocated by over 500 of the world’s top economists, including Nobel Prize winner, and co-designer of our current economic system, Milton Friedman. It goes on at length to show how many billions of dollars marijuana regulation would create.

4) All the points you made about “gang murders” and “gang drug pushers,” along with the lovely bit about “keeping coroners and police busy,” would all be moot with marijuana and other drugs legalized. Not to say that the gang murders would stop, or that gangs wouldn’t still keep the police and coroners busy – I’m sure that would stay the same. What would change, however, would be that drugs would no longer influence these murders, or gangs, or what have you, as the drug business is now in the hands of the government.

5) As to your final point, the one about the policemen, prison guards and officials, etc. being out of jobs… Tough shit. That’s what happens when you privatize prisons and jails, and depend on them for massive amounts of income in a community. what happens when crime numbers drop suddenly, and in a very big way? When your community is dependent upon keeping people locked up, and there’s no one to lock up, what happens to the community? It financially is brought to ruin, and for good reason.

Look at jail/prison numbers. Why do you think the prison industry is booming, and more and more people are being labeled criminals? Is it really any surprise that the prison guard union is the largest union in this country? You NEED criminals to keep a CRIMINAL FACILITY filled; when those number-needs aren’t met, prisons don’t make money. When prisons don’t make money, they can’t afford to keep guards and staff on board, looking after empty jail/prison cells.

6) As for the politicians no longer getting paid “under-the-table” income from certain drug pushers/shady characters, there will always be someone to take the place of that income giver: lobbyists, for one.

Lastly, I conclude that if you decide to blog/rant, or whatever you choose to call it, at least choose a subject that you’re familiar with, and passionate about. Otherwise, you risk looking like the jackass that you really are, and isn’t that the main reason you chose to hide behind a computer blog?

“Lots smoke it because it is illegale it is their flouting of the law”

Let’s see, I’m the one who smokes pot to help with my brain injury symptoms. Yet, you are the one who cannot write a proper sentence or SPELL.

And let’s just legislate heroine? Good point, but we don’t want our leaders to legislate their own morality. People will decide how they want to live or throw-away their life no matter what anyone tells them they should do. Just sad but true. Marijuana doesn’t lead to people using hard drugs. It’s been documented.

I’m a little high right now as I’m writing this and am able to have clear thought on how I want to respond to your comments Deb. I have a fractured rib and turned down a pain pill oxycottin (not sure of spelling) I turned it down this morning because I don’t like to feel all medicated.

All marijuana smokers want is the right to use a completely natural substance. Many times it’s for medical reasons or others because it’s like having a fine glass of wine. It tastes good and makes you feel a little nice too.

By the way it boggles my mind how a person can insult former “hippies” parents of 10 year olds and pot smokers and then end with “LUV DEB”

Where’s the love?