The economic crisis may be the last straw for the argument against legalizing marijuana.
California may legalize and tax users to eliminate the state's enormous debt. The Obama administration, which has enough worries with the nosediving economy, may even turn over medical marijuana laws to states - effectively ending prohibition in the process.
And why not? In study after study, marijuana has shown to be non-addictive and with fewer harmful consequences than alcohol.
This is not to say I smoke marijuana. I don't - my recreational drug of choice is a glass of wine with dinner. But if I drink a glass of wine to relax at night, why can't my neighbor smoke a joint?
Now if I insist on finishing the bottle and get cranky because we're all out of booze, why can't my neighbor sit and get stoned? It doesn't make much sense.
Or what if I start rummaging through our house, thirsting for one last drop of delicious, soothing alcohol, shouldn't my neighbor also be allowed to relax and smoke a bong?
Who hasn't squeezed a sponge soaked with rancid apple juice in the dying hope the tonic will take the edge off in the morning? I know I have, but why shouldn't your neighbor be allowed to get high every once in awhile? Think about it.
It's perfectly legal for me to break open my daughter's piggy bank to scrounge up enough change to run to the corner liquor store for a pint of peach schnapps after she leaves for school in the morning, yet my neighbor can't spend a portion of his salary on pot? That's simply not right.
Similarly, there's nothing wrong or illegal if I choose to relax at night secretly swigging Sterno, feeling the burn that satiates my chemical need for more and more. But if my neighbor wants to get high, he can't?
No one minds if I show up to work in the morning reeking from the Dr. McGillicuddy's vanilla schnapps I keep in my briefcase. Nor do they mind that I sip Jewels brand scotch from a plastic bottle hidden in my desk. It's legal - who will complain? But if my neighbor fails a drug test he's out of a job. It makes no sense.
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But you are Grant Miller, and he is just A Jerk Who Lives Next Door To Grant Miller.
I say legalize it in every state. It's the worlds oldest profession anyway, and who among us hasn't sought out solace in the arms of a professional at one time or...
Wait we were talking about pot. That should be legal too.
ah, the real tragedy of alcoholism...drinking cheap liquor.
Hahaha, yes, one should celebrate alcoholism but burn those potheads, man.
We were just talking about this very subject last night. I don't see why they shouldn't legalize Amsterdam type pot houses here where people can go and smoke a joint or eat a cake laced with relaxing "herbs", legally. I mean you can go to a bar and get totally wasted. Or why you can't smoke some weed in your own home. I don't get why that's even an issue. Plus the jails are full, do we really need to put potheads in there too, just because they wanted to get a little high?
If you ask me, and you didn't, if they just legalized pot and prostitution (legal brothels) and taxed both, they could make a damn fortune.
I'm such a commie.
I drank a lot last night and forgot that I don't smoke the reefer. Is that such a crime?
What's really embarrassing is when you get pinched boosting Listerine so you can keep your buzz going at work, while maintaining minty fresh breath.
The real crime here is that Grant doesn't have better taste in booze.
Doc
i bet you were the one who decided to eliminate prohibition
As long as they don't let the gays have pot, I'm all for it.
What the folks in Hollywood need to do is legalize PLOT!
I'm with you on this. Now all they have to do is figure out how to do a valid roadside stoner test so they can pull people over and collect revenue from it. I can see it now...
"Yep, his eyes look like chickens, there's an empty bag of Doritos on the floor and he's playing Pink Floyd. Cuff him!"
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There is nothing positive about the 'War on Drugs', absolutely nothing. It just makes all drug related problems worse.
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God of the Universe says
marijuana is evil
especially to stop pain
must use costly chemicals
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
disregard states' drug laws
the Federal Government
must protect the drug war
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
never create more addicts
if it makes less criminals
and leads to less prisons
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
outlaw all alcohol
make cigarettes illegal
organized crime takes over
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My main problem with legalizing weed is that it can only lead to tons of crappy jam bands.
I believe there's more money in a good drug bust than in steady taxes. Like any business, I always imagine the cops/feds hold off on certain busts until they're down for a given month, then uncork that revenue stream. Legalizing would divert all that money from the police to other tax-fed programs - like schools and shit. Don't see it happening any time soon.
Also, you'd have to let all of the potheads out of prison to a world where pot is legal. Who wants all of those unemployed peace-mongers skulking around?
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