I want to be the first one to post this

[DrunkenDeath]

http://www.rantrave.com/Rave/Legalize-Marijuana-Bill-Moves-Forward.aspx

[Most-Hated]

Does anyone even get arressted for weed anymore?

I swear I have smoked with cops before. Give it they were cool and everything, but cops none-the-less.

[DrunkenDeath]

Whoop-dee-doo. Weed is already legal in Denver. Just not federally, though.

i just googled this.

okay, so it's been legal for five years, in one state, with a 1 gram limit. and now several states are legalizing it.

by the way, how are you doing trinell?

[B.A.D.]

they better legalize it too in australia

[Raquel]

I think marihuana should be legal

[DƎRDYPK]

cool man let's get high
oh yeah I already am

[AbramIsaac]

Yeah, I thought about posting after they passed AB390 (Legalize Marijuana Bill), but it ended up dead because of legislative time constraints. However, it did pass in the first committee. I figured that the big ticket was the popular vote, anyway. It should be interesting to see if California legalizes this year--if anyone can do it, it's Cali.

Denver legalized a while back ago, but the problem is that the cops just enforce the state law. After Denver voters passed the law to allow adults 21 and older to possess up to an ounce without penalty, the arrests for marijuana went up ten percent within a year. This, despite the fact that in most state constitutions, police are directed to follow their city laws if state and city laws conflict.

Does anyone still get arrested for pot? Not in Seattle. They've decided to stop prosecuting simple possession charges all together. Good move, if you ask me.

However, across the rest of the United States, people are still get arrested regularly for a victimless crime. In 2008, police arrested a total of 847,864 people.

Change is needed, and hopefully the signs of it are all around us.

[DrunkenDeath]

abram, you sound like a school book or news article writer.

[embm]

[gvdz]

come to holland for the weed

[embm]

come to holland for the weed

[DrunkenDeath]

:coffee:

she's a suicide girl, i'm just trying to be nice

[embm]

:coffee:

she's a suicide girl, i'm just trying to be nice

wtf

[AbramIsaac]

abram, you sound like a school book or news article writer.

Thanks.

I'm one of those people that does a fairly good job at persuading people to my way of thinking by throwing a shitload of facts out there, which is really the only way to make people change their perceptions. The marijuana debate is easy--facts wise. There aren't enough hard facts to justify it's prohibition.

Regulation of all drugs is a much harder one to sell, but I believe the facts are there for that argument as well. It's just harder to get people behind regulation of heroin in a health-issue oriented way. However, in the United Kingdom they have done that very thing, and their new heroin use has gone down--along with HIV transmission and drug-related crime. Regulation is key for all drugs; it's important to understand that legalization of marijuana and that of heroin would be two very different issues. Bazooka's are legal, but I'm not able to go out and buy one, am I?

By allowing addicts to go to a heroin clinic, they are able to take the market away from the drug dealers (which can't compete with "free") and allow addicts to get their fix without having to steal, and do it in a safe and sanitary setting. These people have been able to lead fairly normal lives, and be productive citizens. Sounds like a better alternative to what we have going on here in the United States to me. But I've drifted off subject, haven't I?

Holland has shown that legalization, or at least allowance, of the marijuana market is the best way to do it. They have lower usage rates, by percent, then we do here in the United States. If you don't want people doing drugs, make them legal. It seems backwards, but in practice, it has shown to be the most effective.

[AbramIsaac]

they better legalize it too in australia

Never going to happen, at least not in your or my life time. Australia has some of the toughest drug policies in the world, making the United States look tolerant.