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by Reverend 4:20 on June 26th, 2010

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Once more California wants to lead the charge and make marijuana legal for recreational use. What are your thoughts on this?

http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-02-24/bay-area/17188012_1_marijuana-policy-project-assemblyman-tom-ammiano-legalize
http://sundial.csun.edu/2009/11/legalizing-marijuana-can-reduce-crime-increase-revenue-for-state/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/68192/legalize_marijuana_in_the_united_states.html
http://www.uri.edu/personal/atro6990/
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/legalize-weed.html

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  • by Dan1953 on July 4th, 2010

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    Selected by the asker, Reverend 4:20. (What's this?)

    After reading the Asker's Pick, I was hesitant to offer my take on this subject. The Pick was nothing more than a rambling, incoherent screed which offered few or no realistic, let alone rational, scenarios should California legalize.

    He was right about one thing - the so-called war on drugs has been a monumental failure. Billions of dollars wasted. Our beloved Constitution trashed. Innocent people murdered by police because they got the wrong house. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. I believe the reason the federal government hasn't relegated this disaster to the trash heap of history is that to do so they would have to admit they've been wrong all these years.

    California is already raking in millions in tax revenue from medical marijuana. Due to their insane stubborness, the feds are losing out on just this one aspect legalization. When California legalizes recreational use, the gains will be all that much greater - and not just in taxes. They'll be able to redirect precious police resources toward fighting real crime - like rape, robbery, murder, and fraud - crimes that neccessarily violate the rights of others. They would be able to release all of their non-violent marijuana offenders from prisons and jails, thus freeing up more resources - not to mention cells for real criminals.

    For an eye-opening account of how our drug laws came to be, read the late Peter McWilliams book "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do." There he outlines the racist origins of opium laws aimed Chinese and marijuana laws that involved Hispanics. Common folk targeted because of their ethnicity.

    Then there's the high and mighty like Hearst and Dupont who didn't want marijuana legal for there own selfish interests. But that's another story that involves the myriad of other uses for hemp besides getting high.

    As an aside, McWilliams was hounded by the authorities for his use of medical marijuana until the day he died. But in his death he got a bittersweet bit of poetic justice - he died before they could prosecute him.

    When California legalizes recreational marijuana my first reaction will probably be to say, "It's about time." It will be about time that some government body takes the lead in ending the obscenity that is marijuana criminalization. For God's sake, it's a plant that grows in His green Earth that He provided for us to use.

    Thanks,
    Dan

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    • You have a great answer and if yours was before the other I would have picked yours as best, which I will anyway. :-)

      Have a high day.

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      by Reverend 4:20 on July 4th, 2010

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