Marijuana and Violence study

[the_great_white]

No drug is harmless when it comes to operating dangerous machinery. In fact talking on your cell phone stone-cold sober is just as bad as driving drunk is according to most studies.

If you went back in time you could walk into and drug store in the US before WWI and buy opium, heroin, cocaine, 'tincture of cannabis', and amphetamines. And no one would even think of arresting you if you ate some special mushrooms or cacti.

Sure people got addicted to drugs. Sure they ruined peoples lives. So fast forward to today.

They still ruin people's lives and the addictive ones are still just as addictive. The big difference is that rather than seek medical help for their problems, we throw users in jail and create a whole new class of criminals.

Utter madness.

There is no reason that ANY drug should be illegal to possess. If you use it and ruin your life that's your problem. If you commit some kind of crime while on it, it's your responsibility.

And don't give me that BS about crime increasing if you legalize drugs. Take the criminals out of the picture like we've done with alcohol and you reduce crime 1000-fold.

The cartels would disappear overnight, and street gangs would have nothing to fight turf wars over. A few more junkies breaking into cars would be a God-send at that point.

The biggest issue would be the massive negative financial impact it would have on our for profit prison system.....that's got a lot to do with it.
The uptick would be it would clear out most of the backlog in our court system but again, the negative financial impact would never let it happen.
Defund the police? Nah, how about defund the DEA....too much money invested there...
See what I'm getting at? The war on drugs is just a fundraiser.

 

[wolfmanrogers]

No drug is harmless when it comes to operating dangerous machinery. In fact talking on your cell phone stone-cold sober is just as bad as driving drunk is according to most studies.

If you went back in time you could walk into and drug store in the US before WWI and buy opium, heroin, cocaine, 'tincture of cannabis', and amphetamines. And no one would even think of arresting you if you ate some special mushrooms or cacti.

Sure people got addicted to drugs. Sure they ruined peoples lives. So fast forward to today.

They still ruin people's lives and the addictive ones are still just as addictive. The big difference is that rather than seek medical help for their problems, we throw users in jail and create a whole new class of criminals.

Utter madness.

There is no reason that ANY drug should be illegal to possess. If you use it and ruin your life that's your problem. If you commit some kind of crime while on it, it's your responsibility.

And don't give me that BS about crime increasing if you legalize drugs. Take the criminals out of the picture like we've done with alcohol and you reduce crime 1000-fold.

The cartels would disappear overnight, and street gangs would have nothing to fight turf wars over. A few more junkies breaking into cars would be a God-send at that point.

And if consuming it is ruining the lives of others? You don't exist in a vacuum.

 

[the_great_white]

And if consuming it is ruining the lives of others? You don't exist in a vacuum.

I'll die on the hill that alcohol does a much better job of that but it's legal so that makes it ok.

 

[Blue bio balls]

I'm thinking it does, can't separate the weed from what's in it, and they are creating stronger strains

God bless good weed

 

[wolfmanrogers]

I'll die on the hill that alcohol does a much better job of that but it's legal so that makes it ok.

Lots of heads on pikes from the alcohol trade.

 

[Justin87]

Can we all at least agree that marijuana being illegal is completely wrong?

 

[NewLeaf]

Can we all at least agree that marijuana being illegal is completely wrong?

Over 70% of Americans can, last I checked. Put it on the ballot and let We The People decide…. heck, you can kill babies , get drunk and beat your wife (or go for a drive) , or in a lot of states commit murder and get out with no bail…. It’s just STOOPID politics.

 

[Omega]

Let's not talk about how many of those same violent cases that are trying to pin it on Mary Jane also had mood altering RX drugs in their systems.

 

[Targetmaster]

Lots of heads on pikes from the alcohol trade.

Hey, I was cleared of those charges, time to let it go.

 

[TresMonos]

I guess you're not a gun owner?

Not anymore...... Lost them all when I forgot where I put them after medicating while living in CO.