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seattle420lover · 05-28-2009, 06:56 PM

is this guy forgetting the taxes that could come from marijuana legalization?
Shouldn't adult citizens have the freedom to choose what goes into their
own bodies in the privacy of their own homes?
why is acohol and ciegerettes the only legal intoxicant?

Imagine if the United States was once again the "Land of the Free"
instead of the most incarcerated nation in the history of human
civilization.

Imagine if the American people could feel safe and secure in their
own homes and on the streets of our cities and towns throughout America.

Imagine if we had no "drug-related crime." Imagine if our
overall crime rate was a small fraction of our current crime rate.

We once had such a situation here in the United States. Prior to the
passage of the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914, the term "drug-related
crime" didn't exist.

And drug lords, drug cartels or even drug dealers as we know them today,
didn't exist either.

Back then, all types of recreational drugs were legally sold to anybody
with no questions asked, for pennies per dose in grocery stores and
pharmacies.

Did we have a lot more drug addicts then compared to now? No.
We had about the same percentage of our population addicted to
drugs according to U. S. federal judge John L. Kane of Colorado.

For the sake of our children, can we re-legalize our now illegal
drugs and sell them licensed business establishments? This would
put the drug dealers and drug lords out of business overnight.

05-28-2009, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
seattle420lover YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: seattle Posts: 433 Thanks: 25 Thanked 49 Times in 41 Posts	is this guy forgetting the taxes that could come from marijuana legalization? Shouldn't adult citizens have the freedom to choose what goes into their own bodies in the privacy of their own homes? why is acohol and ciegerettes the only legal intoxicant? Imagine if the United States was once again the "Land of the Free" instead of the most incarcerated nation in the history of human civilization. Imagine if the American people could feel safe and secure in their own homes and on the streets of our cities and towns throughout America. Imagine if we had no "drug-related crime." Imagine if our overall crime rate was a small fraction of our current crime rate. We once had such a situation here in the United States. Prior to the passage of the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914, the term "drug-related crime" didn't exist. And drug lords, drug cartels or even drug dealers as we know them today, didn't exist either. Back then, all types of recreational drugs were legally sold to anybody with no questions asked, for pennies per dose in grocery stores and pharmacies. Did we have a lot more drug addicts then compared to now? No. We had about the same percentage of our population addicted to drugs according to U. S. federal judge John L. Kane of Colorado. For the sake of our children, can we re-legalize our now illegal drugs and sell them licensed business establishments? This would put the drug dealers and drug lords out of business overnight. __________________ "The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining to an understanding of compassion" SOCRATES, 470-399 BC Last edited by seattle420lover; 05-28-2009 at 06:58 PM.