By: J

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:37:01 +0000

Anthony, you make excellent points. Unfortunately, it’s a bit of ‘apples to oranges’ because Alcohol and Marijuana are not comparable items, in that Alcohol is an encompassing category while MJ is a specific item within a broader working category (ie MJ is to ‘Drugs’ as Wine is to Alcohol). The opposition to legalization has less to do with violence, though important, than with concerns of a legal MJ industry creating a money laundering facility for cleaning funds garnered from other illegal operations, and what the potential fallout of this will be (ie will gangs go fully behind legal MJ — unlikely — or ‘double down’ on their other illegal activity, and what will that cost law enforcement in $$ and bodies, particularly relevant when one factors in the Foreign Policy element and the current situation in Mexico).

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:51:58 +0000

I’ll will never understand how we criminalize Cannabis, all the while Alcohol is fully Legal and socially acceptable.If you speak with Law Enforcement Officers I am of the firm belief that they can attest to the fact that most violent crimes such as Domestic disputes,rapes,murders and such are committed by those individuals under the influence of alcohol.Would you agree that all Drunk Driving accidents and Fatalities are attributed to DUI of alcohol? Think about the human toll of the failed drug war and all the collateral damage surrounding the war on drugs,and a war is exactly what it is.Get all the FACTS.Than make a choice.

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