Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana

It's about time.

Agreed.

It wont happen and it shouldn't.

This is a bum link! And I agree, it should be legalized but it never will because the government cannot control it and the government feels it has the right to control every aspect of our lives!

it should happen and it will

and all the uptight like a sphincter peopleoids
should have to smoke it on a daily basis so the
rest of us can put up with ya!!

should be mandatory!!!!!

This November, vote AGAINST the incumbent!

..i think this is more of a move to allow them to free up the resources to go after the main dealers..sort of a "cut off the head the body will follow" logic at least that's the way i see it..

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Why shouldn't it?

It will accomplish the following:

1) Reduce crime, by taking a portion of the illegal drug market, this will also save lives of our boarder guards and innocent citizens who are killed in gang turf warfare.
2) Reduce the number of hard drug addicts. Marijuana is a gateway drug, because it's harder to acquire than many hard drugs. People who would prefer to just smoke a joint, eventually move on to harder drugs because they are actually cheaper and easier to get.
3) Bring in more tax revenue.
4) Encourage new businesses and expanded existing businesses. The money that would otherwise be going to drug lords would instead be staying within the community.
5) Safer for the users, they don't have to worry if something else has been mixed in the marijuana they just bought.
6) The number of people who drank alcohol took a dramatic spike during prohibition, but quickly took a downturn when prohibition ended. It's very likely we would see the same response among Marijuana smokers.
7) US Farmers would have a new money crop.
8) The cost of Marijuana will drastically reduce, making it unprofitable to smuggle it into the USA, reducing drug traffic down to only the hard drugs, which would be in less demand.
9) This would shrink the size of the DEA a bit.
10) I could go on, but I'll put the most important reason here: The Federal Government doesn't have the freaking authority to tell Americans what they can and cannot buy. That power isn't in the constitution. So I ask you, why would you resist a power shift from the Federal Government back to the States and the people?

I think you are trying to make a joke, but while the idea of forcing someone to do drugs against their will is somewhat funnier than a joke about women having sex against their will, it's still not funny.

then don't laugh

Do you drink? If so your a hypocrite.

lpdon is a police officer, he is scared he would loose his job from down sizing the war on drugs. Just my .02

It seems like a cop would be more worried about saving lives than saving his job.

One would hope.

I want to make clear I am making no determination for Lpdon, I do not know him from Adam and would welcome him to explain his position in detail.

I cannot however fathom any reason why anyone would want to continue the miserable failing war on drugs no less in specific regards to cannabis.

The damage done to our country is demonstrable. The track record of alcohol compared to cannabis is objectively in favor of cannabis.

The only counter arguments I have ever heard where disjointed, irrational, illogical, and down right invalid.

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It's only an infraction here in California now. You get a ticket. Soon it will be legal. It's a huge waste of time and energy for law enforcement.