[BS Beef]

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing

Many states have decriminalized simple possession or use of marijuana or even legalized it. One of the big pushes is to legalize it nationwide, partly because millions of people with criminal records due to marijuana would have those records expunged. This affects all ethnicities. While I don’t use it and wouldn’t start and think legalizing it would be a mistake, legalizing it would certainly lead to a big decrease in policing, arrests, court crowding, and incarceration or other punishments. Think how many hours it takes two cops to make a marijuana arrest, take the person to the precinct, write up the report, Show up in court, wait for hours to testify for two minutes, etc. One joint could easily take a total of 16 hours of police time used up, and we pay for that!

You lost me. You say you don't want it legalized but then make the argument for why it would be a good thing to legalize it. I agree with your reasons for legalizing it. I am completely on board for for legalizing it as soon as they come up with a field test for police to test for it (similar to how they test for drinking and driving now).