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Originally Posted by chelsea24
I think you have your facts screwed up. They are discontinuing the raids on The Cannibus Clubs. Individual states will have to deal with the issue of legalizing Marijuana or not. These raids were costly and unnecessary. Even the Mayor of San Francisco is supporting marijuana for medicinal reasons only.
Get your facts straight. hmmmmm.... have you been watching Bill Maher lately?  |
Thanx for the clarification.
And if we are going to talk about gateway drugs, the two most common and pervasive "gateway drugs" are nicotine and alcohol by far. If we really want to address drug problems instead of using this as more of a political blame game lets start there.
More is spent on the treatment of alcohol addiction than that of any other drug, and likely more than all other drugs combined. Nicotine addiction accounts for enormous drains on our healthcare system. Tobacco subsidies from 1995-2006 totaled well over 500 million dollars, while private and government health care dollars are treating the multitude of complications (heart and vascular disease, lung disease, various cancers)associated with smoking and other tobacco abuse.
Seems we have a few gateway drugs to deal with that are not partisan or administration specific.