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Originally Posted by Barefoot
You ask why it makes sense to legalize pot?
You aren't creating a "new" problem! The problem already exists. People are smoking pot obtained illegally. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away.
Legalizing pot may actually decrease the amount available on the streets today to underage children. It will allow the government to have some control over the situation. It will allow Law Enforcement to concentrate their efforts on more serious offenders than pot users.
It is happening anyway, why ignore it?
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You are right. The problem should not be ignored. However, laws are laws, and just because certain people think an offense is "minor" does not change the fact that an apparent majority consider it serious enough to merit criminal prosecution.
Perhaps if enough of the white-collar users got arrested for use, then the demand would go down and the supply problem would diminish in like manner? And by "enough" is a significant number of the users instead of just a small percentage.
People who speed in cars, shoplift small-dollar amounts, create loud noises in neighborhoods during late hours, and are involved in a host of other endeavors all say the same thing - law enforcement should give them a pass and enforce the "more serious" laws. So, until those who commit the act can convince legislators to change laws, those committing the act are law-breakers - period! And the same people complain that the younger generation(s) have no respect for "the law."
What I don't understand is that when one acquires marijuana for personal use, they have absolutely no idea of what is really in the bag, what chemicals may have been sprayed or soaked into the product, and no protection as to the "quality" or purity of the substance, YET they will argue for "organic" foodstuffs and read every ingredient label on each supermarket product before purchasing or ingesting a product that has a chemical mixed into it..