[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Bucco

Would it help if we spent this effort into making it NOT SO EASY to buy a DRUG that ALTERS THE MOOD ? Of course that would mean listening to medical and psychiatric professionals and might not be as easy. We can just build more crisis and rehab centers and finance them somehow. Increase the local cmt's. It may create jobs for CRISIS COUNSELORS !

What would be the next crime that is being committed that we push to make legal because of the difficulty of enforcing ? A MIND ALTERING DRUG made legal it seems because we just give up and hey....does not matter the ramifications...we sure will fee good.

Bucco, we already have a legal drug that alters the mind and the mood. It's called alcohol. It was legalized because Prohibition didn't work.

The use of marijuana is prevalent and it isn't going to go away. The point I'm trying to make is that if marijuana were legalized, there would hopefully be more restrictions. It shouldn't be sold on street corners and in school yards to children. IMHO, our focus should be on eliminating the drug cartels and ensuring it is sold only to adults.

[Golfingnut]

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[billethkid]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

IMHO, our focus should be on eliminating the drug cartels and ensuring it is sold only to adults.

The intentions are noble, however legalizing marijuana is not going to eliminate these guys. It is more akin to removing their entry line product which will have little or no impact on the rest of what they sell/represent. I suppose there is even a scenario where now that the entry level product is legal and more available there will be more customers for the next level up product line.

Legalizing marijuana is not going to get rid of the bad guys!

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Bucco, we already have a legal drug that alters the mind and the mood. It's called alcohol. It was legalized because Prohibition didn't work.

The use of marijuana is prevalent and it isn't going to go away. The point I'm trying to make is that if marijuana were legalized, there would hopefully be more restrictions. It shouldn't be sold on street corners and in school yards to children. IMHO, our focus should be on eliminating the drug cartels and ensuring it is sold only to adults.

Yes yes yes.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by billethkid

pretty accurate, normal position of all participants in one form or another on any subject in any audience of any particular flavor!

I know, that is what I said.

[Golfingnut]

Legalizing would cut deep into the profits of the bad guys.
Legalizing would make a safer product for those that will use regardless.
Legalizing would stop many from having a criminal record for life.
Legalizing would free up the judicial system to spend time on real criminals.
All these are my personal opinions. Please no sarcastic questions.

[Golfingnut]

Little or no impact to illegal marijuana cartel?????

Pot Shops in Denver Open Door to $578 Million in Sales - Bloomberg

One city in one state. Wake up America. This is the real reality. We are giving billions of dollars to criminals. Please help stop that foolishness now.

[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Little or no impact to illegal marijuana cartel?????

Pot Shops in Denver Open Door to $578 Million in Sales - Bloomberg

One city in one state. Wake up America. This is the real reality. We are giving billions of dollars to criminals. Please help stop that foolishness now.

Might want to read this article;

Colorado-Launches-Campaign-to-Stop-Stoned-Driving


Colorado Launches Campaign to Stop Stoned Driving

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal, is now trying to combat stoned driving in the state.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has come out with a $1 million ad campaign called "Drive High, Get a DUI," which reminds drivers that pot should be treated like alcohol.

One ad shows a spaced-out basketball player at the foul line in a playground, endlessly dribbling while his teammates wait in frustration.

Another ad shows a middle-aged man who hangs a flat-screen TV and celebrates with some tortilla chips and salsa, only to see the TV crash to the floor and shatter.

Bob Ticer, the chairman of Colorado's Interagency Task Force on Drunk Driving, says, "Enforcement is very important when it comes to impaired driving, but education is equally important."

The Colorado State Patrol says since January, about one-half of all the impaired drivers stopped in the state had smoked marijuana.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by gomoho

But Bucco - should some dumb young 20 something spend time in prison cause he just bought some weed to smoke and got caught with a gram over the legal limit? What does that accomplish? That is where my confusion comes in. I have personally seen the ravages of marijuana and am not happy about it being legalized, but I also don't want to see people spending a good part of the lives in jail over it either. That is my confusion. And it is not simply a matter of "just say no". Easier said then done in todays world. Just don't know what the answer is - it's not black and white in my mind.

gomoho: Should that same rationale be applied to booze, prescription drugs, etc.???????????????????????????????

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by KeepingItReal

Might want to read this article;

Colorado-Launches-Campaign-to-Stop-Stoned-Driving


Colorado Launches Campaign to Stop Stoned Driving

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal, is now trying to combat stoned driving in the state.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has come out with a $1 million ad campaign called "Drive High, Get a DUI," which reminds drivers that pot should be treated like alcohol.

One ad shows a spaced-out basketball player at the foul line in a playground, endlessly dribbling while his teammates wait in frustration.

Another ad shows a middle-aged man who hangs a flat-screen TV and celebrates with some tortilla chips and salsa, only to see the TV crash to the floor and shatter.

Bob Ticer, the chairman of Colorado's Interagency Task Force on Drunk Driving, says, "Enforcement is very important when it comes to impaired driving, but education is equally important."

The Colorado State Patrol says since January, about one-half of all the impaired drivers stopped in the state had smoked marijuana.

WBKO RADIO Not worth wasting time on that place.

[Golfingnut]

Find the facts not the emotion.

Medical Marijuana Treatment Uses and How It Works

[Bucco]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Find the facts not the emotion.

Medical Marijuana Treatment Uses and How It Works

Was under the impression that this was about RECREATIONAL use, not medical !!!

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Bucco, we already have a legal drug that alters the mind and the mood. It's called alcohol. It was legalized because Prohibition didn't work.

But that is not the only purpose of alcohol - to alter the mind and mood. A glass of wine can compliment dinner or desert, a beer is refreshing on a hot summer day, a cocktail can be enjoyed for its layers of flavor. I have never heard anyone say how good a toke tastes - only how good it makes them fell. Its only purpose is to alter the mind and mood (unless you consider the medical purpose).

The use of marijuana is prevalent and it isn't going to go away. The point I'm trying to make is that if marijuana were legalized, there would hopefully be more restrictions. It shouldn't be sold on street corners and in school yards to children. IMHO, our focus should be on eliminating the drug cartels and ensuring it is sold only to adults.

I don't know how making it legal keeps it out of children's hands. The initial thought on the third graders that we caught smoking in the school bathroom is these kids got it from home. If the fact that it is against the law doesn't keep it out of kid's hands how will making it legal accomplish that?

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Legalizing would cut deep into the profits of the bad guys.
Legalizing would make a safer product for those that will use regardless.
Legalizing would stop many from having a criminal record for life.
Legalizing would free up the judicial system to spend time on real criminals.
All these are my personal opinions. Please no sarcastic questions.

You forgot something:

Legalizing would enable some folks that stay away now because of the law to go ahead and light up and potentially go down a slippery slope.
My personal opinion. Please no sarcastic questions.

[DougB]

Legalizing marijuana would take a JOINT effort!