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SomethingFishy

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64. My experience has been different..

Fri May 24, 2013, 06:06 PM

May 2013

I'd say 90% of the people I know think it should be legal, and most of them don't get high... I work in the music industry though

Also I think the availability of drugs has increased since the war on drugs started. You are not going to ever get any kind of consensus since it is illegal but the cities are, as you put it, flooded. If you know where to go you can pretty much get anything. What I'm seeing now that I didn't when I was a kid is pharmaceuticals on the street. When we are on the road you can pretty much get any kind of painkiller in any city.

The drugs are here, and they aren't going anywhere. If we take the crime out of it, leave the casual users alone and turn our attention to curing addictions there will no longer be the stigma of "youthful indiscretions". Much better to have your indiscretion be "I smoked some weed in high school" then "I spent two years in jail for possession".

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The real reasons why the Federal government does not want to legalize drugs [View all] TakeALeftTurn May 2013 OP

Stop making sense! burnodo May 2013 #1

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My apologies for the length of the Op-Ed above TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #7

Excellent research and documentation. Thanks for sharing it. nt Live and Learn May 2013 #65

I thought it was one of the best posts I've seen on this site in truedelphi May 2013 #69

Don't apologize for an excellent post. you are correct, it is a collaborative screwing Dragonfli May 2013 #76

Cannabis prohibition is also supported by the growers. Jesus Malverde May 2013 #8

An important issue with this piecemeal legalization around the country. AllyCat May 2013 #48

Making sense once more and I'm loving it madokie May 2013 #12

Thanks very much for the terrific compliment TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #16

+1. HiPointDem May 2013 #37

takealeftturn, thank you for compiling all of this information. dotymed May 2013 #15

Yep TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #19

None of this could stand up to the public's demand to change it. randome May 2013 #17

Take a look into the experiences of Portugal over the last 10 years TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #22

Sure, it's worth looking at. But there are a lot of differences between Portugal and America, too. randome May 2013 #24

Of course timdog44 May 2013 #41

I think they wouldn't be drug cartels. They would simply morph into something else. randome May 2013 #55

Kids get drunk too TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #23

Prohibiting hard drugs doesn't keep them out of the hands of kids, either, I know. randome May 2013 #27

I bet if you have teenage kids TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #86

Really? At ANY given time, one could find all available. AllyCat May 2013 #49

We have different sets of friends, I'll wager. randome May 2013 #54

You are slamming my friends? You must just be a MUCH better person than I am. AllyCat May 2013 #81

My experience has been different.. SomethingFishy May 2013 #64

That "youthful indiscretion" is a lot more likely to "ruin their lives" if it gives them a record. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #83

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The taxpayer savings of halving the prison population TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #30

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Beer companies lobby congress too B Calm May 2013 #38

I have lumped them in with the alcohol industry TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #40

Thanks for the great article. timdog44 May 2013 #42

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this is great stuff (again) from you! Locrian May 2013 #50

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thanks! looking forward to it - n/t Locrian May 2013 #59

And Turkey and Israel make loads of cash and arms. Plenty material out there on how this works. kelliekat44 May 2013 #44

As per my earliest replies - we have to build a coalition of sufficient support TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #46

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k&r n/t RainDog May 2013 #51

would you please copy and paste this in the Drug Policy Forum here? RainDog May 2013 #53

Done TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #61

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You post nothing but snark here RainDog May 2013 #60

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K&R!! felix_numinous May 2013 #62

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