Reply #6: More like about time !

[NikRik]

The biggest block to this movement is the prison systems fear of losing money due to less prisoners to lock up ! Its a shame in a country that claims to be the land of the free has a segment that still wants to continue to lock people up for a harmless weed that has many medicial applications ! We need to take a close look at the privatizing of the prison system making it a for profit private bisneess to lock people up and the force them into slave labor is absolultey discusting and anyone involved in supporting privatizing the prison system should be sent to a country were they have been doing this for yeas and see the horror of it ! On the other side of the legalization of pot ,you have a excellent way to raise revenue for the goverment thru taxation ! Those who still believe pot is a gateway drug needs to open thier mind to how ridiculious it is to cliam this . In my exprience drinking is what usally leads people to use cociane, crank and other stimulants. Pot smokers are usally non violent and content watching a good movie with a bowl of ice cream ! I use to smoke pot everyday when I was in my twenties now at 52 I have not smoked it for years and dont plan on it . However I strongly support the right of others to do so if they wish ! After all those years of daily use the only thing when I quit was a few night restless sleep only because the pot will help you sleep lilke a baby ! Its really one of mother natures gifts to the human race !
IMHO ,NicR