If big tobacco took it over, we would try to regulate it out of existence. We would mandate filters, control additives, put warning labels everywhere, and tax it out the wahzoo. The state has become to mighty, invasive, and nannyish. Good luck with that

Of course the government will regulate and tax the hell out of it. I don't even like weed. My two reasons for wanting it legalized is because I believe in personal freedoms and because of the tax revenue it would generate. The future future I see for weed if leglized involves packs just like cigarettes. On top of that cigar shops that specialize in weed. That means thousands of small businesses all over the country paying taxes and supporting families.

the stereo-typical meat-head stormtrooper cop. The problem with ALL prohibition laws is that they attack our civil liberties, encourage crime, and police corruption.

We should be able to sit at home and put whatever we want into our bodies without interference from some goon with a badge and a gun, as long as we aren't hurting anyone else.

Who is being hurt by someone sitting in his house smoking a joint?

WHO?!?! No one. Substances are not evil. If someone is evil it wasn't drugs that made them that way. It was their raising that made them that way. their parents, or non-parents whichever the case may be.

In Liberty,

DarthDubious

the stereo-typical meat-head stormtrooper cop. The problem with ALL prohibition laws is that they attack our civil liberties, encourage crime, and police corruption.

We should be able to sit at home and put whatever we want into our bodies without interference from some goon with a badge and a gun, as long as we aren't hurting anyone else.

Who is being hurt by someone sitting in his house smoking a joint?

WHO?!?! No one. Substances are not evil. If someone is evil it wasn't drugs that made them that way. It was their raising that made them that way. their parents, or non-parents whichever the case may be.

In Liberty,

DarthDubious

That's just a bit too disruptive. I'm assuming that it's OK for pilots, truckers, school bus drivers and politicians to use them. (On second thought, lets not include politicians as some act like they're on drugs. ) But the point is, the others mentioned can't even have trace amounts in their systems since it does affect their ability to perform tasks. Drugs are bad ju-ju. But I'll tell you, I don't have an answer for the problem. The make'm all legal though is not without risks.

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Why would you "assume" that pilots, etc could use drugs? Just because drugs are legal, does not mean that rules still don't apply. Alcohol is a legal drug, can pilots drink on the job?

Pilots and others considered in safety sensitive positions can in fact have up to a BAC of .02 alcohol in their systems; however, they cannot consume alcohol while on duty. As for drugs, there is no minimal threshold. Any amount and one is declared unfit for duty. The reason for this is drugs have latent impacts on the brain that can cause human factor errors. Now with that said, how many employers would hire anyone using drugs.

Now like I said previously, I don't have the answer. However, I'm very cautious about throwing my support to the LEGALIZING ALL DRUGS argument.

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because the war on drugs is a failure. They can not even be kept out of prisons. Companies can still say that you can't work here, or fly this airplane, if you partake in specified drugs (although a pilot or policeman with a hangover does not appeal to me either). And then there is the money. These days, with our economy in the shape that it is in, can we really afford to have between 8.3 and 24.9 billion dollars generated, removed, and laundered, from the US via Mexico per year, and between 5.2 and 21.2 billion dollars removed via Canada per year (source: US Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center)? The Mexican border towns are having murder rates because of the drug gangs that are off of the charts, and the stability of Mexico is definitely threatened, all because of the money that is generated by the US demand for drugs. Sophisticated testing and treatment for drug use could be easily paid for with a small percentage of the revenue that just marijuana sales would generate. People smoking flowers legally, does that sound so bad?

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One team every mile along the U.S./Mexican border

When they stop twichen you can stop shorten!

Arm every U.S. citizen to the teeth with the best weapons the U.S. can produce and the and then turn them loose.

Send the Mexican Govt. an MOU that simply states "One Shot - One Kill!".

End of drug war, period.

Any questions?

Give me and a few thousand of my friends a Browning .50, 100 rounds of ammo and complete amnesty and there wont be a 'drug' problem.

Open season is the only way to go!

Treat drug runners like ground-hogs and they'll disappear. Just ask any farmer in Oklahoma.

For starters, what about the Canadian border, the entire Gulf coast, and domestic production?

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