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Why not legalize marijuana and tax it, like liquor?
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 5, 2010
For generations, America’s drug laws have been stuck in a narrow and futile Prohibition that packs the prisons, abets narco-traffickers and costs states and theblogs.ajc.com
The real cost of the failed war on marijuana
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on June 14, 2010
Billions are lost on the war on cannabis. Police, narcotic officers, judges, prisons, DEA agents and many other government organizations spend large portions of their funding just dealing with cannabis related offenses. www.howgrowweed.com
Vermont Gubernatorial Candidate Calls For Decriminalization
Posted by admin in Political News on June 11, 2010
Vermont gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday said Vermont should decriminalize marijuana to help free up prison space and better spend money on education and other social needs.
“We need to have an honest conversation with Vermonters about changing laws that are diverting resources and attention from real problems, and filling our prisons up with
Double Toke: Bill Reintroduced to Legalize, Tax Pot in Cali.
Posted by admin in Political News on February 19, 2010
“Our prisons are overflowing and it’s easier now for teenagers to get marijuana than alcohol,” said California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano.”We simply cannot afford to continue keeping our heads in the sand and pretend that everything is fine.”
Should President Obama Pardon Convicted Marijuana Offenders?
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on February 14, 2010
There is a debate occurring in this nation as to whether marijuana should be legal.
But the government, upon the insistence of fundamentalists, have criminalized the possession of a weed. It is not illegal to USE marijuana–only to possess it.
Would you be willing to petition President Obama to Pardon Marijuana offenders and empty Our prisons?
State Lawmaker Suggests Legalizing Marijuana – ArkansasBusin
Posted by admin in Political News on November 20, 2009
Sen. Randy Laverty, D-Jasper, says that legalizing or lessening criminal penalties for marijuana may be one way to curb overcrowding in Arkansas’ prisons. Maybe when hell freezes over?
Should Marijuana Be Legalized – I Say Yes
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 25, 2009
With violence growing in the war against drugs, so too are the number of people going to jail leading to overpopulated prisons. Is it time to re-evaluate laws governing drugs? Is it time to make marijuana legal? While they say the drug trade brings in billions per year, I believe the trade brings in trillions. Could this deplete federal deficits?
Legalize Marijuana and Watch the Prison Industry Crumble
Posted by admin in Political News on October 12, 2009
Fuck the prisons, legalize marijuana and watch them crumble. It’s inhumane to lock someone away for a plant, and extremely weak of our lame-ass government to fear a weed.
Netherlands to Close Prisons: Not Enough Inmates
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 6, 2009
For years prohibitionists, including our own Drug Enforcement Administration, have claimed — falsely — that the tolerant marijuana policies of the Netherlands have made that nation a nest of crime and drug abuse. They may have trouble wrapping their little brains around this:
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