| Keeping marijuana illegal benefits the alcohol industry, the prison industry, the police, bureaucrats, and drug cartels. |
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Asked 3 years ago
by suzannabanana1  Germany |
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About
I don't have any particular political affiliation but will attach myself to certain issues. I don't like "jargon" to describe people or issues, like "liberal"; I think it's lazy and replaces critical thinking. I read a lot and I put polls up on issues when I want to compare my opinions against those of others. Often I'm surprised and that's what I like about Ask500. I'm back in Maine (thank god) now after having spent 8 months in Germany and 6 weeks in Krakow, Poland. I did go back to Poland, near Warsaw, for six weeks but am back. I'm home for good now.
After years of mostly ending up on the "liberal" side of things, I'm tending right a little over this illegal immigration issue and I'm becoming more jaded about our Congress. I have to fight feeling hopeless about our country.
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Absolutely!
Wouldn't making it legal benefit all of the things you mentioned? (except maybe the drug cartels)
Isn't one of the main reasons to legalize marijuana to enable the government to tax it?
How would making it legal benefit the prison industry or the police?
Fewer people being arrested for MJ means the police can put their effort elsewhere. Fewer people being sent to overcrowded prisons means... fewer people being sent to overcrowded prisons.
I'm not saying I support making MJ legal, but those would be some arguments for it.
I cannot see where legalizing an addictive drug benefits the society. Granted, it has proven to be therapeutic for some ailments, but with all the drugs on the market now days, there should be an alternative. As for the drug cartels, I don't think they bother much with marijuana. They are more into the hard core drugs.
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[2 points] 3 years ago by deleted user ReplyIt was done for alcohol.
Unfortunately to get some thing Legalized you have to put money behind it "lobbyist", more than the opposing side. You also have to live in a country that doesn't want to fight all the time.