by that "logic" we should legalize rape and murder.
Should we Legalize marijuana?
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Having just started reading on this thread (it takes me a while) I would like to point out that it would be wrong to place marijuana use and child porn in the same group of criminal activity. Other than the fact that they are both crimes, we could just as well compare child sex abuse to jay walking.
Sean
It's not a question of better or worse, but if someone next to me gets drunk, and tomorrow morning at work I have to pee in a cup, I won't show any alcohol consuption.
I would guess they would fail a sobrierity test, but could not be quantified. There is no equivalent to a breathalizer for weed.
True. I was simply responding to the posts in which it was implied that one was less dangerous than the other. Just because one doesnt have any 2nd hand effects, fact is, both can have serious results, proof of which I linked in another post.
So marijuana use will have the same effects on a person that drank, as far as the test goes? BTW, I wasn't talking about a breath test, I was talking about the other things such as....following a pen with your eyes only, and not moving your head, ability to walk a straight line, stand on one foot, tilt your head back and touch a finger to your nose, ability to recite the alphabet, etc.
Isn’t impaired driving, impaired driving? It doesn’t necessarily specify what the cause of the impairment is. Prescription medication, lack of sleep, talking in the phone or eating a burger, if they impair your ability to drive a motor vehicle, you are impaired.
Xue Sheng
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Yup, in NYS it is a DWAI
There's a slight difference. Operating Under the Influence typically refers to operating a vehicle under the influence of a substance. Could be alcohol, could be drugs, could be cold medicine, could be legally presribed Rx drugs.
Non-substance issues -- cell phones, eating a burger, attending to children, etc -- these fall under distracted driving or something like that. Definition will vary from state to state.
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sensei payne said:
Today, actually. Well, only one man was killed, and it wasn't a fist fight. He was shot over 3 pounds of marijuana. Perp was sentenced to 20.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110624/news/706249857/
June 23, 2011 -- Brea, CA
Armed Robbery of medical marijuana
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=8209722
June 21, 2011 -- Santa Rosa, CA
Armed Robbery of medical marijuana
http://www.ktvu.com/news/28316070/detail.html
June 16, 2011 -- North Portland, OR
Man arrested in connection with stabbing, marijuana robbing
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/06/man_arrested_in_connection_wit.html
Something tells me that even if this stuff were legal, we'd still see things like this link.
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Sensei Payne
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Yeah but that wasn't over Pot, that was really over money...the pot was merely the product...
If it were legalized then this never would have happened. Remove the street value, and the violence will go down or away all together.
Steve
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This is absolutely true, SP. However, while we can see the correlation with prohibition against alcohol in the early 20th century, reasonable arguments aren't going to change a person's opinion when that opinion is based on emotion.
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Sensei Payne
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Its a plant...it grows in the ground.
Big Pharm I would think would be the ones that would hurt the most. Loosing out on all those addicts to pain killers.
Steve
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Preaching to the choir!
Tobacco and Cotton were the main lobbyists that got it banned in the first place. Pharm just helps keep it and anything natural blocked best they can.
Lets em keep marking up 5c of powder hundreds of dollars.
I think I may've said this in another post, but....
whats interesting, is that you see lots of violence due to drugs, yet you rarely see any violence over someone trying to get alcohol. Would legalizing weed, cut down on drug violence? Something tells me it wouldn't, but I guess if it was made legal, only time would tell.
whats interesting, is that you see lots of violence due to drugs, yet you rarely see any violence over someone trying to get alcohol. Would legalizing weed, cut down on drug violence? Something tells me it wouldn't, but I guess if it was made legal, only time would tell.
Xue Sheng
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Not trying to get alcohol maybe but afterwards things get different: Bar fights, Domestic Violence, Automobile Accidents. Etc.
A guy I meant in a security training seminar was a ex-Army Ranger, and at that time a bouncer, said there are 2 things that just do not mix...humans and alcohol and he was a firm believer in if you want an idiot, take one human and just add alcohol.
I am not so sure it would be any different if Marijuana was legalized, there would still be associated violence of one sort or another
