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TheHeretic -> RE: ISP Top Cop: I'd Legalize Pot (11/28/2012 6:32:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage
My question is, do these cracks in the facade suggest that socially conservative states are finally catching up with reality, or will we be dragged kicking and screaming, like our next governor?
I'm wholeheartedly in favor of legalizing marijuana (not decriminalizing, which gives us all of the downsides, with few of the benefits). I believe legalization is inevitable, because prohibition is such a horrible, idiotic failure. How far it is, from here to inevitable, is another matter. There needs to a national conversation, and maybe some form of a national referendum.
As a active holder of a California medical marijuana card, I'm aware that I'm part of large civil disobedience movement against the current policies of the federal government. As a member of a collective, I could theoretically be charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute a Schedule 1 controlled substance, and shipped off to federal prison with a no-parole, mandatory minumum sentence. My signature is in a file. That's all they need.
If you look at the history of the polling data, support for legalization of marijuana has been growing steadily for decades. I think we had one a few months back that put it over 50%. The next one I saw had at 48%.
Against it are extremely powerful forces with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, to protect the huge profits of the illegal supply chain, and the vast jobs and power program of enforcement. The ranks of the opposition are filled with ordinary people who are genuinely frightened of drugs, and what they do in society.
Conversation, and education are currently the best tools in moving forward to what needs to happen.
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