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Originally posted by biznology but with that, remember it hasnt necessarily increased - there have just been more arrests. waste of money on cops prolly...late/

Well it pretty much means more and more people caught w/ marijuana are being sent to jail. Prisons in America are packed...there needs to be more room for the real criminals (rapists, murderers).

think about the ramifications of legalizing maryj to our culture. i'm perfectly fine with the way things are now. just don't be a moron and you won't get caught.

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you know, i'm sure some people aren't complaining about throwing people in jail for stupid shit like smoking weed. this is because the prison industry is the second fastest growing industry in the US; pharmacuticals (sp) is 1st.....so obviously, some senators/congressmen/etc. are getting big money from lobbyists for these groups. its pathetic really....

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Originally posted by rollypoles you know, i'm sure some people aren't complaining about throwing people in jail for stupid shit like smoking weed. this is because the prison industry is the second fastest growing industry in the US; pharmacuticals (sp) is 1st.....so obviously, some senators/congressmen/etc. are getting big money from lobbyists for these groups. its pathetic really....

thats true. all the podunk towns out in middle/eastern America are turning to prisons as a source of economic income since they dont have factories anymore. still, all those cops will go from busting dope smokers to busting DANGEROUS people so that we can put in these podunk towns. seriously! who lives in West Virginia! heh j/k...

its pharmaceuticals...and its not really pathetic, its just the sad truth in the most powerful nation in the world. its pathetic how we stress about problems like this when there are bigger problems and more repressive nations elsewhere...hmm/

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A famous Mayor of New York, Laguardia was actually one of the hero's of the marijuana movement.

He at the time where there was this crusade to 'scare' people away from doing weed, stood up and in his own city had scientists test weed for the claims made back then.

This was in the 30's I believe, and he was openly challenging the anti-drug movement saying all his scientific research showed that weed was not addictive, would not turn you insane, and didn't lead to hard drug use. This was HUGE back then, people during these times actually thought using weed turned you psycho, anyone hear of 'Reefer Madness' ?

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Quote by Damo "think about the ramifications of legalizing maryj to our culture. i'm perfectly fine with the way things are now. just don't be a moron and you won't get caught."

Ramifications? You mean not wasting tens of billions of enforcement and trial money prosecuting people who smoke/grow weed? People who thought prohabition of alcohol in the US would work had this same thought, how could we unleash this evil drug alcohol upon our people!

Look weed is no worse than alcohol, in fact I think in some important ways its better. Its not addictive, and it doesn't make you want to beat up people if you smoke too much, plus it supports the snack industry so obviously legalization will make them happy

I just can't believe you could be happy with it now, the government is telling you that you are a criminal for putting weed into your body. Your not harming anyone else, in fact studies show your barely hurting yourself over the long run. Yet you are OK with it being illegal? I mean I know of so many cases in the US when people had some weed in their car and got pulled over for some minor traffic violation. Cops always find excuses in the US to search your car, and just recently someone on the shroomery had this happen to them.

Thats just bad luck, not stupidity, I've had drugs in my car before. How could you be 100% sure that you won't get caught, thats the reason if you do smoke weed that you should be all for legalization, or at absolute minimum de-criminalize it.

I imagine if you got unlucky and got arrested with weed you wouldn't be very happy with the laws

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