tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post4190183027905720076..comments2024-01-05T09:33:41.964-05:00Comments on Dare Generation Diary: Press Release: SSDP responds to Obama's statement on drug legalizationGarret Overstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09591273708913985060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-27191221064464556612011-02-10T04:52:09.172-05:002011-02-10T04:52:09.172-05:00I find it really ridiculous that people who use an...I find it really ridiculous that people who use any kind of recreational drug for their own personal consumption, under many of our Penal Codes are receiving tougher sentences than child molesters, theifs and burglars. Minors aside, adult offenders who are using recreational or medical marijuana, or any other black market medicinal product are responsibile for their own actions.<br /><br /> My opinion of a crime is when one person acts in such a way that violates the peaceful existance of others. People who chose to create a false sense of euphoria for their own enjoyment from the privacy of their own homes do not strike me as a degredation of society. I don't care what other people do in their personal time , and frankly it's none of my business-unless their actions impede my progress.<br /><br /> In California, cities where police departments have been severely diminished by budget cuts, and the man hours are in short supply, the police are no longer taking reports of vehicle thefts, home invasion burglary and vandalism.<br /><br /> I say the police would better serve the public by investigating the crimes where citizens have tangible losses to their personal property, and leave the drug abusers to their own demise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-70473693120610514502011-01-31T20:58:45.713-05:002011-01-31T20:58:45.713-05:00the government is trying to shrink demand so that ...the government is trying to shrink demand so that when they do change marijuana laws, its easier for them to control that market. the less of demand there is for it, the easier it will be to keep the fewer suppliers off the streets. which will allow for easier government regulation. government wont legalise it until they're sure they can control and tax it properly. cause lets face it, the government doesn't implement new laws unless they're going to make money off it. <br /><br />however, I do feel like America wants it legalised, and as a true democracy, "if the people want it, the people should get" but we're not being herd... we're not being represented.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-53794229946210364862011-01-31T20:26:27.818-05:002011-01-31T20:26:27.818-05:00Doesn't matter if it -is- a 180, if it's s...Doesn't matter if it -is- a 180, if it's still 100% lip service just to shut everybody up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-88342783981336059282011-01-31T20:03:05.119-05:002011-01-31T20:03:05.119-05:00But it *is* a 180 from laughing when the question ...But it *is* a 180 from laughing when the question came up in what, the top 3? Top 8? last time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18542739.post-81603439823028051982011-01-31T20:01:59.234-05:002011-01-31T20:01:59.234-05:00Yeah it's nice chatter but since he's told...Yeah it's nice chatter but since he's told federal agents to back off states with legitimate state pot laws, they're still arresting them, and quietly filing injunctions on each arrest to prevent them from being available via a Freedom of Information Act request.<br /><br />Half of Europe decriminalized small amounts of all substances... and usage dropped. Statistics have shown that minors in states with medipot laws use less than non-medipot state minors.<br /><br />And the whole thing is racist propaganda to replace outlawed slave labor with prison labor. Read tinyurl.com/1mn It's not a war on (some) drugs, it's a war on minorities/minority habits.<br /><br />Had drugs been legal and regulated, 9/11 would never have been funded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com