Legalizing Marijuana Makes the News Once More

by Benthamite
July 30th, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Filed under: Health, News Story Commentary

Here's the story, which proposes decreased penalties for marijuana possession under 100 grams and speculates on a "legalized" society:

Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use

And in my humble opinion, which CNN's "Sound Off" commentary feature may never post beneath the referenced article (an advantage TAC has over CNN is that we're not armed with OPINION-MONGERING MODERATORS), here's the bottom line:

Money will be taken from local enforcement authorities and drug dealers.

New money will be realized by corporations and federal and state taxing authorities.

Metropolitan societies will experience notable changes in night-club life; unemployment; lethargy and dependency on gadgets (e.g. ipods and video games), thus spawning revolutions in advertising; and dating culture, which will be completely redefined. Oh, and their populations will have a shorter height on average.

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ryan29 on August 3rd, 2009 at 1:11 AM

Legalize it and tax it. Follow the example of the Netherlands, what's wrong with that. It comes down to choice. If you want to drink, you can, why not Pot? More people die from Drinking than they do from Pot.

Benthamite on October 30th, 2008 at 4:53 PM

Here's the US expenditure clock for the war on drug:

http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm

caligolferchic on October 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 PM

Once again I agree with agqtech! I'm not a huge supporter of it, but I do think it should be legalized as long as people, especially teenagers, are educated properly. I have tons of studying on Marijuana and it has many health benefits and if you can avoid "the munchies" can help boost your metabolism for those trying to loose weight. There are many more health benefits for cancer patients as well and can also be used as a pain reliever. Keep in mind its all natural compared to tylenol and advil! Just a thought....

agqtech on October 23rd, 2008 at 8:06 PM

I am a huge supporter of the legalization of Maryjane and can't stand the fact that we (US) spend over 40 billion dollars a year on the "War on Drugs." The key is education and rehabilitation.