That is a good thing. My stand is.... Legalize Marijuana. I have always said the drug problem in Minneapolis was really a zoning issue anyway. People are operating a retail business in a residential neighborhood. Straight and simple.
Legalize marijuana and it will boost the economy of the Phillips and Whittier neighborhoods tenfold. Then all the enforcement money could be spent on the really dangerous drugs like crack.
Think of the coffee shops that could pop up. "The coffee pot" etc. It seems to work just fine in Amsterdam. Why not try it here. We certainly aren't keeping it off the streets by keeping it illegal. From what I hear, if we legalized it at least to some degree, we could stop making paper from trees. It really is something to think about.
I feel the same way about prostitution. The profession has been around for 2,500 years. Do we really think we can stop it? If we legalize it at least we give those women or men who are in the profession a chance to run a business in a dignified and regulated manner.
Think of the tax dollars. We could pay off the debt or......fund the NRP!. (I'm not really lobbying for the NRP here. Just havin' some old Minnesota fun)
Barb Lickness/Whittier
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