Legalizing marijuana would make sense to me and might improve the farming economy of several states. What I find difficult to imagine though, is how to undo the enormous infrastructure created to "fight the war on drugs" which was lost on about day 1. As a junkie myself (cigarettes) I have often been grateful that they are legal--that could change--because I don't know what I might have gotten involved in were they illegal. When I see the old junkies on the streets (cocaine, heroin) it's so sad. But how do we dismantle all that has become the thriving drug industry, like the DEA, the FBI, and the intense involvement of city police, county sheriff, state police? I'm not sure whether the big drug importer people import just one of the drugs or all of them. How do we separate the marijuana from the other stuff? WizardMarks, Central
Barbara Lickness wrote: > 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 > > > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > change the world. Indeed, > it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill <http://faith.yahoo.com> - Exclusive Performances, Videos, > & more > faith.yahoo.com <http://faith.yahoo.com> _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
