SURVEY: Should Marijuana be legalized?

[Guitar God]

You only need to look at the places that have legalized cannabis or other drugs to see that legalization or decriminalization yields  better results than prohibition.

Portugal used to have some of the highest duse usage and addiction rates and overdoses in the EU . In 2004 they decriminalized all drugs and today they have one of the lowest usage, addiction and overdose rates in Europe. Less drug use, less harm and cost to society and less people locked up in jail. Win,win,win.

Colorado legalized cannabis for recreational use in 2013, as a result, all crime is down, motor vehicle deaths are down, alcohol and opiate use is down, drug crimes are down and tax revenue is way up.
They are making so much money on taxing cannabis sales that they are reducing taxes in the state and refunding money to residents.

In the 70's The Netherlands separated soft drugs from hard drugs and allowed cannabis to be sold in coffeeshops so people could buy it without being offered other hard drugs. As a result, The Netherlands had one of the lowest rates of cannabis consumption in Europe and the lowest rate in Europe of cannabis use by minors.
Unfortunately the religious conservatives in power recently decided to ignore the facts and decided to adopt the US style of war on drugs (while the U.S. was abandoning it) because their Calvinistic sensibilities were offended by shops opening selling the devil's lettuce.

Since they began closing coffeeshops and cracking down on growshops, crime has increased, hard drug and street dealing and its associated problems have also increased.

Newly released studies show that people who have smoked cannabis are safer drivers than both people who consumed alcohol and sober drivers. That's right, stoned drivers are safer and less likely to be involved in an accident than the control group.

The only reasons to support prohibition are if you own stock in a for-profit prison, stock in a drug testing company, own stock in tobacco or liquor business or work in law enforcement.

[Ahab]

Yes, as Peter Tosh sang "legalize it"!


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