05-28-2003, 12:52 AM
is when idiots who don't know what the word means think "decriminalization" means the same thing as "legalization". Just got in an argument with one the other day and she refused to believe me. She was so dead set in her assumptions that nothing could budge her. *exasperated sigh*
Personally, I'm for the legalization of all drugs which are less harmful than currently legal drugs. Currently, alcohol and nicotine are legal. Marijuana is not as dangerous as either of those. Why is it illegal?
Besides, I heard an interesting factoid on Marketplace (a news radio economic program from NPR) today: analysts suspect the federal government could gain hundreds of millions in taxes on marijuana sales from legalization. This doesn't even factor in the savings in law enforcement costs.
I only wish this slow, creeping legalization process could be sped up to get it over with, but society still doesn't seem quite ready for it. =\
-Kasreyn
Personally, I'm for the legalization of all drugs which are less harmful than currently legal drugs. Currently, alcohol and nicotine are legal. Marijuana is not as dangerous as either of those. Why is it illegal?
Besides, I heard an interesting factoid on Marketplace (a news radio economic program from NPR) today: analysts suspect the federal government could gain hundreds of millions in taxes on marijuana sales from legalization. This doesn't even factor in the savings in law enforcement costs.
I only wish this slow, creeping legalization process could be sped up to get it over with, but society still doesn't seem quite ready for it. =\
-Kasreyn
--
"As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
--
I have a LiveJournal now. - feel free to post or say hi.
AIM: LordKasreyn
YIM: apiphobicoddball
"As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
--
I have a LiveJournal now. - feel free to post or say hi.
AIM: LordKasreyn
YIM: apiphobicoddball