[Vision2020] The Doobie Brothers? (was Call to Action)

[Donovan Arnold]

The surest way to reduce MJ use is to put it in
government hands and make it go through a governmental
committee for people to get it. Better yet, make it
covered by Medicaid. Not even the hardest of stoners
would be willing to wait 12 hours at the Social
Security office to that benefit. After about 8 hours
they would be like, "Screw this s**t! Let's go get a
beer."

Donovan J Arnold

--- Dan Carscallen <predator75 at moscow.com> wrote:

> Maybe it's the libertarian in me, but even though I
> am not personally
> "down" with the ganja, and I may not necessarily
> approve of people's
> recreational use of it, I figure I really don't have
>  too much of a
> bitch about people's "tonic of choice", since I do
> like my beer and an
> occasional cocktail.  I also see no problem with
> allowing it for medical
> use -- as Wayne said, Novacaine or Morphine, anyone?
> -- but this country
> has a long institutional memory (we've all seen the
> cult classic Reefer
> Madness).
> 
> One would think this same institutional memory would
> recall the
> effectiveness of prohibition as well.  While the
> libertarian voice in me
> is screaming "no, No, NO!!"  I would think it would
> behoove us to allow
> medical use of cannabis and (*gulp*) tax it like we
> do the liquor.
> Trouble is, just like any other item on the agenda,
> one can find almost
> as many studies showing the ineffectiveness as you
> can the
> effectiveness.  Anecdotal information from users
> does weigh heavy in
> favor, though.  Besides, the feds spend a helluva
> lot of money fighting
> a "war" on it, and that may be able to be put to
> better use.  Why spend
> the money fighting it when you can regulate and tax
> it?  Seems that
> might at least cost less . . .
> 
> As a friend of mine said "why not just legalize it
> totally and tax the
> bejeebers out of it and let the stoners sit around
> baked all the time.
> I don't hear stories about them beating their wives
> or killing people
> from behind the wheel of a car."
> 
> Food for thought
> 
> DC
> 
>
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