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I 1. am not offended and 2. understand what your position is.
I was simply pointing out earlier that you were basing your entire argument around your own personal experience with the drug.
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Timothy Leary, somebody viewed as a drug fiend and a whackjob hippy in the 60s was able to over-turn the marihuana tax act through his arrest and taking the issue to the supreme court.
Maybe somebody should just take the fall, get arrested and take it to the supreme court?
If they have enough faith in their case anyways.
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I guess to answer your original question. It's a brief explanation, but it seems that many sources point to racism as the cause. Alcohol was associated with high class whites, while marijuana was associated with Mexicans, blacks, and other minorities.
There really is no logical explanation as to why it is illegal, yet alcohol is legal. Widespread (false) propaganda has been fed to the the american population since the 1930s, which is probably why it hasn't been legalized yet.
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I've always let my mind wander to the idea of massive marijuana dealers paying off the government to keep it illegal. They are fucking rich. In today's society, money = power.
Perhaps they tell them "Yo, we'll give you (this many $) if you keep weed on the DL" and then some economist calculates that the amount the drug lords would be paying them would be greater than the tax revenue on legal pot.
Therefore, the government + drug lords win. We do not.
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Call me naive, gullible, or whatever, but I refuse to let myself believe that our government is so corrupt.
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Laws against marijuana are too strict for what it is. Alcohol is way more impairing and damaging. I don't think marijuana should be completely legal, but cigarette or alcohol-like restrictions should be fine. Do that and you'll take the weed dealers off the streets and you'll be able to focus more on the harder drugs.
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So you're offended that I agree with you?
