Legalize Marijuana

  • by: Redout76
  • recipient: Government of Ontario
September 2002 -- The Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs releases its final report which concludes marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and should be governed by the same sort of regulations that control tobacco.

Justice Minister Martin Cauchon says its time for Canadian laws on marijuana to change, so that marijuana producers are penalized more harshly and small amounts of pot possession decriminalized.- this i may live with as long as someone keeps taking chances and growing it for me 2 smoke, although i still think overall it should become fully legalized

I dont know about anyone else but this tells me that weed is less of a health concern then alcohol, and i know from experience that when one is high they have way more control over themselves from when they are drunk. So weed should become legalized. I also know that most possesion charges are thrown away, as the weed people are caught with is just dumped on the ground and police tell the kids that it can't happen again and that this is a warning, although if it happens again they just get another warning from a different cop. I also know from being through the court system for stuff a lot of judges look down upon cops who bring in kids for possesion of weed charges they look at it as a waste of the courts time. So save court time for real criminals like assault, theft, and murder. I also know that a lot of these bigger charges like assault stem from weed since it is illegal and people crave it on the street. A lot of violence would be cut down if you could just go to a store and buy some pot, similar to alcohol with the beer store. It would save the government and court a lot of time and money if they just made pot legal, along with that it would cut down a lot of street crime, and the money that they save can go into things like cutting down street crime, or other matters like health care and school systems which people are always looking down upon the government telling them to do something to make them better because it is so poor sometimes.


Did you know:

1.3 billion dollars of tax payers money (many of them probrable pot smokers themselves) on average is being spent per year in marijuana-related police and prosecution costs in Canada

75% of all drug-related offences in Canada in 2001 involved cannabis.

The penalty for trafficking -- a maximum life sentence- IS THAT NOT FUCKING REDICULASS

Because of court time and such government officals are thinking about making it only a fine for small possesion of pot 1-30gs

Canada follows the US in too many ways including pot, i think that is this is why Canada has not legalized it - In the US pot is grouped in with herion and PCB, as a high potential risk of abuse/ no medical help, and therefore is a serious offence, pot smokers in Canada please be carefull when travelling to the US

THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A POT SMOKER IS THAT THEY GET ARRESTED OR BEAT DOWN BECAUSE SOMEONE CANNOT GO OUT AND GET THEIR OWN, LEGALIZE IT, maybe drop the prices so people who are already hooked who cannot afford it may purchase it instead of having to rob someone, although im not saying pot is addicting, its a choice and way of life that people decide to make.

ONCE AGAIN LEGALIZE IT
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