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The Perils of Pushing Pot Prohibition

kozzzer Wrote: Feb 06, 2013 5:16 PM

"As it is no one on the left is admitting to illegal drug or weed use as a factor in the mass murders occurring dispite illegal drugs and weed being what's at the root of say Chicago's own homocides. " Okay, not sure about the rest of your point, but this part is ridiculous. Chicago has so many murders because there is such a large BLACK MARKET for illegal drugs that gangs fight for turf and profit. Weed or drug usage is not what is causing the problems, but rather the selling of narcotics. Legalize drugs, eliminate much of the black market, city is safer as a whole.

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The Perils of Pushing Pot Prohibition

Three months ago, voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives aimed at legalizing the possession, production and distribution of marijuana. A month later, Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department would settle on a response to this historic development "relatively soon."

How soon is that? I have been trying to get a response to that question from Justice Department spokeswoman Nanda Chitre for about a month, but she is not returning my calls. Meanwhile, the U.S. attorney's offices in Colorado and Washington decline to give any indication of how they will treat the state-licensed marijuana stores that are scheduled...

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