As someone who grew up in an urban ghetto beset by violence I am always outraged at how little pols care about drug crime, which results 100% from drugs being illegal. How the government can tolerate the terrorization of people in the inner cities I will never understand.
Leonardo | 10.10.06 - 12:46 am | #

They do make some points regarding the way marijuana laws have come down in harshness but they really do a dreadful job of supporting their argument. It comes down to, as Rob pointed out:

- Drug use will run rampant
- Marijuana use is not safe
- "think of the children"

The problem is that there are no hard figures on drug use. The bulk of studies are held on statistical estimations as well as a lot of self-reporting studies which hardly count for shit.

If I'm a kid, why on god's green earth would I admit in some survey in school that I smoke weed? As studies have shown, most don't as they have to fear reprisal (whether valid fear or not) or they will overexaggerate just for the sheer fun of being the cool kid.

And I am sorry, as a self-imposed test subject on the matter, weed is a much safer alternative than alcohol. It's not perfectly safe, but what in a kid's life is perfectly safe?

What the editorial stinks of is it all boils down to the authors knowing they are wrong but appeal to the fear of uncertainty as the primary point of argument.
colson | Homepage | 10.10.06 - 7:33 am | #

If you aren't gonna legalize marijuana than make alcohol consumption illegal. Simple as that. You are fools. Marijuana is much safer and less harmful on family dynamics, the body, and the mind. Vote for 44.
J | 11.06.06 - 9:00 pm | #