re: #294 SteveMcG

I’ve always been torn on the issue of legalizing marijuana. I understand that as a drug it’s pretty benign, but on the other hand all I think of when I would see somebody with it is that it is contraband. Almost as if it had a “dual nature”. I just think that there will be a lot of unforseen consequences to decriminalization, and I think a lot of it will have to do with organized crime. I don’t want to go Herman Cain on your asses (“I don’t have the facts to back this up…”), but that’s my gut feeling. (Disclosure: I happen to believe Bill Clinton about trying it but not inhaling. I did the same thing. All I did was cough. I didn’t feel any different but I think I inhaled)

What caused me to change my stance on legalizing Pot is the War on Drugs. It seems to have created more crime than it has prevented. We are wasting money on it —legalize it, take the profit from the criminals, regulate it, tax it. And most of all, stop mucking up our Justice System over a few stems and seeds.