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Old 03-13-2009, 02:57 PM   #1
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A friend also uses pot for "medical" purposes in CO legally. It is legal sometimes.
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Old 03-13-2009, 06:11 PM   #2
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A friend also uses pot for "medical" purposes in CO legally. It is legal sometimes.
Here's the rub. Medicinal marijuana is legal in some states, but federal law usurps state law. Eric Holder, the new Attorney General, has said he will leave it up to states how they want to deal with pot, and the DEA will no longer go after people in states that have legalized it. That, however, is new. The DEA most certainly would go after people in legal states before. In fact, they made an effort to rub it in in states where the people had voted to legalize it. And it just makes the crime worse.

When will we learn prohibition doesn't work? It didn't work back in the 20s with alcohol, and it doesn't work now with drugs. We will NEVER win the "war" on drugs. It is a big, fat waste of money, and it tramples on people's individual rights. All drug laws should be repealed.
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