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Originally Posted by Streck-Fu
I do not believe marijuana should be illegal and do not support federal prohibitions of most anything but this is an ok compromise for now. There is no scientific justification for the government's classification as a dangerous drug.
And the prohibition drives the associated crime just like with alcohol prohibition.
EDITED: On second thought, Sessions is pretty hard core for MJ enforcement so I doubt anything will come from this except more aggressive federal actions in states with legal weed. This is much more important than going after Hillary, or the other associated criminals...
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I couldn't agree more. I get so tired of these sensational TV news reports showing a car trunk full of marijuana and making it seem like they are making some kind of impact on the availability of marijuana and next week we'll see it again and again, it's never ending and the prohibition only drives crime in our communities. How many doors have been kicked in, LEO's killed, and innocent people murdered trying to stop the use of marijuana. If they want to get serious about it they need to target the demand side of the problem. Once you start locking up the white collar recreational user you might start seeing some impact on it's use. They won't tackle that approach because of the cost to incarcerate all of them. My solution has been to take an old military basic training complex with a mess hall, barracks and throw a chain link fence around it. I guarantee you that 99pct of inmates, being made up of your average employed citizen and family man would not attempt to escape a low level security prison. They just want to get the hell out and back to their family and jobs asap and never do it again.
As for Sessions....this wingnut is a major disappointment. His limited focus seems to be immigration and marijuana laws. Believe me, we have much bigger fish to fry and he better get with the program.