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gulliver

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15. The sane and selfish reasons are the most effective imo.

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:45 PM

Sep 2012

All those people in prison for drugs are not taking up housing, so the housing market suffers. Kids who just want marijuana now have to buy it from people who also have meth and heroin on sale. Incarceration and arrest backgrounds hobble people's chances of education and future employment, keeping people dumb and dependent.

The drug war is ruining us while not stopping drugs.

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What is the best course of action for us, as citizens, to take to end the Drug War? [View all] porphyrian Sep 2012 OP

Join the Marijuana Policy Project Ezlivin Sep 2012 #1

Changing laws is where it's at. Thanks. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #2

Jury nullification Neue Regel Sep 2012 #3

Precedent is everything. Thanks. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #4

I was going to say that also. This provision in the judicial system was intended to allow the sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #7

This is good to know. Thanks. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #24

I would like to learn more about "jury nullification". rhett o rick Sep 2012 #32

I think it may differ by state in state courts, though federal courts should be the same. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #33

Here is some information on Jury Nullification. sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #34

Thank you so much. This is very interesting. I knew none of this. nm rhett o rick Sep 2012 #42

This is a great idea abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #37

Jury nullification. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2012 #5

Thanks. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #6

Nothing changes without grassroots movement mick063 Sep 2012 #8

Agreed. Thank you. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #10

Support changing state laws, especially in initiative states. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #9

Thanks again. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #11

You need to define what drugs are acceptable to you. randome Sep 2012 #12

I agree with this. mick063 Sep 2012 #13

This reference would streamline the lawmaking... porphyrian Sep 2012 #26

I don't believe ending the "War on Drugs" would alter the availability of any drugs. porphyrian Sep 2012 #14

Yeah, well, I don't want my daughters to find themselves with a medical or social problem. randome Sep 2012 #17

Especially true for those who have lost loved ones in drug-related incidents. porphyrian Sep 2012 #18

Absolutely agree with you on that. randome Sep 2012 #19

I have a sister in law who has fought addiction liberal_at_heart Sep 2012 #27

I believe addiction problems are medical rather than criminal, or should be. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #30

That is one of the problems liberal_at_heart Sep 2012 #25

Who cares wins. Thanks. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #28

The drug war has not lessened the availability of drugs of any kind. It has merely sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #35

Tons of illegal drugs are interdicted all the time. randome Sep 2012 #36

I know I am not going to change your mind on this abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #38

No it is not, it simply calculated into the business, and tons and tons more sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #40

I'm sorry but that simply isn't true liberal_at_heart Sep 2012 #41

The sane and selfish reasons are the most effective imo. gulliver Sep 2012 #15

Agreed. Thanks. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #16

Dont to drugs? Dokkie Sep 2012 #20

I'm not saying anyone should or should not do drugs. porphyrian Sep 2012 #22

live post ruhulaminrete324 Sep 2012 #21

Hi. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #23

when we talk drugs, what drugs? DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #29

We can make it however we want it, but it can't stay like this. porphyrian Sep 2012 #31

Think legal meth labs abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #39