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In reply to the discussion: President Obama's puzzling silence on marijuana policy [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)What works in Europe will not necessarily work in America. Selling pot in pharmacies and coffee shops would not be a regulated use of the drug by any stretch of the imagination.
It's human nature. Inventories would be manipulated and MJ would be sold, as I said, under the counter and be back in use on the street as a recreational drug in no time.
It's human nature and, I guess, American nature, to always skirt the rules.
I've seen very many studies and polls, some supporting pot as actually beneficial, others supporting the idea that it is still a mind altering substance. (And if it were not, why would anyone want to smoke it?)
All these studies and polls support the position of the person linking to them.
So, again, I think it should remain illegal except for medicinal use. I think medicinal use should be strictly regulated. I think criminalization and incarceration should be something on the order of a fine and a search of the premises or something like that.
I do NOT support jail sentences for pot use. But I don't want it to be 'in vogue', either.