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In the discussion thread: Over 300 Economists Agree: It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana [View all]

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 08:51 AM

RainDog (24,216 posts)

25. The U.S. imprisons more people per capita than China

and the reason for this stat is the War on Drugs.

How is it not disruptive for families to deal with imprisonment of a family member for engaging in a behavior that is less harmful than drinking a glass of whiskey?

The War on Drugs is an extension of Jim Crow in the United States.

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77 replies	Author	Time	Post
Over 300 Economists Agree: It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana [View all]	MindMover	Apr 2012	OP
K&R	Arctic Dave	Apr 2012	#1
the police industrial complex and its commander in chief will not like this or go along - cuts into	msongs	Apr 2012	#2
Yep - the status quo serves the for-profit prison complex AND big pharma.	polichick	Apr 2012	#73
Such a no-brainer.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#3
I watched one of the virtual people on tv the other night trying to rationalize the administration's	jtuck004	Apr 2012	#4
Smart move, best to keep your powder dry and gun ready for bigger game......	MindMover	Apr 2012	#5
My questions about the meme about prohibition having ended mob rule are these:	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#13
Here's a graph of the homicide rate in the USA..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#16
Interesting the second peak in homicides	felix_numinous	Apr 2012	#46
That's an excellent graph	RainDog	Apr 2012	#51
Here you go..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#53
thanks! n/t	RainDog	Apr 2012	#54
We don't outlaw everything that is bad for people. And alcohol is far worse for people than pot is.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#18
Setting aside the fact that marijuana is probably not as damaging to our health	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#58
Are you really that uninformed?	uwep	Apr 2012	#19
More than that, the start (not end) of Prohibition increased alcohol consumption among women.	ieoeja	Apr 2012	#39
likewise	waddirum	Apr 2012	#68
Question away, of course, but those weren't expected outcomes of the prohibition	jtuck004	Apr 2012	#20
Portugal seems to have had a better outcome with decriminalization	RainDog	Apr 2012	#23
THANK you. i was about to go google for this link, which tells the whole story	99th_Monkey	Apr 2012	#44
Thanks. "a confluence of treatment and risk reduction policies." That's good news.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#59
In the case of hard drugs, dispensing needles to addicts	RainDog	Apr 2012	#61
there's also data from the Dutch policy	RainDog	Apr 2012	#24
The U.S. imprisons more people per capita than China	RainDog	Apr 2012	#25
And very expensively, too. nt	bemildred	Apr 2012	#33
Doesn't china execute their drug dealers?	lupulin	Apr 2012	#37
Probably	JonLP24	Apr 2012	#48
the apt comparision would be drug USE, not dealing	RainDog	Apr 2012	#49
True - it is not a comparison	lupulin	Apr 2012	#65
The issue was arrests, not use. You then made the issue dealing, not arrests	RainDog	Apr 2012	#66
my point was merely	lupulin	Apr 2012	#67
my remark was veering into snark	RainDog	Apr 2012	#69
Do you know anyone whose parole violation	duhneece	Apr 2012	#71
no	lupulin	Apr 2012	#75
Very good points.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#60
The War on Drugs has hurt millions	duhneece	Apr 2012	#70
You might want to check out the Drug Policy Forum	RainDog	Apr 2012	#26
My questions are more along the lines of:	4th law of robotics	Apr 2012	#38
the answer to that one is clear to me	RainDog	Apr 2012	#50
The reality is that anything that prohibits personal choice is a burden on the economy.	Gregorian	Apr 2012	#6
Here's the problem.	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#7
Hopeless and obsessed......	MindMover	Apr 2012	#8
Is that really true? It would make an interesting polling question	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#10
I doubt it.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#17
Yes, the problem is $$$...	IthinkThereforeIAM	Apr 2012	#35
This isn't about "liking drugs" or not	RainDog	Apr 2012	#27
I have made the same argument. And it is worse.	ieoeja	Apr 2012	#40
Ryan Grimm was a lobbyist for MPP	RainDog	Apr 2012	#57
It's an election year.	truthisfreedom	Apr 2012	#9
It will be part of the national conversation; it's on the ballot in two states.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#11
Our 3 Dem. gubernatorial candidates were asked about it in the first televised	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#14
Yeah, NC. Meanwhile, 16 States plus DC already passed Medical Marijuana laws with	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2012	#29
And in Washington State	pscot	Apr 2012	#30
Well, I was responding to the prvious poster who said it won't even be part of the	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#77
I was curious and dug up the actual list of signers...	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#12
along with economists from Yale, Stanford and Cornell	RainDog	Apr 2012	#52
Did I touch a nerve or something?	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#55
that was my own post	RainDog	Apr 2012	#56
VCSU doesn't seem to be a community college	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#62
Your list is breath-taking!	duhneece	Apr 2012	#72
Thanks for the kind remark	RainDog	Apr 2012	#74
30 helens...	Tunkamerica	Apr 2012	#15
It only takes one lobbyist with a fat wallet that disagrees with them to keep it	Dragonfli	Apr 2012	#21
500 economists agreed during the Bush administration as well.	RainDog	Apr 2012	#22
President responds: Uh, ummm., ahhhhh....God is in the Mix!	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2012	#28
By their acts you shall know them	pscot	Apr 2012	#31
Job security is at stake:	bemildred	Apr 2012	#34
Ending the drug war saves US billions if not trillions of dollars	anti-alec	Apr 2012	#32
Kicked and recommended for common sense, logic, compassion and sanity.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#36
Aw, Jeez, not this shit again.	The Stranger	Apr 2012	#41
I know what you mean, people demanding freedom, privacy, and logic based common sense policies	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#43
Too bad this will be ignored...	FlyByNight	Apr 2012	#42
Legalzie now!	sarcasmo	Apr 2012	#45
And about 530 federal level politicians disagree..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#47
Finally, 300 economists I agree with. n/t	rayofreason	Apr 2012	#63
Or another way to put it.....300 economists agree on something....WOW !!!!!!	MindMover	Apr 2012	#64
298 also want potato chips, and can we put on some Earthless?	sofa king	Apr 2012	#76

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