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5. Smart move, best to keep your powder dry and gun ready for bigger game......

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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