Reply #26: I knew a guy....

[Uben]

...who spent 7 yrs in prison for possessing 2 ounces back in the sixties! Dayum! He died 30 yrs ago.
Spent a quarter of his life in prison for mere possession. Nowadays, 2 ounces will get you probation for first offenders. Times are a changin, but not fast enough.

One in eight prisoners are there for marijuana related offenses. It costs us $40K/yr to incarcerate these people at an annual cost of over a billion dollars. Decriminalization could save us that billion and add more billions with regulation and taxation.

So, why is alcohol legal? Revenue! The same reason we should at least decriminalize pot. Take the profit out of the smugglers pocket and put it in government coffers. This would also help ease the problems on the Mexican borders with the drug cartels killing everybody over territorial issues.

But, these are liberal ideas, and you couldn't sell a hundred dollar bill for $5 to republican if it had a liberal's face on it! Until they shun their ignorance, we will continue to follow outdated and ridiculous laws made decades ago.