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The Case for the Legalization of Marijuana: "Sixty thousand people are behind bars today for marijuana offenses. This is costing taxpayers $1.2 billion per year (Thomas). Is it really worth it? Marijuana should be legalized in the United States for all to grow, distribute, purchase, and use, because marijuana prohibition causes far more damage than marijuana itself. Those in favor of prohibition would have you believe that marijuana destroys people's lives. They would tell you that innocent little Johnny would have been successful, but then he smoked some weed and his life was ruined. This is far from the truth. The reality is that people who are not going to succeed are in a position in which they are more likely to smoke marijuana. There is no causal relationship however, between marijuana and personal success."
(Via Kuro5hin.org.)
1 comment:
Seems reasonable to me. Libertarians have argued this for decades. Surprisingly, even William F. Buckley supports the legalization of marijuana. There are many parallels with alcohol of course.
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