Quote Originally Posted by Mississippi Steve
Lets just keep it simple.... close the boarders, legalize marijuana with the same laws, rules, regulations, restrictions, and TAXES as alcohol..... institute mandatory penalties for manufacture, distribution, sale and possession of "chemicals"(meth, X, crack, opiates, etc). When arrested for "chemicals" there is no bail, and no release until time is served, *and* fine paid. Time served does not start until found guilty.
1st offense mandatory 5 years, and $100,000 fine.
2nd offense mandatory 20 years and $500,000 fine.
3rd offense mandatory life in prison with no parole.
and these harsh penalties for essentially victimless crimes are justifiable because...?

every day thousands (if not millions) of people imbibe in a variety of mind altering chemicals with little or no serious long term effects, but you endorse vilifying them all because of those who are incapable of controlling their own actions? i realize that this is a cannabis site and most of us here understand that weed is a relatively harmless and even beneficial plant that has been demonized by ignorance and avarice, but that is not the foremost reason we should end this nearly unenforceable prohibition. it is a simple matter of self-determination. that any government agency should be able to tell anyone what they can and cannot do to themselves is the epitome of the nanny state mentality and should not be tolerated by anyone who values their individual freedom. mandating harsh fines and imprisonment for pleasurable activities that effect no one but the individual is merely another face of the orwellian nightmare we see ourselves entering into and another step toward the omnipotence of the authoritarian state.
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