War on Drugs
Ron Paul opposes the War on Drugs.
On November 20, 2008 he said in a New York Times / Freakonomics interview:
“[...] the federal war on drugs has proven costly and ineffective, while creating terrible violent crime. But if you question policy, you are accused of being pro-drug. That is preposterous. As a physician, father, and grandfather, I abhor drugs. I just know that there is a better way — through local laws, communities, churches, and families — to combat the very serious problem of drug abuse than a massive federal-government bureaucracy.”
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We are not only wasting money, but are putting heroin addicts in jail to get out and continue thier addiction. Thier needs to be a strengthening of the family unit.
Because of the demand for both parents to work, children are being lost in the mix. The Dinner table no longer exists in some homes, and with that goes communication. We need to turn the TV off, and listen to our children and asks questions. We must remember that children today are smarter, and deserve to be told why they did something wrong, not because I told you so. When you ignore the child or abuse, the human condition is to find someone you think will take care of you or help you feel better: Gangs, Drugs.
The decade of blame needs to go away and we need to be responsible for ourselves. I hope I wasn’t rambling on, but thank you for this forum
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the whole war on drugs is a scam its all about the almighty dollar, my friend was busted with less than a gram of marijuana and he spent well over 1500 dollars for it and got his license suspended for 6 months and he was no where near his car when he got caught, and the real question is why are we busting people for a harmless plant when there are murders and rapist out there getting away with it while the police are wasting there time and filling the jails with harmless peacefull american loving weed smokers
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It is my understanding that Senator Ron Paul,and some other senators are introducing legislation to decriminalize Cannibis,That is what it is,Marijuanna grows in the ditch’s.
The easiest way to decriminalize is to change it’s classification,It’s not a weed,Millions of people all over the world and in the united states,are Ready for the end of prohibition on marrijuanna,No Wrong word,It has to be reclassified as an HERB,What i can’t believe is its legal in almost all states to smoke that silvia divinorum(What a rotten buzz),IF cannibis is decriminalized,Our government would be able to Regulate and tax it’s purchase,along with everything related,Hard drugs should be illegal,however the plant called cannibis should be decriminalized,The taxation alone could get our government out of debt,Build new Roads,Bridges and railroad infrustructures.
Along with lowering the crime rate.
To many young adults are having thier lives turned upside down and Ruined,by getting caught with infetismlly small amounts of the substance.I feel the government is ashamed of them selfs and would have to Swallow there pride and release alot of kids from the calamity they get into with this.
look at nebraska,great mass. also.decriminalization and reclasification.In nebraska U recieve a fine and the take your stuff,wow it should be that way everywhere,or just decriminalize it,it’s Prohibition.
I understand that this is a bill in the works to decriminalize this plant,The only way to decriminalize in my opinion is to change its classification.
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TAX’S ON THE SALE OF MARIJUANA WILL ASLO CAUSE LESS PEOPLE TO BUY THE PRODUCT AS IT IS ALREADY EXPENSIVE !
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In my opinion, the reason Marijuana is illegal is because it is impossible to tax or regulate it. Anyone can grow it. Also, the only reason it has such an inflated value is because it is illegal/black market. again, anyone can grow it…
“If it moves tax it, if you can’t tax it regulate it, if you can’t regulate it prohibit it.” –Government motto
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nick at nite in the afternoon replies:
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
Yes, but using that logic can’t anyone grow tobacco or brew alcohol? Although most likely harder than harvesting a cannabis plant, in theory they could be done. They are still taxed. Evan, I agree with you but there is something larger lurking in the shadows as to exactly why this “dangerous drug” is “illegal”.
Marijuana is illegal because it compromises the interests of some very lucrative industries. Industrial hemp could make the cotton and paper industry obsolete. Big pharma doesn’t want cannabis to reach its well-documented and practiced potential as a medicine. Hell, essential proteins found in hemp seeds could end world hunger but that’s just not right!
There is a lot of reasons that Cannabis plants are illegal and they have a lot to do with money and population control. Ask our government and they will tell you that it is a “dangerous drug”. It is. It’s dangerous to the men who control the world and seek to destroy humanity.
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I think Ron Paul should be appointed as the next director of the DEA , if he would accept.
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