i love how in the "Dangers of Legalization" section, the guy points out how pot is "still a drug." what the hell is his explanation for alcohol and tobacco which are both drugs as well, and proven to be much more dangerous than weed?
my favorite part though is this
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"It's not these cute mom-and-pop bong shops anymore," Courtney continued. "It's violent drug-trafficking groups that are doing all these grows." Local marijuana growers, he says, are the tentacles of international drug-trafficking organizations that bring weapons, violence and a slew of other drugs into the market. "You can't tax a Mexican drug trafficking group," Courtney explains. "That's the side a lot of people don't focus on."
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......so theoretically, if we legalize it, and have it governmentally regulated and controlled like alochol and tobacco, it would wipe out all of the groups he's just named. the only reason trafficking groups exist is for the money, and by legalizing weed and selling it in stores, there is nothing left in it for them (the traffickers). it really puzzles me as to how he could use that as an argument against legalization. and if you really wanted to, you could use the alcohol prohibition as an example. the mobs and organized crime made boatloads of money off of moonshine while alcohol was illegal. repeal the prohibition, and they're gone (at least from the alcohol market)
i still remember a phrase i learned in my drug policy class. PNWAWARAC: prohibition never works as well as regulation and control.