Uberfluff

Interesting article I found recently, that I happen to agree with. While I don't know for sure where NORML is getting ALL of their statistics from, I can definitely see how non-violent marijuana arrests would outnumber violent criminal arrests in most, if not all states. That in and of itself is a telling tale about our flawed laws regarding the use of pot in our country. If it ever becomes decriminalized, not necessarily legalized, we can actually have our tax money being put to better use by jailing more violent criminals than someone who wants to eat Doritos and watch TV in the evenings.   Here's the link:


http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/frank.marijuana/index.html


As far as legalization is concerned, just imagine the amount of tax money the state could save in the prison systems, and the amount of tax money they would earn at the open market with marijuana? I would keep the same rules in effect for driving under the influence of course, and all work places could keep their drug testing in place since by all means NO ONE should be driving while high or drunk, nor should anyone be high or drunk while at the job place. It's a win-win situation when you get down to it. The only problem is that the government has a very difficult time admitting fault when it comes to anything. (See the Civil Rights movement).