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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
Really, I don't see how marijuana is any worse than tobacco and alcohol, or even some prescription drugs that are on the market. I really don't think it'd be a horrible thing to legalize it, and doing so may even help put the Mexican cartels out of business. Legalize, regulate, tax, just like we do with alcohol and tobacco.
Other drugs however, can be much more addicting and cause much more problems. I suspect that a large amount of the crime is going to come from users of the harder substances. I've not once heard of someone killing for weed... but maybe some of the LEOs here could enlighten us with stories of that nature.
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Plus there are so many other benefits. All the farmers that are getting paid NOT to grow anything could actually get on their own feet by growing marijuana. Medically speaking, why pay these big corporations $20+ a pill for anti anxiety pills when you can pay farmer Jack $40 for a 1/4 ounce of weed, feel better and not have that list of possible side effects to deal with like pharmaceutical drugs have.
The millions of dollars being spent trying to stop it could be used for other things or at least they could focus on the harder drugs like cocaine and heroin.