Sources: http://www.wptz.com/news/18557070/detail.html
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vt/press/2009/january/012309_bretchko.html
http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/factsheets/economiccons/fact_economic.cfm
Basically a 36 year old from Montreal got caught smuggling 1300 pounds of marijuana across the Canadian boarder into America. He claimed to have been transporting a load of paper towels but after an X-ray of the truck some suspiciously dense matter was seen under all the paper towels. upon further inspection the boarder patrol seized 1357 pounds of pot. this raised the questions of weather or not we should legalize marijuana due to the amount of money spent trying to enforce anti drug laws as well as the potential medical benefits, and is it appropriate for the government to be spending so much of the tax payers money to do so?
Other questions posed by the class were weather or not the 1936 marijuana tax imposed by Connecticut law enforcement worked and why are people so attached to this drug?
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Actually the 1937 marijuana tax did not work. It was actually a government scam to catch people smoking pot. I imagine most people didn't fall for it.
ReplyDeletehilarious.
ReplyDeletelegalize it.
billions are spent each year trying to stop it,
but if it is regulated in some fashion,
money might be made and boost the economy.
(this includes hemp, a cash crop with lots of potential)
this is funny. people need to find other things to stress about besides weed but it is illegal so he was dumb.
ReplyDeleteand i agree it would make more jobs for people and increase the economy.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. FREE MARIJUANA! It has the potential to make this country grow in every way!
ReplyDeletelol weed
ReplyDeleteLegally speaking, I have nothing against marijuana. It has similar effects to alcohol (some say alcohol is more dangerous, others say that marijuana is a gateway drug- I can't say yes or no to either with any backing), which is legal; it is hypocritical for the government to support one but ban the other. People have told me that the government will not legalize marijuana because it is too easily grown and they would not make a profit from taxing it. But, as Lana pointed out, beer isn't hard to brew, but the government still makes a profit on that.
ReplyDeletei think it should be legalized for all the reasons already stated, and the fact that it is less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes and fun.
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