Marijuana us worse than tobacco because you inhale it deeply. It causes lung disease and second hand smoke would get some innocent child high. It's also a gateway drug leading to worse drug use. The science us closed on this matter.
The most appropriate response to all that is you are in serious need of education on this topic. And the only thing closed is your mind.
oh geezus.....a male version of Katz......
You're no better than a lawless criminal. Dangerous to the American way.
Prove me wrong. Marijuana is harmful to yours and others health.
And I'm for throwing your ass in jail after throwing your ass on the ground and putting you into a real choke hold so you'll know the difference.
It's you who should be offering proof of what you're saying, which is marijuana is harmful to one's health. Because while there is an abundance of evidence to show that beverage alcohol is responsible for many deaths and serious illnesses there isn't a single example anywhere in the annals of medical science to show that marijuana has ever caused a single death nor has it ever caused an illness.
I don't think drug laws play any part at all in the anti-police protests we are seeing today. While I disagree with the complaints against the shooting of Michael Brown, who was a common strongarm thief and a bullying punk, and while I believe the complaints regarding the death of Eric Garner are largely invalid because they mistakenly emphasize racism, I do believe the complaints against the rising militarization of police, as seen in the increasing frequency of 3AM "no-knock, break-in SWAT raids and the abuse of authority by some police, are substantive.
I am not talking about the "protests", I am talking about instances of anti-police violence like those mentioned in the OP, and how leftists and libertarians in this thread are saying the black mob was right to attack cops because of the Drug War.
Marijuana prohibition, alone, is responsible for creating thousands of jobs in the law-enforcement category, from police personnel, to judges, court personnel, prosecutors, and prison guards. And there are lawyers who specialize in defending marijuana cases. And marijuana laws largely responsible for the success of the private prison business -- which happens to be the only remaining growth industry in America.
People don't go to prison for marijuana possession. Maybe if they have priors, were possessing marijuana while committing another crime, or are trafficking or selling large amounts, but not for simple possession.
If simple possession offenders were imprisoned the National prison census would be ten million instead of two million. But as it is marijuana offenses represent a substantial percentage of the prison census.
That number doesn't really mean anything without context. Did they commit other crimes to get in as well? Do they have priors? Were they selling or trafficking? And the way it is presented creates the false notion that simple users are locked up in state prisons for smoking a joint and that private prison rake in a dividend from it or something. It is dishonest.
