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Started by Jacob, April 24, 2013, 05:01:56 PM

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mongers

#1
April 24, 2013, 05:48:02 PM
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

garbon

#2
April 24, 2013, 05:51:15 PM
We'll see it when it happens. Considering that Obama is the one who said he wouldn't be going after marijuana and then doubled down...call me skeptical.
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#3
April 24, 2013, 05:52:21 PM
Not likely but we can hope.

Viking

#4
April 24, 2013, 05:58:03 PM
Cheech and Chong will be accepting Obama's surrender in Tokyo Bay?
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DGuller

#6
April 24, 2013, 06:09:26 PM
There is some reason for hope.  Obama is definitely the kind of politician to not rock the boat until polls move his way.  Now that the polls are moving his way, his push to reign in the War on Drugs insanity may be genuine. 

Of course, Obama is also the kind of politician to be unable to accomplish what he set out to do.  There are a lot of powerful interests who benefit from the status quo, and are cynical and sociopathic enough to fight to defend it.

Razgovory

#7
April 24, 2013, 07:18:28 PM
Well that's a shame.  We may not be winning the war on drugs but we have them at stalemate.  Sure, drugs invade our borders in vast numbers everyday, but few if are able to get back out.
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DGuller

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April 24, 2013, 07:37:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 24, 2013, 07:18:28 PM
Well that's a shame.  We may not be winning the war on drugs but we have them at stalemate.  Sure, drugs invade our borders in vast numbers everyday, but few if are able to get back out.
:lmfao:

Phillip V

#9
April 24, 2013, 08:27:18 PM
Ending the War On Drugs would provide real immediate and lasting stimulus to the economy.

Neil

#10
April 24, 2013, 08:34:06 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on April 24, 2013, 08:27:18 PM
Ending the War On Drugs would provide real immediate and lasting stimulus to the economy.
Would it help more than it would hurt?  After all, huge segments of the law enforcement industry depend on drug crime.

Then again, I suppose that ending Prohibition helped the recovery from the Great Depression, so it's worth a shot. 
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#11
April 24, 2013, 08:34:57 PM
The link I tried was a bust, can anyone give me specifics?  Changing the law so importation and interstate commerce of drugs are no longer illegal?  Leaving the laws but withdrawing interdiction resources?

The Brain

#12
April 25, 2013, 11:11:12 AM
Mission accomplished.
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Barrister

#13
April 25, 2013, 11:37:47 AM
Based on the two links it sounds like a greater emphasis on treatment and prevention.

Which of course is not the same thing as legalization.
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crazy canuck

#14
April 25, 2013, 11:43:25 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 25, 2013, 11:37:47 AM
Based on the two links it sounds like a greater emphasis on treatment and prevention.

Which of course is not the same thing as legalization.

But certainly a step in the right direction
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