Its not soft drug laws that are keeping the black man down, its inordinately harsh drug laws and unfair implementation of these laws. Penalties for possession of crack (basically the black man's cocaine) are much harsher than those for the possession of cocaine (rich white man's drug). Furthermore, despite the fact that 75% of drug users are white, in many states most drug offenders are black. In Illinois, a black man is something like 57 times more likely to be arrested than a white man for drug offenses. Legalized drugs means no more traffickers, which means a drastic reduction in drug-related killings (people won't be fighting over turf anymore because drugs aren't profitable anymore). It also means a reduction in drug-related deaths since people will be getting the pure product from a licensed supplier. It's not drugs that are killing our inner cities, it's drug laws. And these same drug laws are also threatening our freedom.
It IS legal jackass. People can possess "small" quantities (i don't remember the exact threshold amount, but it's a hell of a lot) and certain shops can sell. But the shops that sell must still buy their marijuana off of the black market, so in that sense it is illegal.
Holy shit! Imbeciles like this guy are why the world sucks. All censorship is bad. I, just like anyone else, would prefer not to have offensive (to me) sites, or publications, or whatever not to be around. But I'll support anybody and everybody's right to free speech, no matter how shitty what they have to say happens to be. The government is slowly but surely trying to pull our rights out from under us and we need to give our lawmakers a good spanking before it's too late. The implications of limited censorship are mindnumbingly BAD. Think about fucking Matt Ownby.
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I'm not sure I understand why libertarianism "seems rigid and stagnant," but I guess I'll take your word for it JonKatz.
Its not soft drug laws that are keeping the black man down, its inordinately harsh drug laws and unfair implementation of these laws. Penalties for possession of crack (basically the black man's cocaine) are much harsher than those for the possession of cocaine (rich white man's drug). Furthermore, despite the fact that 75% of drug users are white, in many states most drug offenders are black. In Illinois, a black man is something like 57 times more likely to be arrested than a white man for drug offenses. Legalized drugs means no more traffickers, which means a drastic reduction in drug-related killings (people won't be fighting over turf anymore because drugs aren't profitable anymore). It also means a reduction in drug-related deaths since people will be getting the pure product from a licensed supplier. It's not drugs that are killing our inner cities, it's drug laws. And these same drug laws are also threatening our freedom.
It IS legal jackass. People can possess "small" quantities (i don't remember the exact threshold amount, but it's a hell of a lot) and certain shops can sell. But the shops that sell must still buy their marijuana off of the black market, so in that sense it is illegal.
Holy shit! Imbeciles like this guy are why the world sucks. All censorship is bad. I, just like anyone else, would prefer not to have offensive (to me) sites, or publications, or whatever not to be around. But I'll support anybody and everybody's right to free speech, no matter how shitty what they have to say happens to be. The government is slowly but surely trying to pull our rights out from under us and we need to give our lawmakers a good spanking before it's too late. The implications of limited censorship are mindnumbingly BAD. Think about fucking Matt Ownby.