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Old 02-28-2008, 12:57 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: Kevin Faulk arrested with pot

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Originally Posted by One Red Seat View Post
I'm not taking this up because I'm anti-drug. I think the war on drugs is stupid. Simple possession, of anything, should be at least decriminalized, but I'm for complete legalization. Of all of them. The drugs aren't going away. The busts just result in new dealers. Why let organized crime make money - while we waste money enforcing it - when we could reassign every law enforcement officer, funded through taxes on drugs, to the investigate real crime. Person on person crime. None of this NIMBY crap. I mean, as a society we allow women to kill an unborn child, and it's legal because we supposedly wanted to make the practice safer (which hasn't been delivered, IMO). How hypocritical is it if we'll allow babies to be killed for safety, but not the usage of drugs?
You need to read some of retired cop Jeff Kaufman's essays.

http://groups.google.com/group/valle...d8cc03ebcbfe49

http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Speakers&bio=235

http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/law04.htm
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