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| Posted By: Your FBI Posted On: Feb 25, 2007 Views: 392 | Yet more myths Legalizers believe most black market and organized syndicate involvement in the drug business would die and that drug-induced crime would decrease with drug legalization. But these assertions are not supported by the facts. The United States experimented with legalization and it failed. From 1919 to 1922, government-sponsored clinics handed out free drugs to addicts in hopes of controlling their behavior. The effort failed. Society's revulsion against drugs, combined with enforcement, successfully eradicated the menace at that time.[32] California decriminalized marijuana in 1976, and, within the first six months, arrests for driving under the influence of drugs rose 46 percent for adults and 71.4 percent for juveniles.[33] Decriminalizing marijuana in Alaska and Oregon in the 1970s resulted in the doubling of use.[34] Patrick Murphy, a court-appointed lawyer for 31,000 abused and neglected children in Chicago, says that more than 80 percent of the cases of physical and sexual abuse of children now involve drugs. There is no evidence that legalizing drugs will reduce these crimes, and there is evidence that suggests it would worsen the problem.[35] |
| Posted By: DEA Posted On: Feb 25, 2007 Views: 389 | RE: Yet more myths Weed is bad. Forget that George Washington, our founding father, had several hemp plantations. Forget that the Declaration Of Independence is, ironicly, printed on hemp paper. Forget that many products can be derived from hemp plants, such as rope/twine & cloth, and oils from the seed, which is still used today as the base of paints. Forget that the mayor of New York City at one point did an investigation into cannabis and it's harmful effects at the behest of Anslinger, and found that there are few negatives to marijuana use and more positives, much to the dismay of Anslinger. Forget that racism had a heavy hand in this unfair and unjust prohibition against a god-given plant. Forget that crime would dramatically drop if marijuana was re-legalized, putting cannabis dealers out of business. Forget that re-legalizing cannabis would free up precious prison space for the real criminals such as rapists, murderers & child molesters. Forget that re-legalization would save billions of dollars alone in the war on drugs. Forget how the American goverment could generate millions of dollars by re-legalizing and taxing marijuana. Forget that no matter what the goverment does, and how illegal it makes this plant, that the American public who choose to indulge in the consumption of cannabis will do so, no matter what. Forget how this war on drugs will never be over, and we will never win. Marijuana is bad. |