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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Damnit, why the fuck is this stuff illegal? They spend shitloads of money fighting a stupid drug war on a substance that no one cares about, if the stuff was legal, they could regulate and more importantly, tax the fuck out of it, and the economy would benefit. Or at least be happy.
Makes no fucking sense to me.
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Pot will always be illegal because (I think):
1. Its too easy to hide (people could do it all the time and get away with it);
2. The masses aren't smart enough to behave sensibly/safely on it (some of us could perform open heart surgery baked; some of us can't figure out the remote when mildly high)... so the fears of some acting in a hazardous fashion ruit it for all;
3. Its not really in line with the "boundless work ethic and endless" energy Americans like to think they have;
4. It causes people to slow down and think about things outside their job or "productive tasks" (we can't suffer a nation of dazed artists).
If they invented/discovered alcohol only 200 years ago, it would be illegal as well.
But who cares? Pot is de facto legal everywhere. Law enforcement hasn't a prayer of even denting the pot trade. And no one even cares about it anymore. My relatives smoke it. Most docs I know smoke it. My folks' friends smoke it. My sister and I freely talk about it at home. I barely know a soul who hasn't tried it, and I don't know anyone who's against using it responsibly to have a good time. So who really cares what the Govt thinks?
