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Those arrests cause broken families and drive away potential employers. The arrests are absolutely key. If anything, keeping other drugs illegal while legaliz

by jlgreco 13y ago

Those arrests cause broken families and drive away potential employers. The arrests are absolutely key. If anything, keeping other drugs illegal while legalizing marijuana would provide a transition period for those impoverished drug dealers, a transition period that would be unavailable if the whole deal fell with one blow as he seems to desire.

saraid216 13y ago
> If anything, keeping other drugs illegal while legalizing marijuana would provide a transition period for those impoverished drug dealers, a transition period that would be unavailable if the whole deal fell with one blow as he seems to desire. Or we could fix poverty.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  Certainly we should try that, but keeping pot illegal so that poor people can continue to sell it isn't a solution by any means.
  - saraid216 13y ago
    > I'm certainly not going to agree that that's a reason not to do what we have
    - jlgreco 13y ago
      Aye. I think we don't disagree.