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Coloradan here. No matter how dangerous and unhealthy you think marijuana is, confrontational relations with law enforcement and pre-trial detention for mariju
by esbranson 13y ago
Coloradan here.
No matter how dangerous and unhealthy you think marijuana is, confrontational relations with law enforcement and pre-trial detention for marijuana possession are much more dangerous and unhealthy. Prison is violence, and lets drop the Newspeak: arrests result in prison.
Its time to end Prohibition. Its time to legalize it.
- michaelwww 13y agoChris Hayes nailed it last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-tsyNXmDEo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-tsyNXmDEo
- igravious 13y agoThat is an amazingly well delivered monologue. Never heard of this guy, must keep tabs on him, I have new-found respect for mainstream journalism.
- michaelwww 13y agoLike Chris Matthews, he has a tendency to talk too much and over his guests, but he's pretty bright and has solid progressive cred. The guy I really enjoy is Steve Kornacki, who fills in sometimes.
- zoowar 13y agoI too wish Chris Matthews would let his guests talk.
- hardwaresofton 13y agoGood lord, what a fantastic video. Absolutely nailed it. I particularly like this because it's a first-hand, completely transparent account, rather than a second-hand/third-hand/this-might-have-happen account of white privilege.
- pstuart 13y agoYet one more of many reasons to despise David Brooks.
- kmfrk 13y agoThe "empty your pockets" trick is particularly disgusting.
- not5465 13y agoIt's extremely unlikely you'll get prison for marijuana possession. Stop spreading propaganda. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/top-10-marijuana-myths-and-facts-20120822/myth-prisons-are-full-of-people-in-for-marijuana-possession-19691231#ixzz2N4APexqM http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/top-10-marijuana-m...
- esbranson 13y agoAnd North Koreans are extremely unlikely to be sent to a concentration camp, and its extremely unlikely someone will be injured by a drunk driver. But the threat is no less real, and by no means propaganda.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoUnless you're a black teenager living in the inner city and you rub the police the wrong way, in that case you're proper fucked.
- belandrew 13y agoThat article is horrible. That's because if you carry too much you automatically get charged with distribution, not possession. That despite the fact you never sold it to anyone else. I knew someone in my college economics class who had his life ruined over just that. He was just a smoker, not a dealer, but he carried a bit over the weight limit. Goodbye to his future.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoImagine a world where the public as a whole had convivial relations with the police, because they weren't so many people worried about getting arrested for drug violations. Imagine a world where the massive resources dedicated to drug enforcement could be directed toward solving, preventing, and obtaining convictions for murders, rapes, and so on. Imagine a world where violent criminals could not so easily turn to drug dealing and drug cartels to take in easy money to support themselves and gain power. Imagine a world where police corruption is much less common due to diminished presence and wealth of drug cartels. I, for one, would like the opportunity to live in that world.