I been hearing a lot of talk about legalizing drugs to help in the economic times, and stop the violence. By the numbers this is what the war on drugs has meant for our country:
- 53 billion dollars per year, approximately, $150 million daily.
- 1.4 million drug-related arrests annually
- 5,612 deaths in Mexico as a result of the Drug War
- In 2005, 22,400 people fatally overdosed in America on Drugs
- 30 million Americans got "high" in 2008, (this figure does not include alcohol)
- 0 people died from smoking Marijuana ... Ever.... in the United States
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
-Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives.
Dare I say it, History is Repeating itself. Only, this time it is fighting a flower. The plant cannot even kill you, and if it can, that is a really fat blunt and you probably are lying about what killed you. The last time a "prohibition" was ended was in our last recession, we needed the money. It was a depression, something we have found ourselves back in. The tax revenue alone would put our country in much better economic shape, not to mention the money we will save from not putting 16-year olds in jail.
Also, people need to stop telling me, Marijuana is too easy to produce, the demand wont be as high as the federal supply. That's BULLSHIT, you wanna know why. Real stoners are lazy, that's why they can't get jobs. It takes a lot of work to grow quality bud. If there is A STORE!, a store a few blocks away, preferably something you can walk to, slangin' that Ghostface Killah!, PURPLE KUSH or that AK-47 *******> Northern Lights, no one is going to take the time it takes to grow that type of stuff when they can go down the street with their bridge card (electronic-food stamps)and get a dub! Not happening, quote me.
I mean, just fart and laugh. We can regulate usage by making it illegal to drive high, keep it out of teenagers hands with an 18-over age limit, sell vaporizers at an affordable price to make it substantially healthier, and give it out at communion in church. Cigarette smoking will go down, gun demand will go down, High School can change its name back to Secondary, and the average SAT will go up.
Just think, right now stoners across America are smoking your taxes, while you taxes (police) are chasing them in your taxes, fueled by your taxes, all to put them in jail: a.k.a. cheap hotel paid for by your taxes! We could eliminate all these charges by taxing them for their bud and chilling out. No how much does chilling out cost. The cool states have already caught on and have built dispensaries, they gettin' "A-rab money" of that Afghan Kush too.
Alright, to close out this blog post because I have the munchies and I haven't even put the chicken in the oven ( I think I'm gonna make Ramen), think of how many times you said you are not going to smoke because, well, it's illegal. Then think about what you did instead.... Then, think about how much cooler THAT would've been if you were fried. (yea, I'm for sure makin' Ramen, so much quicker)
"You CANNOT CONTROL A MAN'S APPETITE BY LEGISLATION!"- That boy Lincoln was a bad-muthashutcho mouth, wasn't he?
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