New York Times Supports Marijuana Legalization

Repeal Prohibition, Again(New York Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/27/opinion/sunday/high-time-marijuana-legalization.html?_r=0

• By THE EDITORIAL BOARD            

It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol.
The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana........



























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I would like to say for the record that I am against Marijuana Legalization. I have seen certain effects on people in my own community and feel this is one narcotic we can do without. Slowly, it seems, many things that have been over the edge in America are creeping past the 'line' and are jumping in existence bypassing many rules, regulations , conditions and situations that we cannot fully control. We have not truly dealt with alcohol but it is legal. We have not truly dealt with guns and they are legal. I am sure there are probably many other issues that we could look at and find partial control of whatever it is. Now, they want to make this substance, brought to us by nature, something that everyone should have access to. Even if only a medical option is passed, the "average use law", I would call it, would come into play. If we have less than 50% control of anything, what happens when things go wrong.


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The Westchester newspapers recently published a report on a Westchester woman who owns a building in Brooklyn, New York. She reverted it into a greenhouse of sorts, and was growing marijuana for profit. It was a large stash. She was eventually caught and arrested but I wonder what would have been the situation if the plants were made legal during her trial? Even before her trial? What would have been the regulations in place? Could she sell as much as she wants ? How much taxes would she have to pay? One would assume that passing a marijuana law would have to create some regulations on the substance. Of course, there would be the business end as well. I cant even stand the smell of what I think is is but I would worry if a shop was on every corner.