[ql06] Re: CRIMINAL: Pot -- OCA strikes back
- From: mark bumstead <2mab8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ql06@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:23:10 -0400
>Ken wrote:
> >
> >Cops can start busting people again. The argument is interesting --
> >driving those in medical need to the black market. But I don't see that
> >as ultimately convincing. (Tell me you aren't pro-pot banning, Mark? I
> >mean, libertarian conservatives are tolerable on some level... :)
One should easily be able to determine where I stand on pot
banning: Anything, carried to an extreme, is silly and dangerous.
Government cannot legalize pot and simply walks away. It must put in place
a social safety net to deal with those who become addicted. It needs to
legislate or regulate who can buy or sell it, where it can be sold or used,
and to set a metric for determining impairment, just as they have with
alcohol. The question is, as always, how do we balance the new individual
right to smoke pot, with the existing communal right not to be affected by
other peoples choices?
Mark
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