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« on: May 16, 2008, 06:03:12 PM » |
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Reason prevails. War on Terror wins. Staff Sgt. Jeremy Stover, whose platoon is sleeping beside a poppy crop planted in the interior courtyard of a mud-walled compound, said the Marines' mission is to get rid of the "bad guys," and "the locals aren't the bad guys."
"Poppy fields in Afghanistan are the cornfields of Ohio," said Stover, 28, of Marion, Ohio. "When we got here they were asking us if it's OK to harvest poppy and we said, 'Yeah, just don't use an AK-47.'" Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals |
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2008, 01:15:26 PM » |
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The “War on Drugs” has been another failed attempt a prohibition. Prison is supposed to be for people who harm others, not themselves.
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2008, 01:18:33 PM » |
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i agree with this...and i also think that "Reason prevails. War on Drugs wins." is an oxymoron (and yes i know thats not what you typed Vermouth, but that's what i thought you typed  ) |
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2008, 01:34:11 PM » |
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Drugs need to be legalized. take the crime out of it like alcohol and cigaretts.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2008, 01:44:27 PM » |
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Drugs need to be legalized. take the crime out of it like alcohol and cigaretts.
Decriminalize marijuana, tax it, and regulate it as best you can. Circumstances where jail time would be necessary might include the sale of marijuana to minors and trafficking across the U.S./Mexico border, but that’s all I can think of at the moment. Don’t sell the crap in gas stations, either. That’s just plain reckless. Only sell it in places where adults are allowed. Liquor stores and the like. |
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2008, 01:46:56 PM » |
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I aagree 100%. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2008, 02:11:53 PM » |
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The “War on Drugs” has been another failed attempt a prohibition. Prison is supposed to be for people who harm others, not themselves.
prison is for people who violate the law. if you and the rest so far, don't like the law work to change it. |
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2008, 02:16:50 PM » |
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The “War on Drugs” has been another failed attempt a prohibition. Prison is supposed to be for people who harm others, not themselves.
prison is for people who violate the law. theoretically, yes in reality, for people who can't afford good legal counsel but i do agree with your point in general -- if you don't like it, make it change. another reason why AMERICA is AWESOME |
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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2008, 02:26:59 PM » |
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Drugs need to be legalized. take the crime out of it like alcohol and cigaretts.
Decriminalize marijuana, tax it, and regulate it as best you can. Circumstances where jail time would be necessary might include the sale of marijuana to minors and trafficking across the U.S./Mexico border, but that’s all I can think of at the moment. Don’t sell the crap in gas stations, either. That’s just plain reckless. Only sell it in places where adults are allowed. Liquor stores and the like. i like it...i like it a lot! our prisons are overcrowded as it is. the only reason MJ is illegal is because of DuPont (or is it DelMonte)? and they are not what they used to be! |
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« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2008, 02:27:39 PM » |
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i agree with this...and i also think that "Reason prevails. War on Drugs wins." is an oxymoron (and yes i know thats not what you typed Vermouth, but that's what i thought you typed ) ok having looked at this thread for the umpteenth time now i see your thread title and agree with it. i must need another beer  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2008, 02:31:45 PM » |
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Seems like the drug lords are not the ones clogging up our prisons. Its little street people selling the stuff. if it were legal this would stop these small time crooks and free up space in the prisons for serious crimes.
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2008, 02:43:14 PM » |
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Welcome David McG.
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2008, 02:48:28 PM » |
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Seems like the drug lords are not the ones clogging up our prisons. Its little street people selling the stuff. if it were legal this would stop these small time crooks and free up space in the prisons for serious crimes.
This is why I am opposed to some mandatory sentencing laws. Mandatory sentencing floods our prisons and costs the taxpayers too much money. Mandatory sentencing should be applied to sexual predators. One strike, lock them up for thirty or forty years. I am sick and tired of these people getting out after serving only three years of a seven year sentence. As for murder: one strike, life in prison including hard labor. End of story. (Edit: thanks for the welcome, Vermouth. Appreciate it.) |
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