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From: jobe@ssc-vax.UUCP (John W Jobe)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: anti-smoking legislation and marijuana
Message-ID: <452@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Aug-83 16:09:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 22 16:09:11 1983
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Mr. Debray has illustrated a point that I've had for some time- why the
heck *is* marijuana illegal here, anyway?  It seems to me that it's a case
of spending megabucks to stop something that simply is not going to stop  
(if you don't believe me, go read something or another about Prohibition).

As a taxpayer I'm pretty damned sick and tired of seeing all that money go
to trying to stop illegal marijuana shipments, arresting and jailing (putting
up room and board) for dealers, and the like.  Why the hell is it not 
legalised, and let the Feds (or the state, or who-the-hell-ever) put a nice
fat tax on it?  Let it be sold in licensed liquor stores (where the minors 
can't get thir grubby little hands on it- or at least not as easily as they
can now), and get a little profit from it!  It's not going to go away-
it's not going to stop- all that can arise from keeping the illegal weed
illegal is to enrich the coffers of a few organized crime barons (or dons,
or what-the-hell-ever), and get more of our people killed smuggling it, 
growing it, or arresting the growers and the smugglers.  Get with it people!

- no i ain't a doper but by God i am a taxpayer

the dark avenger
Jobe
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