Prohibition enriches violent criminal gangs, who have the market to themselves, but stretches law-enforcement resources at a time when politicians are wrestling with budget cuts and logjams in the courts.
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Sure!
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The quartet of B.C.s former top law-enforcement officers reiterated their argument that its time to ditch the punitive approach in vour of taxing and regulating adult pot use.
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They are just doing to soft drugs, what was done to alcohol in the 1920s Prohibition Era.
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It would be hard to find anyone whod argue the War on Drugs has not been lost.
Never mind having the government grow and tax MJ. Just have the government expand the right to grow it without retribution. The second the crooked government gets involved they will tax it to death,no one will be able to afford it. It will be treated like booze and cigs as a poor mans vice and we all know whom pays the most taxes in this capitalistic system.
Marijuana is better than liquer..you dont get hang overs from it and it does not hurt the liver and other parts of the body.It is short term relaxation..I myself have never taken drugs or smoked..but i have seen it cuz my son and daughters do that stuff..There fore i think if it is for sale ..it should be taxed as liquer..the Netherlands does the same..It is legal there and it does not cause any problems ...so why should it cause it in Canada ?..It is considerd a regreational thing.
Is it time to consider taxing and regulating marijuana? ...Is it time to ask politicians who is getting paid-off for supporting the current prohibition ?
The latest appeal came in the form of an op-ed article Friday in the Globe and Mail by former B.C. attorneys-general Geoff Plant, Colin Gabelmann, Graeme Bowbrick and Ujjal Dosanjh, who was briefly premier of the province in 2000-01.
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Notwithstanding last lls votes effectively legalizing marijuana sale and possession for personal use in Washington and Colorado, Im not seeing much momentum to do away with existing laws elsewhere.
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what an odd title, its been considered, its been considered a good idea, if anyone wants to make it work you just do what other industries do, you bribe the politicians in power, create a large and unethical lobby group, make sure the right people get rich and the laws will change. Logic and reason dont work as well in our society as money does, and not money for other people, or helping the economy, lining the pockets of those who pass bills.
Billions of dollars spent, thousands of law-enforcement officers utilized, millions of people in prison. But illegal drugs continue to be easily accessible in the United States and Canada while young men gang up and kill each other in that other war, for drug profits.
Nationally, the Liberal party voted in vour of legalizing and regulating pot at its annual convention a year ago while the federal New Democrats historically have voured decriminalization.
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While most people realise that de criminalization will benefit Canadians and really hurt organized crime, Harper goes ahead with legislation that will imprison someone who grows 6 measly plants for a longer time than a child molester. Quite obvious that he cares not for democracy or being tough on (real) crime. Wouldnt be surprised if major drug cartels have portraits of their hero Harper hanging on their walls.
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If it happens anywhere in Canada, board2055.typepad.com itll probably be in British Columbia, where a parade of present and former politicians have come out in vour of ending Canadas pot prohibition. A group called Stop the Violence B.C., 2012-1-28 上午 1:27:34 whose members iIs it time to consider taxing and regulating marijuana Daily Brew - Yahoo! News Canada bc lawnclude a whos who of prominent British Columbians, is advocating for change.
Making it illegal doesnt mean it hasnt, isnt and wont be there. Make believe all you want.
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that concludes a legally regulated pot market (illegal sales in B.C. are estimated at more than $400 million annually) could divert hundreds of millions of dollars out of criminal hands, some of it into government coffers.
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The proof that cannabis prohibition has iled is irrefutable, they write. We see the evidence on our streets, in our communities and on the nightly news gang-related homicides and shootings, innocent victims caught in the crossfire, grow-op busts and violent grow-op thefts.
