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[–] DecimateTheWeak 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

More for me

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[–] brother_tempus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There is no age of legalization ... not until the Federal Government repeals its illegal prohibition of it

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[–] Nationalist ago 

How is the prohibition "illegal"?

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[–] brother_tempus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Because nowhere in the Constitution ( the law ) does it grant he government ot prohibit anything.

Back in the 1919, when more Americans cared and respected the Constitution , they passed an amendment to grant government that power and when prohibition was shown to be a failure, like all acts of government prohibition are ... they again amended the Constitution and repelled that power

Where is the amendment for marijuana or any drug? ... the answer is there is none and so the prohibition of any drug by government is illegal.

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[–] pythagorean 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

You say that. but I can walk into a store and buy weed, pay taxes on it, and walk right past a cop on my way out with no issues whatsoever. The feds haven't kicked down the door yet, and I have no reason to suspect that they're going to.

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[–] edistojim 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Someone somewhere should have learned from Prohibition. Making a substance illegal only adds corruption and criminals to the mix. While not true every time, more often than not its how it works. Besides, its about control, not about the substance.

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[–] Frenchgeek 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Turns out something stop being cool the very second your parents are officially allowed to do it?

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[–] pythagorean 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Didn't work with alcohol.

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[–] Rummel 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It worked for me, shortly after my 21st, i just stopped drinking..realizing i was only doing it to fit in.

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[–] nokilli 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Um, yeah it did.

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[–] mankind 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Well, that's because they're the pill generation, everybody knew this. It startd when we put 1 out of 7 boys on speed to "treat" adhd. The pharmacueticals are complicit in this. They know they're over medicating America's people but they are making cash hand over fist so what about it?

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[–] nokilli 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

And when the Netherlands instituted their de-facto legalization of pot underage use of the drug went down too.

The problem is, underage hard drug use went up. After 10 years, it was 500% what it was before pot decriminalization. This is as per numbers CEDRO was publishing up until about five years ago.

It's common sense that it would be this way if you stop and think about it. You legalize pot, and for adults only, now suddenly kids have a hard time scoring because most of the places that sell pot won't sell to kids. But the black market is still out there, and kids have always dealt with it to score their highs, only now, marijuana is off the menu.

Legalization of all drugs was always the correct policy, and what we're all risking by focusing on pot first is a backlash against the re-liberalization of drug laws across the board because of the inevitable spike in underage hard drug use and the opportunity that presents to yellow journalists like those that reside at The New York Times.

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[–] NateThomas1979 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm not sure that it will be the same here as it was during the time that the Netherlands decriminalized pot.

My reasoning is that there is more info about what hard drugs do to you and that alcohol still fills the void of the depressant (rather than a stimulant)

I do agree that all drugs should be legalized, but to me the legalization of pot is showing people firsthand that it's not all doom and gloom by legalized drugs. It is the "gateway drug" to full decriminalization and ending the war on drugs.

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[–] pythagorean 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

But the black market is still out there, and kids have always dealt with it to score their highs, only now, marijuana is off the menu.

It certainly hasn't played out that way in CO. Marijuana is legal for adults, but still wildly available on the black market.

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[–] ineedanap 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It's also early in CO's legalization. I wonder if over time those black market options will fade away, or if the high taxes will continue to give them the ability to operate.