http://laist.com/2008/06/06/will_marijuana.php All comments for Will Marijuana be on the November Ballot Too? en-us 2008 la_zach Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:07:29 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss tincanorange@gmail.com tincanorange@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2008/06/06/will_marijuana.php#comment-1379966 http://laist.com/2008/06/06/will_marijuana.php#comment-1379966 Comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:49:14 -0800 <p>PROHIBITION never works it just causes crime & violence. We build 900 new prison beds and hire 150 more correction officers every two weeks. We arrest someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds. We jail more people than any nation. We spend $69 billion a year on the drug war. In 1914 when ALL drugs were legal 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, today 1.3% of our population is STILL addicted to drugs. Over 100,000 people have been killed because of the drug war. The only way to control drugs is to regulate them and end the profits available to criminals just like ending alcohol prohibition did. There’s only been one drug success story in history, tobacco, the most deadly and one of the most addictive drugs. Almost half the users quit because of REGULATION, ACCURATE INFORMATION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. No one went to jail and no one got killed. JOIN EMAIL LIST, WATCH VIDEOS: Internet Explorer: http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home Other browsers: http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html </p>