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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Cannabis Liberation Day
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
"One of the problems that the marijuana-reform movement consistently faces is that everyone wants to talk about what marijuana does, but no one ever wants to look at what marijuana prohibition does. Marijuana never kicks down your door in tbe middle of the night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows.”
-William F. Buckley
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25 Apr 2008 at 09:19 pm | #
Are we to understand that the Beacon endorses the legalization of marijuana?
26 Apr 2008 at 08:09 am | #
Are you talking about medicinal hemp, industrial hemp, or both?
27 Apr 2008 at 08:58 am | #
I speak of illegal hemp.....not medicinal.
27 Apr 2008 at 10:01 am | #
Medicinal hemp is illegal. So is industrial. I still don’t know what you are talking about.
27 Apr 2008 at 06:39 pm | #
Medicinal marijuana if prescribed by a doctor should be legal as long it is not abused. I have no idea what industrial hemp is. I guess you are talking of things made out of hemp.
I am asking if you think marijuana should be legalized for private consumption. That is, should it be perfectly legal for me to visit a stranger on the corner and purchase marijuana?
28 Apr 2008 at 12:03 pm | #
Who Cares? You should.
The “War on Drugs” is a complete failure, but don’t take my word for it, just ask a former soldier turned conscientious objector in this so called war. Many people in law enforcement have spoken out against prohibition of drugs, particularly marijuana. Al Capone and Pablo Escobar were for prohibition because it creates a huge black market and puts criminals in charge. Why are the good guys supporting the same position as the bad guys? Because there’s a drug war gravy train.
Marijuana should be controlled, regulated and taxed just like alcohol and tobacco. The problem with prohibition is it allows drug dealers to decide when, where and to who they will sell to. No one has ever died from marijuana and hemp doesn’t contain any THC.
Hemp isn’t a drug, is good for the environment and could be used for everything from paper to clothes and a whole host of other things. You should do some research on hemp. Henry Ford built a car out of hemp.