[peaceandlove]

Originally Posted by Steve_G

It's criminal again now over here Steve.

I reckon the real solution is to legalise it. It's ludicrous that a plant can be made illegal anyway, and if people can grow it in their own back yard then instantly you signal the end of the marijuana cartels and all the crime associated with them.

Legalise weed and criminalise alcohol and we'd see a very different and much improved world

High Steve and Steve,

Here are a few quotes from Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk this week posted under Re: Ron paul 10/20/2008 "New Era of Slavery": http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...?t=5753&page=2
Post #46 March 30, 2009: "End the War on Drugs"
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Alcohol prohibition in the 1920’s brought similar violence, gangs, lawlessness, corruption and brutality. The reason for the violence was not that making and selling alcohol was inherently dangerous. The violence came about because of the creation of a brutal black market which also drove profits through the roof. These profits enabled criminals like Al Capone to become incredibly wealthy, and militantly defensive of that wealth.

Similarly today, the best way to fight violent drug cartels would be to pull the rug out from under their profits by bringing these transactions out into the sunlight.

Think of all the time and resources law enforcement could save if they could instead focus on violent crimes, instead of this impossible nanny-state mandate of saving people from themselves!

If these reasons don’t convince the drug warriors, I would urge them to go back to the Constitution and consider where there is any authority to prohibit private personal choices like this.

I disagree vehemently with the recreational use of drugs, but at the same time, if people are only free to make good decisions, they are not truly free.

The panic generated by the looming crisis in Mexico should not be redirected into curtailing more rights, especially our second amendment rights, as seems to be in the works. Certainly, more gun laws in response to this violence will only serve to disarm lawful citizens. This is something to watch out for and stand up against. We have escalated the drug war enough to see it only escalates the violence and profits associated with drugs. It is time to try freedom instead.