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- ukit0
"I have a dream..."
- monoboy0
Tax receipts for booze in the UK stands at around £14.6bn a year but the damage it causes costs society £22bn. (UK GOV).
The legalisation of all drugs could save the UK taxpayer £14bn in crime and policing alone. Taxation could bring in as much again.
There's also the impact this will have on the countries that produce illegal drugs, most of which tend to be corrupt and in states of war. It could bring jobs and stability and revenue.
And who knows, it might mean we can to stop bombing them. That would save a few dollars.
We need proper debate.
If the 'Land of the free' do it the UK will follow.
All depends on the power of the alcohol lobbyists and the economic case for legalisation.
It'll be messy. Nobody can estimate with any certainty what impact legalisation will have on society. But I'd guess it'll be better then the current status quo.
- detritus0
Bastards, bastards, bastards.
Too old to emigrate too :(
- morilla0
I would love to say yes. But I really doubt it. Not while we still have the Bible Belt and Middle America mentality.
- BattleAxe0
what gets to me is that they wont even talk about it, and then they threaten funding ,
"Mayor John Cook vetoed the resolution and Rep. Silvestre Reyes, a Democrat who represents El Paso in Congress, lobbied each councilmember, making it clear that if the resolution calling for a debate passed, El Paso would risk losing money in the upcoming stimulus legislation. Five Texas House representatives made the same threat."
- wagshaft0
'Murcans Twice as High as 2002
http://www.popsci.com/survey-say…
- 74LEO0
Cannabis will be left up to the state but I see a federal law to make hemp legal and very soon. It would spark a massive land grab, drop in oil, gas, and coal prices it will be the biggest boom in the american economy...ever!
- studderine0
IT
- morilla0
Especially now in these times, the steps towards tolerance and decriminalization make the most sense. Imagine how much of taxpayers money would be saved. For gods sake, the drug war costs bijillions and everyone knows it's a joke.
Someone needs to whack them upside their heads and pass them the dutchie on the left hand side.
- BattleAxe0
meanwhile the Drug Kingpins , have a talk
"On Dec. 11, representatives of several drug cartels met at a seafood restaurant in Culiacán, Sinaloa, to form a truce because the fighting is interfering with the regular business of narco-trafficking, the Rio Doce weekly in Sinaloa reported earlier this month.
The Rio Doce report stated that the gathering included representatives of reputed drug lords Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the Beltran Leyva brothers, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes of the Juárez cartel and the Arrellano Felix family of Tijuana.
The deal among cartels reportedly is supposed to be reviewed Friday.
Meanwhile, the slayings continue in Juárez.
"The number of homicides in the Juárez area has surged past 130 already this month, according to an El Paso Times tally, an increase over the 37 homicides recorded by Chihuahua state investigators in January 2008. Las year, 1,609 homicides occurred.
Juárez is considered the current murder capital of Mexico, but killings have also flared across the state of Chihuahua and in other parts of Mexico. "
- scarabin_net0
that shit is already legal as far as i'm concerned.