Politicians are the ones who benefit the most. Not many cops living in million dollar homes. Most politicians are lawyers.

If there are more jobs for cops, then cops as a class benefit too.

Same argument for lawyers, even though most do not get involved in criminal cases.

Jim

No amount of money would get me to take a job in law enforcement in the current environment that has been created by politicians.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4...ord-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download

21-c on the ATFs background check address this.

Just happy that I do not need ANY alcohol or drugs to enjoy my life.

As far as the rest of this discussion goes, have at it but I just want to live and enjoy my life from here on out.....everyone can do what they want but just stay out of my way.

Was it El Chapo's trial where the testimony linked his organization to prominent members of our government?

Criminalization guarantees a monopoly... That's why drugs are so lucrative. All you have to do is pay a little to the politicians to look the other way and keep voting to protect your monopoly.

Mike

People not on drugs.

The hypocrisy here never ceases to amaze me. It boils down to the drunks trying to look down their noses at cannabis users. Claiming cannabis leads to heavy drugs, but drinking beer dont lead to shots of JD lol

And who are you freedom hating folks trying to take some ones liberty from doing what he wants in his house.( Driving and using is already illegal).
Waaaaaaaaay more harm has come to society from alcohol, and always will, than all illegal drugs combined.

Cannabis has been proven medically to help with a host of different problems. Many states now have full legalization and no major problems. We have been legal here for years and I never seen a problem yet. Just more tax money to pay for city services that benefit all.

Here is my opinion on drugs and most everything else:

Do whatever you want, ans long as it harms no one else.
DO NOT bill me for it, or ask me to pay for it.

The biggest winner in the war on drugs is the drug dealer. It creates demand.

Please tell us how you have benefitted from the war on drugs.

I have a nice home. A wife of 30 years. 4 children and a grandchild. I held a good job for 20years that allowed me to build some wealth. I have my health. These are just the big ones.

Had drugs been legal with no war on them I would most likely still be working at a job that I could still do stoned, living in a trailer with a bunch of pit bulls on chains all around it living from week to week hoping my car didn’t break down. lol

So the orig post was to see if there was a way around having a pot card and losing 2A rights. Apparently there is not. The one guy said just do weed if you want and keep to yourself. That makes the most sense but then you can't shop at the pot store and get the variety they provide for whatever ales you. I think alot of people would be surprised how many diff kinds of pot there are. Just like there is a pill for what ales you, there is a strain of pot and each strain comes in a diff form. Its not just a couple diff bags of weed that you roll into papers. The variety is mind boggling. Point being buying a bag off your highschool buddy isn't the same thing. To understand that though you have to accept that there is truly people using legal pot for medical uses and not to just get high.

I do not agree with the guy saying it being legal has no bearing on who does it and who doesn't. When I was a kid weed was illegal. If you got caught with it, it was a big deal. They pushed it as being a gateway drug, being bad, and it being illegal. Just Say No. Parents today are faced with trying to convince their teenagers that pot is bad and that they shouldn't be doing it as it is going legal in our state and across the country with the majority of people in society spouting off about how harmless it is. Its silly to think that it being legal doesn't get more people to try it.

As far as people using hard drugs and living normal lives... Not everyone that uses heroin lays in the alley and can't move. Its my understanding there are a lot of people in society that shoot up everyday not for the purposes of getting high and being out of it like you see in the movies but just enough so they don't get sick and then go out and function in society at work everyday. Thats why people OD in bathrooms all the time. They didn't go in there to get high. The went in there b/c they were getting sick and needed a dose to get through the day. They OD bc its not like Tylenol and you don't know if you are getting a 200mg pill, 500mg, or 1200mg pill. They say there are lawyers, doctors, and engineers doing just enough to get by everyday.

Anyway. Point of the post was and is. Having cancer and doing something legal in the state of Ohio and losing your right to own your grandfathers shotgun and your ability to hunt is BS. I guess there is no way around it until the Fed removes weed from being a schedule 1 narcotic. Seems like they just can't do that though b/c it probably frees criminals they would have to admit were unjustly prosecuted. What a freaking mess.

Just say No

Yeah remember that was a whole Nancy Regan thing... they campaigned throughout the country in schools telling everyone drugs, including pot, were bad. Not legalizing it and giving the perception it was ok.

Not that it was a great program or anything. That was the same time frame there was billions of dollars of coke flying into Miami via small planes that the govt didn't know about and couldn't catch.

Kinda depends on your point of view of how successful it was. lol.

Hobbie,

Am I correct in assuming that now you're just a drunk? Nothing illegal about that.

You do get that the “Just say no” campaign was aimed at demand and not supply?

I may have a glass of wine with steak on our anniversary, other than I don’t drink alcohol.