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Pubdate: Thu, 18 Oct 2012
Source: Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
Copyright: 2012 The Daily Camera.
Contact:
Website: http://www.dailycamera.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/103
Author: Erika Stutzman
NO ON AMENDMENT 64
Pot Should Be Legal, This Isn't The Way
Given that keeping marijuana illegal for most people creates a giant
black market and bogs down our legal system unnecessarily and
sometimes cruelly, there will hopefully come a time when it is legal.
Marijuana use is widespread. And we believe moderate usage is not
harmful to adults.
And regulating it in a manner similar to alcohol makes sense. That
approach will allow us to make decisions about taxation, for
instance: Like alcohol, it's a luxury product for casual users,
unlike food, for example. The approach will allow us to make smart
decisions about who can buy it -- adults, not teenagers whose brains
and impulses are still developing -- and craft legislation that will
discourage and/or punish impaired drivers. And employers won't want a
high workforce any more than they want a drunken one.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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