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Teech1 year, 6 months ago

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Walden: Regarding your comments on this issue, I strongly agree with you on all points.
I personally, however, prefer the word "decriminalize" as opposed to "legalize" even though the intent may be the same. We don't have to legalize something to simply not waste billions trying to enforce the unenforceable.
What's in a word? Sometimes a lot.

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  walden31 year, 6 months ago
  
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  Oh no, I'm into legalizing many, many substances that are now illegal - control it and tax it. Decriminalization doesn't do much to eliminate the black market.
  
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    Teech1 year, 6 months ago
    
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    Whatever takes the huge profits out of it will work. Anything that reduces the billions in property crimes/loss as a direct result of people having to steal to support their disease.
    
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      walden31 year, 6 months ago
      
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      And give our freaking, nosy, interventionist, big daddy government one less reason to invade our privacy and self-autonomy.
      
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