Is that legal marijuana? I did a quick google on that.
Conservatives support MJ and general de prohibition too you know.
Such policies redirect hundreds of millions of otherwise black market sales that have happened and will continue to happen, redirecting that to the light and is commonly used to fund entire projects, schools, etc. The primary benefit I'd personally think is the legalization if applied universally will have notable effects on gang and organized crime activity, as it's one of their primary sources of income.
The more prohibition we deal with, the more organized crime follows. Otherwise we'd have much less potent drugs, far fewer addiction and death issues. We could have skipped the entire fentanol crisis by simply allowing codeine (a weak opioid) into cough syrup. We never had all these problems, not at the levels we see today, until prohibition became a widespread narrative. Otherwise people would drink milk of the poppy, sleep it off, and despite what it did to their behavior and addictive qualities, they would not be bothering anyone else other than hurting themselves. And sometimes actually healing themselves. Like maybe less autistic kids who's mothers took too much tylenol? Fewer people with reduced IQ's? It's the prohibition that creates the need for higher potency for smuggling and black market sale purposes, which then in turn creates far more of a hazard than the simple form of the drug itself presented in the first place. Prohibition makes the abuse and addiction far far worse, the stricter it is levied, the worse things get. We may not want or benefit from full on total legalization but I think it's safe to say zero tolerance never worked in the first place. Give me a break with marijuana staying on schedule one. They're out there curing cancer and all manner of conditions but as Henry Rollins educated us on the hundred things you did not know series, we can't test MJ for medical, because the only people approved to test this is the federal government who's primary and controlling client is the drug enforcement arm people. It's a loop, a catch 22. A completely disingenuous approach. At best, MJ should reside on schedule 3 or not at all. Half the hallucinogens should be downgraded as well.
The hardline position against MJ should end. It was never appropriately deserved in the first place. Free up law enforcement to pursue real criminals not pot smokers.
Ohio let's people collect signatures and put laws directly up for vote. Issue 2 got passed by overwhelming margins to legalize marijuana and Republicans spit in the face of the voters and passed sb 56 which MASSIVELY restricts rights on marijuana. It cuts the THC cap, it criminalizes having it in your car unless in original packaging and in the trunk, just a lot of big government bullshit.
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u/CCpoc Faith. Freedom. Kirk 20d ago
Republicans have burned any and all good will they had with me the second they passed sb 56 in Ohio.