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Ethan Nadelmann talking at ACLU Cleveland, Ohio , Drug war failure, civil liberty, preventing children using drugs

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  • Dr. Ethan Nedlemann for Drug Czar. Come on Obama don't be chicken.

  • relegalize cannabis

  • It's not about how harmful drugs are, it's about the fact that drug abuse is a health issue and not a criminal issue. If someone was riding their bike too fast and crashed into a tree and broke a few bones, would we go "he was negligent with his health!! let's throw him in jail!!"? If an anorexic decides she doesn't want to eat ever again, do we throw her in jail?

  • That's how the politicians always play it, with the same old "slippery slope" metaphor. That's why they continue to call marijuana a "gateway drug" to try to scare the voting public.

  • "No, I don't think the addiction rates will go up"

    "By trying to legalize all drugs you are killing any political will to legalize cannabis"

    So pretty much..

    You are only SAYING you don't wan't all drugs legalized because it kills the chances of cannabis being legal?

    not because you believe that society would be worse off.. or that crime rates would go up?

    But because a politician might read my comment and think "Wow.. I better not legalize the devils weed... it is the begining!"

  • How do you define "hard drug" A group of UK advisors (maybe this is THEIR society.. but maybe the trend is simular here)

    That drugs like lsd (One drug that scares the piss out of people) may actually be less harmful, if it were legalized, then if marijuana was legalized. And ectasy is below lsd!

    It is only a matter of time before ALL drugs are legal.. either it be 20 years from now (wishful thinking) or 200 years from now.

  • Yeah, but the goverment could tax marijuana and make that money back and more. Right now while illegal, marijuana is still the #1 cash crop in the U.S. And if the police want more funds you know they can always say they need money to fight "terrorism", or whatever the next scare buzzword is.

  • I figure it would be longer,then 20 years.

  • I believe it is only a matter of time before drugs are legalized..

    HOWEVER.. Do I believe it will be in my/our life time? Probably not..

    "by trying to le galize all drugs youa re killing any political will to legalize cannabis"

    It probably will start with cannabis.. and be a "slippery slope"...

    Right now cannabis is the driving force behind things..

    How much revenue do you think this police tasks would get if it weren't for pot?

    It would take the wind out of their sails!

  • the government well come around i think in the next 20 years when yonger people start taking office we'll see a much different world

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