Stop the Violence - cannabis and prohibition

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Marijuana prohibition has failed.

Though it may have been well intentioned to begin with, marijuana prohibition has been ineffective at reducing cannabis availability and has instead created many problems.

The most obvious concerns relate to the growth of organized crime gang violence.

But what about the $1 trillion dollars that has been spent on the "war on drugs" in North America over the last 40 years? Despite this astronomical price tag and ever growing rates of marijuana-related arrests, the price of marijuana has gone down while the potency has gone up.




Things have become so bad these days that young people have easier access to marijuana than to alcohol and cigarettes.

This whole thing has been a huge failure. Policy HAS to change.

In British Columbia, the marijuana market is estimated to be worth up to 7 billion dollars; double the total revenue of BC's agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors combined.

These massive illegal revenues fuel crime, violence and corruption across the province, and help fund criminal activities like importing cocaine and guns.

While marijuana use is not free from harms, health experts have concluded that alcohol and tobacco are much more dangerous. In fact, experts believe that a regulated legal market for adult marijuana use is the best way to protect public health and improve public safety.

The strict regulation of marijuana has the potential to eliminate the violent illegal marijuana market, and to raise untold tax revenue, while at the same time ending wasteful marijuana law enforcement spending that only drains tax dollars.

Most importantly, BC is ready for this. A recent poll concluded that 69% of British Columbians state that arresting marijuana producers and sellers is ineffective, and that BC would be better off taxing and regulating the use of marijuana.

Marijuana prohibition has failed. It's time to stop the violence.

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• Stop The Violence BC
• cannabis
• drugs
• prohibition
• war on drugs
• British Columbia
• pot
• marijuana

[tooomanybears]

r/trees

[peterpotpie]

There were no good intentions to begin with. It was all about greed and corruption. Thousands die every year because there is so much money to be made by keeping this incredible plant illegal. The government already knows that cannabis is the safest drug known to man.

Ron Paul in 2012!!!

[vikramrulesrox]

The only deaths involving marijuana are from gangs, no one has ever died directly from the use of marijuana.

[Etheoma]

If you did proper universal healthcare like most of the developed countries in the world say the UK for example they only spend 8% of GDP on health care and get better results america pay 16% of GDP so theoretically amercia could save 8% of GDP and make money from taxing marijuana and could sort out its deficit very quickly. but its not going to happen because america has leaders that paid off by prison owners who benefit from prohibition and health insurance companies which benefit from no UH

[JCSVJCSV]

I doubt legalizing would solve anything, really. Just say you want to get high without getting in "trouble"... Jeeze...

[ThePoorShogun]

@Up2Eight

no.

but kids are just fucking posers who smoke because its cool

but mature people can appreciate this wonderfull "drug"

[Up2Eight]

@ThePoorShogun can you prove that?

[ThePoorShogun]

@Up2Eight

because most real cannabis consuments are adults