http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/11/07/colorado-and-washington-hot-for-pot-voters-approve-recreational-marijuana/ Legal Industry News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/11/07/colorado-and-washington-hot-for-pot-voters-approve-recreational-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-144667 Alex Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:27:02 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=51400#comment-144667 I don't buy the "it isn't addictive" argument. Not from the science perspective, but consider this: people willingly deal with criminals and gangs in order to get their pot and spend thousands to travel overseas to get it legally (no one's mentioned the pot tourism dollars Wash and Colo will rake in now). If you're not addicted, then you should simply say "I will live without pot and not bother with it until it's legal to buy." Yet people are hellbent on risking their safety and careers and all that to obtain it in places where it's illegal. Great - it's legal now in those two states. More may follow. And just as we mourn the millions who have died since Prohibition on booze ended, similar memorials will arise in the future. But all those folks who willingly dealt with drug dealers to get their fix up until now still have blood on their hands and that's what I find deeply offensive about the whole thing. I don’t buy the “it isn’t addictive” argument. Not from the science perspective, but consider this: people willingly deal with criminals and gangs in order to get their pot and spend thousands to travel overseas to get it legally (no one’s mentioned the pot tourism dollars Wash and Colo will rake in now). If you’re not addicted, then you should simply say “I will live without pot and not bother with it until it’s legal to buy.” Yet people are hellbent on risking their safety and careers and all that to obtain it in places where it’s illegal. Great – it’s legal now in those two states. More may follow. And just as we mourn the millions who have died since Prohibition on booze ended, similar memorials will arise in the future. But all those folks who willingly dealt with drug dealers to get their fix up until now still have blood on their hands and that’s what I find deeply offensive about the whole thing.

]]> http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/11/07/colorado-and-washington-hot-for-pot-voters-approve-recreational-marijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-144629 Will Koch Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:14:12 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=51400#comment-144629 This is one of the most poorly written articles I've seen in a long time. Doesn't anyone proof read anymore. This is one of the most poorly written articles I’ve seen in a long time. Doesn’t anyone proof read anymore.

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