HarthorneWingo wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:robillionaire wrote:
that's fair and I agree it's something that should be taken seriously by those who decide to partake and like any drug moderation is important
That said I think it's important to mention that selective targeted enforcement of weed especially in black communities has been a big part of the catastrophic war on drugs that has fueled mass incarceration. this structure is something that has destroyed countless lives and families as well as put the felon label on people disproportionately black to prevent their participation in society in housing jobs and voting, even though studies show that drug use is mostly the same across racial lines black people are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than white people, so decriminalization would be very important step in ending the war on drugs and dismantling this cruel system. so I think when people weigh it out hopefully they will see that's the bigger concern than people who smoke weed being annoying etc.
also there's always been a lot of hokey mythology about how damaging it is too, just look at something like the 1936 propaganda film reefer madness, a lot of the root cause for making it illegal in the first place was based on 1930s xenophobic hysteria
it's wild to me this is even still an issue in 2020 I figured maybe there would be a couple bible belt holdout states who need to be dragged across the finish line like with everything else but I figured we would have pretty much reached full legalization by now. it's coming though
I agree with those points. It has been the false flag used to boost incarcerations. NY State was the worst back in the day with the Rockefeller laws. Really evil stuff.
For those reasons and to help people medicinally, I support decriminalization. I also support recreational usage, but with penalties for the same things as alcohol in terms of using it responsibly. I'm tired of dudes telling me they are fine driving stoned. Bollocks, that should be punishable IMO
Then you support legalization.
I deleted the rest of your BS.
What can I say, you're just not a good person. You consistently talk about physically harming people and I believe that's actually who you are: a hothead full of half-digested hot takes who regularly flies off the handle and uses threatening speech. I try to work around your bad behavior, but you just can't help yourself.
You have anger issues and I'm tired of dealing with it. I hope the mods start to.
