Sub-Teach, On monday, I had about 80% of this written as a reply to your comment before I figured I should just drop it into a post. Yay for thought spam from simple commentary. To be clear: I'm not anti-our-current-president. I didn't like his solution for the recession(the bailout(which was started by our previous president)) but I'm certainly not blaming the recession on him. I understand that it was my dear party that thought you could spend AND cut taxes at the same time. I'm not really in favor of the way in which the other party wants to extend the tax cuts(cutting some and not others). I would rather we let all of the tax cuts expire and everyone equally paid a little bit more. BUT I'm really not happy with the idea that we can extend all of them when we are in record levels of national debt, which is what my party espouses. No our current president didn't have much time to fix the economy...and any good/harm he did probably won't be evident
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With the war on drugs in mexico there was an entirely additional issue. The level of corruption had gotten so bad that -PRE- drug war the cartels were using "anti-kidnapping" police squads to kidnap and hold people for ransom. When corruption hits those levels then something has to be done.
Personally the reason for smashing the cartels that I see is kidnapping/mass murder/civil terrorism charges not because of the drugs they use. And they should be smashed with all the fury that justice can deliver. The mexican justice system was a joke. It is getting better but still people do not even pretend to trust it. In comparison -our- legal system with its many many follies was a perfect heavenly system of pure justice.
People need require justice. Not pure crazy justice like in a comic book but enough to know that they can trust their government. The efforts of Calderon have made me admire him to a degree(not idolize). He has done a good deal of good towards cleaning up their system. The question is if it was too late(destabalization) or if he'll be able to follow through to the end.
To be honest the only drug i want to see legalized is MJ. Its my personal choice for recrational fun. I don't drink, or smoke cigarettes i pay my taxes work 8-5 just finished my associates degree. Would you call me a criminal? I wouldnt but because of my choice in recreational substances im considered a criminal if i partake.
The war on pot has caused more damage than if we legalized it. Not to mention it has failed to attain its goals of reducing use and availability. Children have access to mj because its unregulated, Drug dealers don't ID.
The only way to reduce use of mj and restrict its availibility to minors is regulation, similar to alchol and tobbacco. Along with education programs to inform teens about possible consequences of underage use. If your concerned about more drivers smoking and driving i understand, that would be an issue that needs to be addressed. However responsible adul;ts drink and dont drive just like i dont smoke and drive.
Thank you for being a good sport some people dont have open minds and think that by ignoring an issue that it will go away. Maybe i convinced you marijuana should be legalized maybe not. Thanks for having a polite converstaion about it though. I really appreciate it.