If the drug laws are changed then there will still be laws and regulations. Breaking those laws and regulations would result in fines and punishments. Minorities need to stop being arrested for simple possession at disproportionate rates to whites. Illegal drug production will still be punished even when there are legal production procedures.Its minor and its not a rational reason to legalize drugs.
Why must minorities not be arrested at disproportionate rates to white? If 8 out of 10 banks are robbed by minorities who else should they arrest?If the drug laws are changed then there will still be laws and regulations. Breaking those laws and regulations would result in fines and punishments. Minorities need to stop being arrested for simple possession at disproportionate rates to whites. Illegal drug production will still be punished even when there are legal production procedures.
Wow 21st century racism makes an appearance. Do you have any idea how many times Willie Nelson has had his possession charges repealed? He gets arrested almost every time he goes through Texas, yet somehow he never serves actual time. Why is it that this rich white man gets treated differently than a poor black man who has broken the exact same law. Demographically cannabis usage versus possession charges are not equal in the United States; that is modern day racism.Why must minorities not be arrested at disproportionate rates to white? If 8 out of 10 banks are robbed by minorities who else should they arrest?
Wow 21st century PC hysteria rears its ugly head. Thank you for avoiding my question. Why do rich white men get treated differently than poor black men? For the same reason rich black men get treated differently than poor white men. The real dividing line is money not race. Now back to my question, if 8 out of 10 banks are robbed my minorities who else should be arrested?Wow 21st century racism makes an appearance. Do you have any idea how many times Willie Nelson has had his possession charges repealed? He gets arrested almost every time he goes through Texas, yet somehow he never serves actual time. Why is it that this rich white man gets treated differently than a poor black man who has broken the exact same law. Demographically cannabis usage versus possession charges are not equal in the United States; that is modern day racism.
So what you are saying is that it is ok to discriminate based on money? I avoided your question because the statistic you used was discriminatory… you assume the majority of bank robbers are minorities. If 10 banks get robbed and 8 are by minorities then all 10 culprits should be arrested. However, when it comes to drug use if 8 out of 10 are minorities, and all are guilty, then usually all 8 minorities get arrested while the 2 whites get let go. The drug laws are discriminatory whether they discriminate based on income or ethnicity.Wow 21st century PC hysteria rears its ugly head. Thank you for avoiding my question. Why do rich white men get treated differently than poor black men? For the same reason rich black men get treated differently than poor white men. The real dividing line is money not race. Now back to my question, if 8 out of 10 banks are robbed my minorities who else should be arrested?
No I didnt say that. Why do people do that? I said the dividing line is money not race which is NOT the same thing as saying its “Ok”. Wow! I see that talking with you will be a struggle. It was a hypothetical scenario. Yes they should all be arrested but we would have just what we have here and that is someone complaining that minorities are being disproportionately arrested.So what you are saying is that it is ok to discriminate based on money? I avoided your question because the statistic you used was discriminatory… you assume the majority of bank robbers are minorities. If 10 banks get robbed and 8 are by minorities then all 10 culprits should be arrested. However, when it comes to drug use if 8 out of 10 are minorities, and all are guilty, then usually all 8 minorities get arrested while the 2 whites get let go. The drug laws are discriminatory whether they discriminate based on income or ethnicity.
I consider following a failed program for five decades that yield no results irrational. I consider any nation that incarcerates as much of their populous as we do irrational. What we call inhumane in other countries we call being tough on crime in the U.S.Its minor and its not a rational reason to legalize drugs.
Still noting in that which is a rational or logical reason to legalize marijuana or other presently illegal drugsI consider following a failed program for five decades that yield no results irrational. I consider any nation that incarcerates as much of their populous as we do irrational. What we call inhumane in other countries we call being tough on crime in the U.S.
Thank you! Honesty isn’t a sin people!I consider following a failed program for five decades that yield no results irrational. I consider any nation that incarcerates as much of their populous as we do irrational. What we call inhumane in other countries we call being tough on crime in the U.S.
No offense but I think so decaf would do you some good.You guy’s do realize the U.S. government has been caught red handed giving weapons to the cartels. Bankers have been caught laundering drug money, and just got a relatively small fine. You do realize getting your information from anything other than multiple primary sources is intellectually lazy, and opens you up to be influenced by propaganda. The prison industrial complex makes billions off of people who would likely descent to arbitrary authority. Our society selects for obedience to superiors, not rational free thought.
How anyone just accepts the world as it’s presented on T.V. or in the papers is beyond me. How any Christian could support American imperialism is beyond me. POOR people are dieing, because rich people are scared there little Billy might smoke a joint and not get a good corporate job making obscene amounts of wealth while people in the country’s affected by our drug war starve.
I think some of you are worshiping society and not Jesus. Perhaps you should try turning what you think you know on the top of it’s head, like Jesus and the whole old testament did. Just my two cents, my goals not to get you to agree with me. My goal is to get you to do your own unbiased research, and make a rational decision on what seems to be the best course of action. I guarantee I know more about drugs than most of you, Ive grown fantastic medical quality weed before, and theirs not a drug I’m aware of I’ve not done at least three times. I don’t deserve jail for past mistakes, and neither do the millions of non violent people being arrested.
TLDR: Read a unbiased book man. T.V. is full of caca, and killing poor foreigners is unchristian.
Because black markets cause huge amounts of violence… compared to what? John Q Public smoking a joint and buying some ice cream? Throw the guy in jail where he will face gang rape by white supremacists, clearly the christian thing to do.Still noting in that which is a rational or logical reason to legalize marijuana or other presently illegal drugs
Straw man argument. You can be complacent all you want, I get passionate about God’s people being killed on the altar of the rich man.No offense but I think so decaf would do you some good.
It was an observation not an argument. And nothing you have added here will make that betterStraw man argument. You can be complacent all you want, I get passionate about God’s people being killed on the altar of the rich man.
Substance abuse degrades our minds, our bodies, and our souls.First its really a myth to say that people are in jail for “getting high” on marijuana. Most people in jail for “marijuana” are there as a result of another more serious charge and possession happens to be an additional charge. And generally the people in jail for marijuana possession are there because they have huge amounts of it in their possession.
Substance use degrades our minds and bodies.
wheres the proof that marijuana for instance is less harmful than other drugs. Please provide citations. ThanksSubstance abuse degrades our minds, our bodies, and our souls.
Intrinsically however there is nothing wrong with substance use as demonstrated by our Lord’s use of alcohol, and His providing it to others who were already under its influence, as at Cana.
We have these tremendous beams in our own eyes in the form of nicotine and alcohol. They prevent us from accepting our neighbors’ use of other, less harmful, and/or less addictive drugs.
If you need a study to tell you that marijuana is less harmful than prescription opiates or barbiturates, not to mention alcohol, you’re just plain naive. What bubble do you live in where you have never heard of OD’ing on pills, or drunks beating there kids? How many pot heads have you seen turn to prostitution to support there habit?wheres the proof that marijuana for instance is less harmful than other drugs. Please provide citations. Thanks