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Re: Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">“It’s a profound change in approach,” said Sebastián Sabini, one of the lawmakers working on the contentious proposal unveiled by President José Mujica on June 20. “<span style="font-weight: bold">We want to separate the market: users from traffickers, marijuana from other drugs like heroin</span>.” </div></div>
This makes sense.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Legalizing and regulating not just drug use, but also drug transport — perhaps with large customs fees for bulk shipments? President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala, a no-nonsense former army general, has called for discussion of such an approach, even as leaders in Colombia, Mexico, Belize and other countries also demand a broader debate on relaxing punitive drug laws.
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Bulk shipments to where? The rest of the world would have to relax their laws for there to be any marketable product.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The government would also require users to sign up for registration cards to keep foreigners away — an idea influenced by a new policy in the Netherlands, which restricts marijuana sales to residents — and to track and limit Uruguayans’ purchases (to perhaps 40 joints a month, officials say). </div></div>
This is nonsense. They are treating marijuana use as if it's an opiate. Do they regulate the amount of alcohol sales to residents?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">Finally, there would be systems set up to regulate the levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana</span>, and levy taxes on producers, relying for enforcement on the agencies regulating tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals. </div></div>
Do they regulate the percentage of alcohol contained in a drink? A person that has a taste for beer does not want whiskey or vodka. A person can adjust the level of alcohol in a mixed drink. The same could be applied to THC levels of ganja by the growers. There are very sophisticated techniques used to grow ganja in the US, with different levels of THC. A ganja smoker would know their limit after the use of products with varying levels of THC.
The government should regulate it the same as alcohol. Collect the taxes on sales as they do on any other business and move on.
Opiates are a another story. The Swiss approach is the best. Supply the addict with the drug. It eliminates the criminal element, and the cost to a society is lower.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">“It’s a profound change in approach,” said Sebastián Sabini, one of the lawmakers working on the contentious proposal unveiled by President José Mujica on June 20. “<span style="font-weight: bold">We want to separate the market: users from traffickers, marijuana from other drugs like heroin</span>.” </div></div>
This makes sense.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Legalizing and regulating not just drug use, but also drug transport — perhaps with large customs fees for bulk shipments? President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala, a no-nonsense former army general, has called for discussion of such an approach, even as leaders in Colombia, Mexico, Belize and other countries also demand a broader debate on relaxing punitive drug laws.
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Bulk shipments to where? The rest of the world would have to relax their laws for there to be any marketable product.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The government would also require users to sign up for registration cards to keep foreigners away — an idea influenced by a new policy in the Netherlands, which restricts marijuana sales to residents — and to track and limit Uruguayans’ purchases (to perhaps 40 joints a month, officials say). </div></div>
This is nonsense. They are treating marijuana use as if it's an opiate. Do they regulate the amount of alcohol sales to residents?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">Finally, there would be systems set up to regulate the levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana</span>, and levy taxes on producers, relying for enforcement on the agencies regulating tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals. </div></div>
Do they regulate the percentage of alcohol contained in a drink? A person that has a taste for beer does not want whiskey or vodka. A person can adjust the level of alcohol in a mixed drink. The same could be applied to THC levels of ganja by the growers. There are very sophisticated techniques used to grow ganja in the US, with different levels of THC. A ganja smoker would know their limit after the use of products with varying levels of THC.
The government should regulate it the same as alcohol. Collect the taxes on sales as they do on any other business and move on.
Opiates are a another story. The Swiss approach is the best. Supply the addict with the drug. It eliminates the criminal element, and the cost to a society is lower.
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