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Teen tobacco use – warning. Cannabis – the jail experience.
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by Brinna | March 2, 2009 at 01:20 pm
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As parents, you have to ask yourself, why is a substance like tobacco, which prematurely kills half of the people who use it, worth just a warning, whereas, possession of cannabis, which is non-toxic and causes no deaths, can land a teenager in jail.
This video of a 15 year old girl being beaten by police is a small example why you don’t want your children sent to jail, and a large indication of the collateral damage that the War on Drugs inflicts on our citizens.
You can change this by supporting the legalization and regulation of cannabis. And remember:
- Prohibition drives the prohibited behavior from public view.
- Therefore, that which is prohibited cannot be publicly regulated.
- That which is publicly unregulated goes on with no public oversight.
- What has no public oversight is generally ruled by self-interest.
- What is ruled by self-interest does not necessarily have public interest at heart.
- Ergo, only public regulation can hope to modify behavior consistently toward the public good.
- Hence, regulate cannabis consumption, and keep our teens out of jail.
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at 16:03 on March 2nd, 2009
The story with cannabis cafes in Amsterdam is changing, some are being closed down especially if they are near schools. Amsterdam is trying to clean up its image by closing down the red-light district and the smoking cafes.
at 17:07 on March 2nd, 2009
Mayor Job Cohen said the city (Amsterdam) would close about 20% of its cafes. Letters have been sent to 43 shops located within 250 yards of a high school, informing them they will have to close by the end of 2011 if they cannot successfully appeal the decision.
Another city, Eindhoven, said it would start issuing permits to cannabis growers in order to better regulate the trade – if the government approves.
The thing is, Amsterdam has been experimenting with working models of regulation. The who point of the above article is that regulation works, prohibition doesn't. Regulation is always a work in progress, but you have to begin somewhere.
at 20:54 on March 2nd, 2009
This officer has a record of excessive force and shot someone during an arrest or something. No offense, but this video seems kind of out of context without some information about the officer.
at 03:40 on March 4th, 2009
Pot smuggling suspect hangs himself in Spokane Jail
at 22:32 on March 18th, 2009
Unfortunately, Lefty, when our teenage children are thrown in jail for cannabis use, there is no guarantee what kind of an officer will escort our child to the cell, or what will be waiting there upon arrival. It only takes one idiot to mess up a life. The background of the officer in the video is irrelevant.
(Actually, it's not irrelevant. I should have made my point more clearly.)
The point, which your linked article makes as well, is that the consequences of the war on drugs is much more damaging than the drugs themselves.