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You should have stuck with your opening point rather than regurgitate all those "SSDP" talking points.

I'm not disagreeing with your opinion here, just saying that its a waste of time. We've got bigger problems in America right now than the legal problems of some of the least productive members of society and financially 12.7 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to Iraq (not to mention that that drop is spent on Americans rather than evaporating in the sand). I know its early in the semester but seriously try to put some effort and common sense into these op-eds, it would do us all some good.

Anyway back to your opening point. According to their own published data, from 2004-2006 UConn police were more than 7 times more likely to arrest someone for a reported drug incident than one involving alcohol. It happens year after year and no matter how you look at the numbers it's clear that there's some institutional bias/favoritism going on.

u r awsome and completely right.

It's truly ridiculous. In the 17th century, in Jamestown, it was illegal not to grow marijuana and hemp products. It was used as currency! America needs to take a good long look at itself, and it's legal system. It's all Topsy turvy man. A child molester can serve 10 years, and then put a sign on his/her lawn and it's all over with. Someone selling weed could get 20+ years.
Where I live, under an ounce is decriminalized to a misdemeanor. But what they fail to comprehend for some weird reason, is that, heavy smokers smoke more. If you've been smoking for two years, an ounce isn't going to last very long, especially since most of us smoke with friends. An ounce can fly by quick man. And what have we ever done to society? Besides buy lots of junk food at 3 AM, nothing.
And what's with the legality of alcohol? You can barely get in the car let alone drive. When you're stoned, you may drive slower, but you're still able to drive. The current laws on marijuana have broken up too many families, and seen too many people's lives to be ruined for it to go on much longer. I really think within the next five years, marijuana will not only be legal, but people will be wondering why the fuck they didn't legalize it before, which, people have been wondering for the last thirty years.

I'm a high school student and I'm proud to admitt that I have never smoked any drug including marijuana. However I believe that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and therefore should be legalized. I completely agree that other drugs such as vicodin and OxyContin are way more addictive and harmful to someone than marijuana would be, but you don't see them being illegal. Since marijuana is helpful to people who are under great pain due to cancer or AIDS it is cruel to take away the one thing that can help them the most. People seriously need to ask themselves; would you rather be wasted not remembering what you are doing, or be high and just be in a calm state but still understanding your actions. In reality marijuana is way safer than most drugs out there, so the "leaders" of this country need to face the facts!

Marijuana has been around since 2737 B.C, and it seems that it won't go away. Our legal system always tries to ban it but no matter what they do, it stays around for another decade or 2 till they try to get rid of it again. It's illegal yet people still smoke it and get away with it. HA! Our legal system sucks then if they can't even keep people from smoking it. So, what's the point of even trying now. Just make it legal. Anything that's illegal, always still gets used by someone. Making it legal might make more people smoke it, but make it like beer, you get caught drunk or high in public, HELLO OVERNIGHTER! Seriously, no matter what anyone does, someone's always gonna find a way to smoke it. Just make it legal and get it over with. The whole college thing, is stupid. "You smoke weed, get the hell outta college." Makes no since. We spend more money trying to keep marijuana from being around, so why don't we, you know, make it legal. "If you legalize marijuana, then look at all our children who are going to start smoking and look how bad the economy is going to get." Ummm, just cause it's legalized doesn't mean your kid is gonna be like, "Weeds legal, lets go smoke a bowl." Just legalize it like they said, it's that simple, that way the annoying whining and crying can end.