Comments on: Just Say No a Failure for Elderly and Youth http://www.prosebeforehos.com/anonymous_banker/03/07/just-say-no-a-failure-for-elderly-and-youth/ The Pen Is Mightier Than Thy Wench Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Visarga http://www.prosebeforehos.com/anonymous_banker/03/07/just-say-no-a-failure-for-elderly-and-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-11236 Visarga Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:56:21 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/anonymous_banker/03/07/just-say-no-a-failure-for-elderly-and-youth/#comment-11236 It is a failure because it is based on lies and goes against the wellbeing of people and common sense. For example why should I be allowed three drugs - alcohol, tobacco and coffee - and not be allowed cannabis which is safer and better? Cannabis has been a sacred plant used by the Hindus (Shaivists and Vishnuits) and Suffis (Islam) and Jews (around Christ's time, 2000 years ago) and so many other smaller spiritual groups. It has been used as a sacrament and medicine for thousands of years. Why make it illegal? For that matter, why make something I do in privacy, that doesn't directly affect anyone, be illegal? I should be allowed unrestricted access to my own body at least. Government should treat drugs in the context of health support, not criminal prosecution. If weed were legal, then the mafia would be at a loss, prisons will be 50% less crowded and other hard drugs would be better combated. It is a failure because it is based on lies and goes against the wellbeing of people and common sense. For example why should I be allowed three drugs – alcohol, tobacco and coffee – and not be allowed cannabis which is safer and better?

Cannabis has been a sacred plant used by the Hindus (Shaivists and Vishnuits) and Suffis (Islam) and Jews (around Christ’s time, 2000 years ago) and so many other smaller spiritual groups. It has been used as a sacrament and medicine for thousands of years. Why make it illegal? For that matter, why make something I do in privacy, that doesn’t directly affect anyone, be illegal? I should be allowed unrestricted access to my own body at least. Government should treat drugs in the context of health support, not criminal prosecution.

If weed were legal, then the mafia would be at a loss, prisons will be 50% less crowded and other hard drugs would be better combated.

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