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Originally Posted by Hammer St. James
IMHO, booze kills far more than a joint ever did. Legalize it and it will save the police to go after the murderers and rapists and not three numbnuts who like to be high while they clean carpets. Shit man, I'd have to be high to do that mundane crap too.
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Nothing that can be proven, because one is legal and instantly detectible, the other is illegal and not. IMO, that's a bad discussion point. And have to be high to hold a job? Maybe if they spent less time smoking and more time studying, they wouldn't be cleaning carpets.
But... I can't prove that either.
"Probable cause" is pretty open to interpretation. I would be willing to bet, that every person reading this post would have assumed those guys to be smoking weed without Adam having to say so, just by the mention of them going outside, and coming back in stinking of body spray. In that case, I would agree with "a reasonable belief that a person has committed a crime" (which is what smoking weed is).
As for alcohol being more dangerous than pot... probably. But a lot of smokers that I know are convinced that being high doesn't impair them in any way at all, which is bullspittle, although I don't think they are impaired as much as a drunk. However, I see a lot of other problems with pot being legalized. They already can't keep control of drunk drivers. Now you've got more high drivers? Or, because it's not legal, you've got people out at the bar, getting hammered AND high, and THEN driving home. You're just adding one problem on top of another.
My BIGGEST problem with it, is that if a drunk gets pulled over, you can prove on the spot that he's drunk. You can't do that with pot. A drug test would only show that you've smoked in the past few weeks. No problem right? Because it's legal. But what's that you say? Their eyes maybe are bloodshot, or they're having a hard time focusing? Pretty much happens to me when I'm sleep deprived. You can't PROVE they are high at the time.
That all said, if they could fix some of these problems (which they can't right now), I would probably be "more ok" with it. I know people who smoke. They do it at home. They don't bother anyone. They have jobs and are never high at work. No problem with that at all. But legalizing one more substance for availability to the people that can't be responsible? I don't see a rational point for it. Unfortunately we are all "punished" for the screw-ups of morons. :(
Not an attack on anyone's opinions or beliefs. I just like thought-out discussions.