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Old 09-25-2004, 03:06 AM   #50
johnny
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Perhaps, but for it to be legal and safe it needs to be controlled by the government to prevent lacing with harshing drugs. By giving control to the government you taking away the income for a lot of small time dealers. So where do those dealers get there income from now? Cocaine, heroine, meth, crack etc...

This is the gateway that folks are talking about.
No it doesn't need to be controlled by the government, that's what i've been trying to tell you. The Netherlands is proof that it doesn't get out of control, and that it doesn't increase numbers of harddrug dealers. Basically nothing has changed, those who smoke, probably still smoke as we speak, those who don't, don't even give it any thought. Coke and heroine dealers will always be around, simply because dealing harddrugs is more profitable, it's just not a big issue overhere, it's more or less an accepted situation. It's a better approach than declaring war on drugs (whoever came up with that line, is the ultimate dumbass), but apparently the rest of the world is not yet ready for it
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