Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Let's legalize it...

The statement above is one that many of my coworkers believe should be done through out the US when it comes to marijuana. I can agree to a point, yes legalizing it and then taxing the heck out of it would bring some extra money maybe some added crime as well. My only problem with the legalizing of it is that even though it is such a highly used product many of the customers buy it in secrecy because the last thing they want is for someone to know that they are smoking it. The argument stood at that beer and alcohol has just as much of an impairment as marijuana and those seem to sell pretty easy. My only answer to that was that the two beverages have been in the system for so long now that when you see a coworker or even your boss walk out with a case of beer or even a brown bagged liquor bottle you don't necessarily deem them a danger, you automatically assume they are going to either have a party or just a small social meeting with some friends. I can assure that even if it was legalized not many people will quickly head out to buy some for the fact that they don't want to run into some friends that might think of them as one of those people. If you legalize it make sure that it follows the same standards as cigarettes and cigars, actually let me correct that make sure you don't smoke them anywhere except your home - Why? Because having a smoke break at work with smokes is not the same as having a smoke break at work with a joint. Ah heck keep the darn thing illegal because the last thing you want is some knuckle head come in to a convenience store and ask where it came from then have the clerk not know and god forbid someone buys something homegrown.
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