-- Are any of you NEVER out of weed?

[Ace Gunner]

Originally Posted by The Real Kurt Kobain

there are a hell of a lot of people that smoke weed. Young kids too, I've pulled baggies from a quite a few kids under 17. I wouldn't be surprised if in our lifetime we see it decriminalized if not out right legalized.

However;

It's not legal right now, and even if it does become legal. How can even the biggest doper say it's ok to operate heavy equipment, operate on a human being, fly a plane, etc while stoned?

dumb ppl exist in all walks of life, even ppl that don't do any drugs. I look at the issue this way;

*keep the other laws in place and drop the "drug use" type legislation.

* DUI is still in effect, can't be doing that stuff on even pain pills script or you should be charged when found driving carelessly, in a wreck etc.

* Let trained physicians handle drug abuse through rehab pgms etc. this also means sentencing should give these docs teeth too. sometimes criminal insanity is just that, and it comes in many many flavors and speeds. sometimes, drug abuse is only the tip of the iceberg.

* breaking into houses and theft are still very much on the books as illegal, don't need to have other police activities suffer -- in fact, decriminalizing drugs will do the opposite, it will bolster police presence on many other fronts including theft and trespassing.

* Let the FDA handle new drug regs with these mexi cartels. ha. end of cartel life. they can't compete with free market.

drugs are dangerous and ppl need much better quality education on drug use etc. there will always be users, abusers and we can handle this much more effectively if we change our approach on treatment from a proactive stance, all the way through how we handle repeat abusers and mentally ill.

hey also want to say I enjoyed reading your other post in this thread -- america needs cops like you my friend, they need them in spades. hope you rub off on your partners.