Why Do Pot Addicts Claim Prohibition Is the Problem?

Never Mind: Alaska’s Failed Legalization Experiment

In 1975, Alaska’s Supreme Court held that under their State Constitution an adult could possess marijuana for personal consumption in the home. The court’s ruling became a green light for marijuana use. A 1988 University of Alaska survey showed that the state’s teenagers used marijuana at more than twice the national average for their age group.

Users can become dependent on marijuana to the point they must seek treatment to stop abusing it. In 1999, more than 200,000 Americans entered substance abuse treatment primarily for marijuana abuse and dependence.

The drug business is the most violent and profitable business in the world. What makes anyone think that the drug billionaires and their hatchlings will walk away from a “successful business” just because we have legalized it? Did the end of prohibition end mobster influence in the alcohol industry? Today, the mob is as deeply involved in the distribution and sale of liquor as it was at the end of Prohibition. There is no way that the drug lords will stop their evil work just because we have legalized drugs. In fact, it will “legitimize” them and turn our law enforcement community into enforcers for “legalized” drugs. Many supplement their incomes with kidnappings now.

Stop killing people in 3rd world countries because of your weak minds. This is not a victimless crime, it is a human rights issue now. 7,000 people in Mexico died from cartel violence. U.S. citizens are also now affected, since cartels have crossed the borders. This is suicide for our country!

We know addicts won’t stop consuming drugs because they’re hurting somebody else; they’re concerned only with their own pain. But if you’re not hooked, stop and think: The money you put in a dealer’s hand may not have any blood on it yet, but it surely will. When you hand that money over, you’re cashing in your innocence.