[Newsbot]

Title: Legalize pot: Four former Vancouver mayors say marijuana prohibition failed
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Curtman
Date: 2011-11-23 15:43:15
Canadian

[Curtman]

$1:

Larry Campbell, Mike Harcourt, Sam Sullivan and Philip Owen all signed an open letter to politicians in B.C. Wednesday claiming a change in the law will reduce gang violence.

The former mayors support the position of the Stop the Violence BC coalition, which recently released a survey showing most B.C. residents favour an end to the current marijuana laws.

The letter says �marijuana prohibition is � without question � a failed policy.�

...

�It is unconscionable, unacceptable and unreasonable that the criminal element in B.C. is allowed to grow and thrive in B.C. due to inaction on the part of the politicians,� said Sullivan, who served 12 years as a city councillor before being elected mayor of Vancouver in 2005. �Politicians must play a key role in the development of new policies that can really provide safer, stronger communities.�

Everyone understands this except the Harperites.

[jeff744]

Curtman Curtman:

$1:

Larry Campbell, Mike Harcourt, Sam Sullivan and Philip Owen all signed an open letter to politicians in B.C. Wednesday claiming a change in the law will reduce gang violence.

The former mayors support the position of the Stop the Violence BC coalition, which recently released a survey showing most B.C. residents favour an end to the current marijuana laws.

The letter says �marijuana prohibition is � without question � a failed policy.�

...

�It is unconscionable, unacceptable and unreasonable that the criminal element in B.C. is allowed to grow and thrive in B.C. due to inaction on the part of the politicians,� said Sullivan, who served 12 years as a city councillor before being elected mayor of Vancouver in 2005. �Politicians must play a key role in the development of new policies that can really provide safer, stronger communities.�

Everyone understands this except the Harperites.

All it will take is one lost election to get pot legalized again, and hopefully they tax the hell out of it.

[RumRunner]

jeff744 jeff744:

Curtman Curtman:

$1:

Larry Campbell, Mike Harcourt, Sam Sullivan and Philip Owen all signed an open letter to politicians in B.C. Wednesday claiming a change in the law will reduce gang violence.

The former mayors support the position of the Stop the Violence BC coalition, which recently released a survey showing most B.C. residents favour an end to the current marijuana laws.

The letter says �marijuana prohibition is � without question � a failed policy.�

...

�It is unconscionable, unacceptable and unreasonable that the criminal element in B.C. is allowed to grow and thrive in B.C. due to inaction on the part of the politicians,� said Sullivan, who served 12 years as a city councillor before being elected mayor of Vancouver in 2005. �Politicians must play a key role in the development of new policies that can really provide safer, stronger communities.�

Everyone understands this except the Harperites.

All it will take is one lost election to get pot legalized again, and hopefully they tax the hell out of it.

works for me but if the tax is to high it will encourage black market sales! tax should be no more than that on alcohol.

[OnTheIce]

With everything going on in the World today is making weed legal really that important?

[Macguyver]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

With everything going on in the World today is making weed legal really that important?

Lets see, you got :
Terrorism
Murderers
Pedophiles
Thieves
Domestic Violence
Unsafe vehicles on the road
Street racing
White collar crime in the billions $

You've got the justice system and the jails jam packed to the ceiling.

And you want to keep prosecuting us pot heads sitting in our living rooms playing Black ops smoking joints and munching out?

When is the last time the cops got a call saying that a couple were smoking pot and fighting on the lawn. It doesn't happen. When's the last time someone was stoned on pot and got in a fight or murdered someone or did anything but chill out? It doesn't happen.

Its just one less thing to plug up the justice system with.

I've heard that pot is between $200-$240 an oz in my community. And I'm willing to bet that you don't spend $200 a month on fruit and veggies.

Grow it, tax it and regulate it. Cause we're going to get it somehow.

Got a nice new bong the other day, good investment. Wish I was at home now.

[OnTheIce]

Macguyver Macguyver:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

With everything going on in the World today is making weed legal really that important?

Lets see, you got :
Terrorism
Murderers
Pedophiles
Thieves
Domestic Violence
Unsafe vehicles on the road
Street racing
White collar crime in the billions $

You've got the justice system and the jails jam packed to the ceiling.

And you want to keep prosecuting us pot heads sitting in our living rooms playing Black ops smoking joints and munching out?

When is the last time the cops got a call saying that a couple were smoking pot and fighting on the lawn. It doesn't happen. When's the last time someone was stoned on pot and got in a fight or murdered someone or did anything but chill out? It doesn't happen.

Its just one less thing to plug up the justice system with.

I've heard that pot is between $200-$240 an oz in my community. And I'm willing to bet that you don't spend $200 a month on fruit and veggies.

Grow it, tax it and regulate it. Cause we're going to get it somehow.

Got a nice new bong the other day, good investment. Wish I was at home now.

People are rarely, if ever, jailed for smoking pot.

People aren't being accosted in their homes for smoking weed and playing video games.

I don't see why there's such a rush to legalize something that's so loosely policed anyways.

[Unsound]

Why do anything about anything when there are so many other things to do something(or nothing) about?

[OnTheIce]

Unsound Unsound:

Why do anything about anything when there are so many other things to do something(or nothing) about?

Priorities.

[Yogi]

The laws which make weed illegal are causing the same situations that prohibition did.

[jeff744]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Macguyver Macguyver:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

With everything going on in the World today is making weed legal really that important?

Lets see, you got :
Terrorism
Murderers
Pedophiles
Thieves
Domestic Violence
Unsafe vehicles on the road
Street racing
White collar crime in the billions $

You've got the justice system and the jails jam packed to the ceiling.

And you want to keep prosecuting us pot heads sitting in our living rooms playing Black ops smoking joints and munching out?

When is the last time the cops got a call saying that a couple were smoking pot and fighting on the lawn. It doesn't happen. When's the last time someone was stoned on pot and got in a fight or murdered someone or did anything but chill out? It doesn't happen.

Its just one less thing to plug up the justice system with.

I've heard that pot is between $200-$240 an oz in my community. And I'm willing to bet that you don't spend $200 a month on fruit and veggies.

Grow it, tax it and regulate it. Cause we're going to get it somehow.

Got a nice new bong the other day, good investment. Wish I was at home now.

People are rarely, if ever, jailed for smoking pot.

People aren't being accosted in their homes for smoking weed and playing video games.

I don't see why there's such a rush to legalize something that's so loosely policed anyways.

Because people still have to deal with gangs to get their hands on the weed, legalizing will regulate it and cause stores to pop up that you can buy it from.

[Unsound]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Unsound Unsound:

Why do anything about anything when there are so many other things to do something(or nothing) about?

Priorities.

Whose priorities?
Who decides?
How do they decide?
Should we start with the easiest stuff? Or with what has the most benefit?
Can we only do one thing at a time?

[OnTheIce]

Unsound Unsound:

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Unsound Unsound:

Why do anything about anything when there are so many other things to do something(or nothing) about?

Priorities.

Whose priorities?
Who decides?
How do they decide?
Should we start with the easiest stuff? Or with what has the most benefit?
Can we only do one thing at a time?

The population decides.

In turn, politicians turn their attention towards those issues that are most important to the majority of people to get them elected.

I don't think legalizing pot was an issue during any recent election.

Macleans did a poll of Canadians back in January.

What is the most pressing issue facing Canada in 2011?

The economy 34.92%
The federal deficit 17.81%
Climate change 12.56%
Poverty 6.84%
The war in Afghanistan 4.68%
The aging population 12.66%
National unity 2.73%
Other: 7.8%

It's still a fringe issue.

[andyt]

Unsound Unsound:

Why do anything about anything when there are so many other things to do something(or nothing) about?

Fixed for accuracy. Just a cop out. Our society can multi-task. Since the Reformacons are rewriting the laws anyway, this would have been a good time to do it.

[sandorski]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

With everything going on in the World today is making weed legal really that important?

What does the "World" have to do with Domestic Policy? Bupkiss.