Philosopher Chip: July 2020

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Thank God for good government! Anyone in the know understands that, while marijuana use may not be for everyone and may have some negative ramifications, it is a far better thing for society, for it to be legal than criminalized. Alcohol and tobacco are legal, but not because they are considered harmless or useful as medicine, but because our society has come to accept that their negative health consequences are far less hurtful than are the negative ramifications of their being criminalized. Remember, the 13 year experiment with Prohibition of alcohol in the USA corrupted and decimated our criminal justice system. This is a lesson we haven't learned in the case of our ongoing 'war on drugs'.

While we celebrate the marijuana legalization movement we must not forget that for the last 50 plus years, since the Drug War started hundreds of thousands of lives have been ruined and billions of dollars wasted on the utterly useless and destructive criminalization of marijuana.

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/29/colorado-governor-mass-pardon-marijuana-convictions/#comments-anchor