Sure it would. There are already many forms of decriminalization of the drug already. Although in some jurisidictions it is still illegal to posess; an arrest with a limited amount is only equal to a speeding ticket. No jail time for certain. What decriminalizing would do, would be to avert all law enforcment away from arresting and prosecuting people for the marijuana that they grow in their own homes for their own use. Sort of a don't ask don't tell sitution. Then the only crime would be if a person was trafficking in the drug for profit. Law enforcement would then be able to focus on more dangerous drugs and not waste time on the individual pot smoker in his home. Plus it would deny drug cartels in Mexico of one part of their business without firing a shot. When people who buy marijuana do so from dealers, most of the profit goes to some very evil people who are responsible for thousands of deaths in Mexico. I have always argued that it makes no sense to arrest people and tie up police and court time for the individual use of the drug on a small scale even if I am against the drug myslef. But legalizing it for commercial sale and distribution would be a mistake in my opinion. Decriminalization keeps the government, the drug dealers and pharmaceutical industry out of the picture. At that point it becomes just a choice between you and what you can grow naturally in your home with your own soil, water and sunshine. Call my view a libertarian approach, but I think it makes good sense.. for this particular drug. Of course how you aquire the seed stock would need to be resolved. Maybe that would be the limit of where commercial sales and government taxing could be involved.

It should not be legalized. The state does not need to be in the business of selling drugs anymore than it already is. If anything to could be 'decriminalized' to the point where a person who chooses to could grow it and consume it in their own home. But never allowed to sell or distribute it. It makes no sense to look for solutions to budget deficits by encouraging the selling of more drugs.

Songbird - Blind Melon

^^^ Seing a photo of Zosodragon made me happy today. My favorite Canadian of all time.

I saw a burning Obama sign from a freeway overpass. Must have been a sign from God.

I don't use KY, I just slobber a lot first and then move it around in ever increasing circles until all bases are covered. I learned that trick from Hindu Priest http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...ideoID=13293829 I don't know, what's the differnce?

Hey I think I saw your act someplace else, but you had a plastic bag on your head instead. Yeah, I think it was in New Jersey.

Q:How many liberals does it take to change a light bulb? A:None. Liberals wouldn’t actually change the light bulb, but they would show compassion for it by talking a lot about how terrible it is in the dark, and more funding is needed to improve dim 60 watt bulbs up to bright and productive 100 watt bulbs. Q: What is the difference between a liberal and a puppy? A: A puppy stops whining after it grows up. Q: What's the difference between God and Al Gore? A: God knows He's not Al Gore.

And since the Mexicans pretty much just dump their raw sewage right into the ocean, maybe that "strong water taste" was more than just salt? Probably the lime, the worm and a few big brown burritos too for sure.

Early this morning maybe around 1AM Jim Ladd on in Los Angeles (KLOS 95.5) played Up The Neck by The Pretenders while I was driving home from work. I probably hadn't heard that song in 20 years and it took me back.

I would travel back in time 2 minutes ago... that way I could make a better decision about posting in this thread.

Gee Manders, why not rain on the poor girl's parade? Sheesh! What's your problem, somebody run over your porn collection?

I was happy that I missed all the terrible comments being made in my 'cliques thread' today. I really hate it when people just can't play nice. But I sold my 14 year old jet ski and trailer for a thousand bucks, and now I don't have to keep tripping around on it in my garage.

DA' TARA WINS BELMONT! IT'S NO DICE FOR BIG BROWN. Looked to me like something was wrong with Big Brown... he had nothing coming off the 3/4. I believe that was the worst finish for any horse that won the first two triple crown races... too bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uzW5HSpibQ...feature=related

Sunchild, Well, my biggest problem with the sport is just that the age seems to be a bit too young for the bone development. Eight Belles stood something like 17 hands, she was a big horse. And even if most of the injuries happen long before a day like this one... and are more commonly ligament related. It still causes me to stop a wonder about the bone development. Did anybody hear what actually happened? Was it a mis-step after the finish, or something else? I saw Big Brown spook just after he turned around. But I never saw Eight Belles go down. In regards to PETA, I have heard them make some good points on many aspects of this sport and others. But since they are such a radical fringe in my opinion, most of their arguements end up falling onto deaf ears. They can bring up issues about the training in this sport, and the rules that allow for such young horses to race. But when some of their members go out and throw red paint on people wearing fur, or stand outside a McDonalds shouting "meat is murder" as moms and kids are arriving to have a 'Happy Meal'... they lose all credibilty. I don't know if you said you are a member of that group or not. But they would need to fix their organization before they stand much of a chance of convincing change in other areas of our culture. IMO.

Sorry to hear about that Lakey. I've seen several horses put down over the years, and it has always been a very emotional experience for the people involved. I know I am going to need to be with my friend when she has her horse put down. We even need to trailer the horse to another stable just to avoid some of the "politics" involved, as unfortunate as that sounds. A lot of people are against my friend euthanizing this horse, even though her condition is not going to improve, the lameness is just getting worse. I have a lot of respect for people who take proper care ot the animals they have chosen to be responsible for. And I have an equal amount of respect for owners who make the right decision to end it when the time is correct. There is never a need to allow an animal to linger on in pain and misery, or be pawned off rather than deal with the situation.

Nice to hear from an expert on women for once.

Yeah, I can hear PETA having a hayday as a result of todays injury at the Derby. Although I suppose these types of injuries are to be expected when an animal of this young age is made to compete at this level. So much muscle mass and speed on bones that are not fully developed. But that being said, anyone who allows a Thoroughbred to be bred knowing of a problem is a piece of shit. Right now a friend of mine is just about to have her horse put down due to scale four lameness. She had tried over the last two years to rehabilitate the horse to at least be sound enough to trail ride. However, unfortunatly the horse is only getting worse. But the sick thing is; you would be shocked at how many breeders want my friend to "donate" her horse to them for breeding anyway. So damn irresponsible and greedy of some breeders.

Yeah, I could see myself in a place like this.... thanks.

Where is the best place in the Canadian Rockies to spend a vacation?