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" One person that has been high on marijuana ALONE and went out and killed someone? NONE, NEVER, ZIP, NADA. Crime does NOT rise with marijuana. "

" @Fair is Fair Drug law proponents have classically refused to take part in public debates or presentations to all but the most friendly hand-picked "town forums" beginning with Gen. McCaffry and continuing to today's Drug Czar Walters and DEA head Tandy. I believe a former DEA chief Asa Hutchinson debated once, but found that there really weren't good reasons that could be used to support drug prohibition beyond it's original good intentions that outlawing some arbitrary list of drugs based on racism and phony moral panics did not keep drugs out of the hands of kids, the basic rationale for spending $70 Million/year and throwing millions of people in prison for drug offenses. I'm sure if anyone could publicly support this effort in fair debate at a university, they would. But they don't, just like any other entrenched special interests that worry about whether their cushy jobs and profits would be around if we finally kicked the "war on drugs". Including the $1 Billion/yr drug testing industry and prisons, both who have been heavily consulted by former drug czars that became rich off their government service pushing the same lies on private industry. "

" Fair is fair? The drug war cheerleaders get about 20 times as much ink as do drug policy reformers. I highly recommend the readers go to www.youtube.com and search for "Law Enforcement Against Prohibition" and view their short videos. If you like what you see and hear contact leap at info@leap.cc to have a LEAP speaker give a similar presentation to any group or organization. "

" The deadliest drug out there is not only legal - it's advertised constantly. Alcohol kills far more people, and causes far more misery in families than all the illegal drugs combined. Addiction is a disease and needs to be treated as one. Yes, street drugs should be legal, to get them out of the hands of criminals. It's just common sense. However, it's never going to happen. Our lawmakers can't agree on what color to paint the bathroom let alone something as important as this. "

" I honestly think that the medical angle for marijuana is the weakest of all legalization arguments. A much better angle is "The government is wasting all this money and endangering our lives by prolonging gang warfare over a naturally harmless substance that makes people less miserable and therefore less likely to hate each other" one. "

" As a grad. of ISU, I am proud of the ability of the campus to present both sides of an issue. Now how about bringing in opponents of this legal issue on pot? Can we do this and treat them with equal courtesy? "

" If you leagalize pot....where would they smoke it? Sort of a double edged sword there. Tax the h eck out of smokes and pot but go bury yourself in a hole to smoke it. "

" Leagalize pot and tax it like cigarettes. Then, enforce the DUI for pot and the police can give perps the "munchies test" with brownies or Cheetos to see if they are stoned or not. In actuality though, our gov't will need to do something to bring money back into the coffers as the taxes generated from tobacco will be decreasing in the newt 10 years or so. "

" ...someone with a brain. legalize it, tax it, and let people live their own lives without big brother. "