Comments on: Crime News: Time to Legalize Marijuana?

By: mike

mike — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:02:05 +0000

Where is the evidence that people high on marijuana beat their wives and children?

By: RaL

RaL — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:46:23 +0000

Alcohol &just tobacco are way worse than Marijuana. The only reason you guys wanna keep it illegal is because it is a huge source of revenue for city’s N states thru fines & useless rehab programs. Suggesting that people become violent on weed is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard. Now the Majority of people in the united states want it legalized, last I checked this is a democracy & now it’s what the people want. Get over it &just let it go, quit pushing your blown up & exaggerated statistics.

By: Brendan K Callahan

Brendan K Callahan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:50:03 +0000

“In Chicago, 87% tested positive for drug use and in Sacramento, 78% tested positive. Many of the men — 40% in Chicago and 29% in Sacramento — tested positive for more than one drug. ” They all tested positive for breathing oxygen & drinking water. Causality, causality, causality!

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Can someone explain to me? - Grasscity.com Forums — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:09:39 +0000

[...] someone explain to me? I would like someone to explain to me what this is all about Crime News: Time to Legalize Marijuana? More on Marijuana and Crime: Crime Statistics A bit medicated at the moment and reading all this [...]

By: admin

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:18:31 +0000

Hi B. We don’t advocate arrests (let alone incarceration) for possession of marijuana unless the peson is concurrently doing something illegal. We simply agree to disagree as to legalization.
Best, Adam.

By: B

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:06:46 +0000

You know that marijuana will be detectable for 1 month to more if they are heavy users. It does not mean that they are under the influence of marijuana when they commit the crime. Poverty is the number one reason for crime. so should we make poverty illegal. arrest everyone who is poor? what a dumb article. taking facts out of context and making outlandish statements. I wouldnt put my name to this article either. thats how you can tell the article is rubbish if no one wants to claim it.

By: john miller

john miller — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:29:34 +0000

that is all nothin but lies. people dont beat other people with weed, it diffuses all emotions of violence, and by the way all your staistics say the criminals had multiple drugs in they’re system meaning they raging on meth or heroin get it right yo

By: admin

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:39:02 +0000

Thanks for writing–great comments. Very sorry about your condition.
We think that’s there’s a good chance that marijuana will be legalized so we may see soon who is right. But there is a ton of good research indicating that the current form of marijuana is strongly connected to crime and a greatly increased need for treatment.
We don’t want arrests for possession; we don’t want prison or jail for possession. We just want an honest debate as to the social consequences. We’ve said it many times–there are a ton of people who can’t handle any substances. The more people we have doing pot, the more social problems we will have. It’s just that simple.
We appreciate your comments.
Best, Adam.

By: Bronson

Bronson — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:39:53 +0000

Let me see if I got this right, the survey says that most people arrested for a variety of crimes had marijuana in their system. Some had multiple drugs in their system too. I’d be willing to bet that these people would have had marijuana in their system if it was legal too. Most of the crime associated with pot is in the growing and distribution of the illegal substance. You would take that element or most of it out, if it was legal. Even if it’s legalized for medical use only. Look, everyone knows if someone wants to get alcohol illegally they can and will, the same applies to marijuana. Even if it was decriminalized it would help, just busting someone with a little pot is just counterproductive, it takes more paperwork and processing than it’s worth. And our court systems wouldn’t be clogged up with these nonviolent “crimes”.

As a health risk, hmmmm, I’m not sure if there would be any more risk if it was legalized. I do know that more people would be inclined to start using marijuana if it did become legal. So I guess in that way you would have slightly more people “suffering” from the side effects in long term use. I’ve recently started using marijuana after 18 years of no use because of the type of job I had. I was involved in a tractor trailer accident that left me disabled from doing any kind of gainful employment, and in a lot of long term pain. In fact, I’d probably be on narcotic pain relievers for the rest of my life If I didn’t try pot again. I used to smoke it for the high, that was back in the 70′s, now I use it to survive. And try to live as pain free as I can. And to have a somewhat normal life. Weed is illegal where I live, so I take my chances. So, in the context of this discussion, I’m part of the criminal “problem” when it comes to my use of marijuana……..

By: admin

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:17:56 +0000

Thanks for your comments. Great points; let the American society decide, but have an honest debate. It won’t be the first time society chooses something seen as dangerous in the spirit of individual freedom. But legalization will not make us a safer society.

Best, CIA staff.