From: Howard Brazee on
On Thu, 06 May 2010 21:00:34 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>I'm an ex police officer and I saw the futility of drug laws first
>hand. Putting people in jail for using drugs is idiotic. They should
>legalize all drugs and immediately release all the people in prison
>for possession of drugs, or possession with intent to sell, as long as
>there were no extraneous circumstances like gun possession or
>resisting arrest.

Legalize the drugs, but be careful about releasing criminals just
because the crime was redefined. Especially those who were in
dangerous criminal organizations.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: bknight on
On Fri, 07 May 2010 21:08:39 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 07 May 2010 12:30:47 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:
>
>>>> I've had two friends die from drugs. One with coke, one meth. Our society
>>>> would end as we know it if these drugs were ever legalized.
>>>
>>>What complete and utter bullshit..
>>
>>Why is it bullshit? Of course our society would
>>change....drastically. That's the same as "end as we know it".
>>
>>BK
>
>I agree that society would change drastically except it would change
>for the better.

Reading your views on this subject make me believe that you're using
now. :-)

BK
From: Howard Brazee on
On Fri, 07 May 2010 07:58:22 -0500, Horvath(a)net.net wrote:

>>I'm an ex police officer and I saw the futility of drug laws first
>>hand. Putting people in jail for using drugs is idiotic. They should
>>legalize all drugs and immediately release all the people in prison
>>for possession of drugs, or possession with intent to sell, as long as
>>there were no extraneous circumstances like gun possession or
>>resisting arrest.
>
>
>Typical liberal thinking. Ignore the problem and it goes away.

Depends upon what you define as the problem. Alcohol Prohibition
was a far bigger problem than drunkenness was. We didn't repeal it
to ignore it, we repealed it because the cure was worse than the
disease.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on
On Fri, 7 May 2010 09:22:02 -0400, "Frank Ketchum"
<nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote:

>
>Legalizing drugs is far from a conservative stance, Bobby. Very liberal
>indeed.

It's a Libertarian stance. It's a *government is too big already*
stance.

Some self-defined conservatives like Big Government & Big Brother.
Others prefer preaching responsibility and accuse Liberals of being
the Big Government party.

Apparently you are of the first category.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on
On Fri, 07 May 2010 11:30:25 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:

>>So punish people WHEN THE ACTUALLY DO HARM TO OTHERS.
>
>So open the flood gate of legal drugs TO MILLIONS WHO MIGHT THEN DO
>HARM TO OTHERS.

Or automobiles or guns or books or anything else that can be abused?

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison