Comments on: California crime stats show crime dropping, but marijuana arrests skyrocketing http://stash.norml.org/california-crime-stats-show-crime-dropping-but-marijuana-arrests-skyrocketing The Growing Truth About Cannabis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pbeal http://stash.norml.org/california-crime-stats-show-crime-dropping-but-marijuana-arrests-skyrocketing/comment-page-1#comment-33432 pbeal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:15:23 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=10816#comment-33432 as a member of that 40 - 50 year old cohort I can say that we kind of got screwed all the way along, we got "just say no", "mandatory minimums", "the boomers tales of the 60's and 70's" along with lots of cheap coke followed by lots of cheap heroin, and now cheap meth. Coupled with the damn boomers not retiring, lower wages than our parents had, and houses we can't afford. Well it just makes sense to lock us up were only going to be overly ironic and bitter anyway. as a member of that 40 – 50 year old cohort I can say that we kind of got screwed all the way along, we got “just say no”, “mandatory minimums”, “the boomers tales of the 60′s and 70′s” along with lots of cheap coke followed by lots of cheap heroin, and now cheap meth.

Coupled with the damn boomers not retiring, lower wages than our parents had, and houses we can’t afford. Well it just makes sense to lock us up were only going to be overly ironic and bitter anyway.

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