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65 responses to “GA Rep. Tommy “Caning” Benton: “I have forwarded your email to the sheriff to be on the lookout for you””

  1. Alex

    In the United States 40% of adult males tested positive for marijuana at the time of their arrest for charges other than marijuana possession.

  2. Meeshee

    yikes! way to get a point across. altho i dont condone harsh punishments such as this, it goes to show how strongly their government feels about the issue of marijuana.

  3. Dave B.

    First, let me say I think using marijuana, cocaine, or any other drug not used for medicinal purposes to get high is wrong. That said, I believe that on a MORAL basis. There is no language I can see in the Constitution that gives the government (local state or federal) to determine what you are and are not allowed to put into your own body. The government has no authority or right to persecute people for imbibing. My belief is that the government should treat these items no differently than they do alcohol and cigarettes. This would eliminate the criminal market for these items, allow the government to raise tax revenues that could allow it to ease the tax burdens it places on middle class and lower class families. Also, since there would be no “war on drugs” because it was legal and regulated, massive amounts of wasted monetary and personnel resources could be better used for more productive purposes. Crime would decrease, because a major inflow of cash for organized crime and street gangs would be effectively eliminated. Should you get your license yanked because you drove baked? Absolutely! You are endangering others by driving with impaired judgment. Should you go to prison because toy were baked in your bedroom watching reruns of “Ren and Stimpy”? Absolutely not! Doesn’t change the fact that I think it’s stupid to get high, but I’m fat because I overeat. It’s stupid to overeat, I know that. However, it is something I choose with my free will to do. How long is it before McDonalds double cheeseburgers become a “controlled substance” and “illegal to posses” because big brother decided they were “bad for me”?

  4. Mondragon

    So, in other words, you are not liberal, but intolerant. The sword indeed, we do not owe the state obediance, thats some Orwellian business right there.

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