Our drug problem requires the commitment of every level of government and needs to be approached with the recognition it is a global matter. Some of our drug program originates abroad. We, as a society, should understand the need to reinforce the message that those who sell drugs to our City’s youth will be severely punished, and also demand an increase in the current drug free schools zone programs. Anyone caught selling drugs within 1,000 feet of school grounds will be faced with enhanced felony penalties. In some cases criminals fall “prey” to these extended zone requirements and in my opinion learn a hard and just lesson as shown in this post of Zone defense: drug-free school zones were….
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In regards to the anti-drug messages and there effectiveness, I believe that the broadcasting over the last decade – to overt the dangers of recreational drug use – could have increased considering that four out of ten teens (41 percent of average American children survived) agreed that those messages made them more aware of the risks of using drugs and less likely to try drugs.

You do realize that the anti-drug messages broadcast over the past decade have been shown to increase teen use of drugs, right?

You do realize that teens find it easier to get pot than alcohol, right? Because weed dealers don’t card.

Our drug problem requires the commitment of every level of government and needs to be approached with the recognition it is a global matter. Some of our drug program originates abroad. We, as a society, should understand the need to reinforce the message that those who sell drugs to our City’s youth will be severely punished, and also demand an increase in the current drug free schools zone programs. Anyone caught selling drugs within 1,000 feet of school grounds will be faced with enhanced felony penalties. In some cases criminals fall “prey” to these extended zone requirements and in my opinion learn a hard and just lesson as shown in this post of Zone defense: drug-free school zones were….
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In regards to the anti-drug messages and there effectiveness, I believe that the broadcasting over the last decade – to overt the dangers of recreational drug use – could have increased considering that four out of ten teens (41 percent of average American children survived) agreed that those messages made them more aware of the risks of using drugs and less likely to try drugs.

- Mike Slinskey

I hear about how easy it is to get and yet I frequently find myself dry for weeks, unable to find any.

I haven’t seen a bud in almost 4 weeks :P

I wonder, do teenagers have to make a few calls then wait all day to get word on if any of the “guys” have any or not?

Or are they all growing it in their parents closets and laughing at us working stiffs.

HA! At 40 a quarter for a compressed bag of sticks, stems and seeds, with a little ditchweed in the mix, someone is laughing and it isn’t me.

Lacing pot with meth will only makr the pot taste bad and smell worse.

Here’s a hunch about some possible results. I can’t prove anything but hear me out.

Suppose that a fair number of people who smoke pot in SD are self-medicating. Not a majority, by any means, but a significant minority.

Now suppose that referendum had passed. It’s very likely that ALL of the medically-qualified people–who are all adults–would be in the legit market. They wouldn’t be waiting for a dealer in a parking lot or looking to score at some dirty night club.

As a result, the market demand for pot would be smaller. It would be handled medically instead. There would be more dispensaries and fewer dealers.

Well, going into the pot business (illegally) becomes less profitable and less attractive.

So the supply side becomes a little smaller because there are fewer dealers.

With more dispensaries and fewer dealers, you have more pot available for patients and less available to kids.

You also take away the Johnny Outlaw image from pot smokers and replace it with Charlie Cancer Sufferer.

Prohibition helps kids finds pot by ceding the market to dealers.

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men…”