Uruguay: A state marijuana monopoly? by Nathan Jones
Uruguay is proposing to legalize and fully monopolize marijuana use in their country from the sale, to regulation, to full control of the "drug" by the state. This is in an effort to reduce the country's overall use of cocoa paste (crack cocaine) and also goes against the whole "gateway drug" concept that many marijuana prohibitionists use as a defense when the topic of marijuana legalization arises. Those against the legalization believe that if individuals are prevented from access to a "soft" drug like marijuana that they are less likely to use a "hard" drug like cocaine....well that's absolute bullshit. Uruguayan President Jose Mujica takes the opposite approach and believes that drug users will be less likely to use cocoa paste if marijuana is sold openly and legally by the state. He believes this to be true because these individuals will not have to deal with unregulated drug dealers who are pushing more profitable "hard" drugs on these users. Such an approach has seemed to work just fine in the Netherlands where there are regulated "coffee shops" that sell strictly marijuana.
Well I'm glad some of these politicians in South America have a decent head on their shoulders and can accept the fact that sometimes change is needed in regards to our approach on certain political issues in the world today. With time comes change in the environments in which we live, thus changes must be made to how we approach and handle these issues. It's 2012 not the fucking 1930's. Hopefully some of that common sense can find its way up here to North America and seep into the brains of some of these closed-minded politicians. In the meantime stay medicated!
greenomix
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