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To: Brumar89 who wrote (782164)	4/27/2014 3:56:58 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578890

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." - H. L. Mencken Not that selling cannabis lollipops to adults makes you much of a scoundrel, but some certainly see it that way. We have widespread use by kids already and it's not endangering the industry is it? Not widespread use from the legal side of the industry. Kids buying from the dealer on the corner is an argument for legalization. Kids regularly buying from, or many kids using marijuana from other people's purchases from, legal marijuana stores/dispensaries would endanger the industry.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (782164)	4/27/2014 4:38:28 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578890

>> Cannabis lollipops is a hell of a hill to fight for rights on. It isn't just cannabis lollipops, or marijuana in general. It is a war on drugs that has destroyed many, many times more lives than it has helped. I read a story of a man yesterday who has been sentenced to life without parole for being convicted of possession of LSD with intent to sell. He was 23 when arrested. LSD is a bad drug but it isn't THAT bad. It isn't so bad that a man should receive a sentence more harsh than most murderers in this country receive. That sentence was handed out not because it was just but because of a war on individual rights that is raging out of control. And YOU support it. Wrongheadedly, for sure, but you support it. No one argues that drugs aren't harmful. The argument is over which is more harmful -- the drugs or the war on drugs. And for those who are informed there is just no argument there -- the war on drugs has done far more harm to far more people than the drugs themselves EVER did. You argue for it on the basis that you are opposed to drug use. Most of us are. But the appropriate measuring stick is which does the least harm to our children -- marijuana, or the laws against it. It is really a no-brainer -- the laws are far worse than the drug.