A hopeful report notes the lost battle against marijuana enforcement in the Sunflower State.
Checkit . . .
Alternet: Cops and Juries in Drug War-Happy Kansas are Refusing to Enforce Pot Prohibition
Important caveat . . . This new liberal mentality applies mostly to middle-class people as drug possession laws remain a key component in supporting the prison industrial complex targeting po'folk without the ability to defend themselves.
Still, as usual, this is great news for hipsters.
You decide . . .
The drug was was lost back in the late 60s. In spite of sensational headlines about street values and quantities of drugs seized the entire efforts has wasted billions of tax payer dollars and hasn't but a dent the size of a pimple in drug manufacturing or trafficking. Just like gambling states need to consider marijuana as a revenue stream.
ReplyDeleteWhen the economy was better I could see doing some bong hits but if you have MS or Arthritis I can see taking a break from pain without taking Oxycontin.
ReplyDeleteBrownback could legalize it and tax it like they do in Colorado and still claim his petty no tax increase victory for the state.
ReplyDeleteThere has never been any justification for this, medical or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteIt is not the government's business.
I have free will, even to disobey unjust laws.
Like most blacks.
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