XPost: mi.misc, rec.drugs.cannabis, alt.drugs.pot   
   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: estasiak@att.net   
      
   > NapalmHeart wrote   
   >> Ed Stasiak wrote   
   >>   
   >> Pot will still be illegal per Federal law, so it doesn't really matter   
   >> what Michigan does.   
   >   
   > It would matter to the extent that if enough states were to make such a   
   > change there would be more pressure on the Feds to make it so at the   
   > national level.  Actually a bit more complicated than that, but not so   
   > much that it couldn't happen.  We have to start somewhere.   
      
   Perhaps over time this might happen but I wouldn't hold your breath.   
      
   IMO the reason pot (and other drugs) won't be legalized/decriminalized   
   in the U.S. is because of the pro-drug crowds insistence on labeling drug   
   addiction as a disease and not a choice.   
      
   As long as pro-drug groups tie legalization to Euro-style welfare for   
   addicts,   
   the average American isn't going to sign up.  I (and IMO most Americans)   
   don't have a problem with people doing drugs but we're not going to pick   
   up the check for their habit.   
      
   If someone wants to smoke pot (or crack, or shoot heroin or wherever)   
   they're free to do as they please as far as I'm concerned but I don't want   
   them crying to me after they've lost their job, family, health, etc due to   
   their _choice_, that I must provide them with food stamps, medical care,   
   subsidized housing, guaranteed jobs, etc.   
      
   If you wanna play, you gotta pay.   
      
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