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   XPost: alt.politics, alt.politics.usa   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   M_P wrote:   
   > On May 28, 8:37 pm, elizabeth  wrote:   
   >> On May 28, 3:48 pm, px...@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote:   
   >>> In article <5c171e9a-86bd-4bac-8c66-7b3d97bda...@w40g2000yqd   
   googlegroups.com> elizabeth  writes:   
   >   
   >>>> I would legalize growing and consuming, but not buying or selling.   
   >>> If you do not legalize buying and selling you will still have a black   
   market.   
   >> WRong.  It's not the "black market" that is the problem, it's   
   >> organized crime that is the problem with pot in California.   
   >   
   > And when the market is "black" organized crime will step in ... which   
   > is why buying and selling need to be legalized.   
      
   	The money to be made in black markets is exactly why organized   
   crime dominates.  Not everyone is in a position to grow cannabis   
   either for themselves or to trade with others due to cramped quarters   
   and the present legal climate that makes even the smallest grow spaces   
   a severe legal liability.   
      
   	Anarchist idealism is all very well but the facts of the matter are   
   beyond the comprehension of the mind snared in self-defeating   
   idealism.  We need the organizations working on   
   the behalf of the users of the illegalized substances.   
   Those of us who want to change the present laws which by damaging   
   individuals and families, damages society.  Society is poorly   
   served by laws that empower the criminal elements and which   
   led to the corruption of the authorities as the present law   
   does so often with the vast profits available from traffic   
   in illegal substances,   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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