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Re:Washington voters approve legalized marijuana by bobzimuta on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @03:41AM (#4752734)
Not all substances need to be legalized. There's no reason for the government to promote the use of drugs, however it should stay out of our personal choices as much as possible.

Borrowing from Portugal's drug policy, decriminalize possession of personal amounts of drugs and focus on rehabilitation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal#Laws_an...

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Re:Washington voters approve legalized marijuana by Symmetry on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @09:43AM (#4753525)
I can see the point of only decriminalizing those few drugs, like meth, that are actually worse than alcohol. But really, shouldn't the government be encouraging people to be using marijuana rather than alcohol just from a public health perspective?
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Re:Washington voters approve legalized marijuana by swah on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @05:36AM (#4752951)
But then you get the paradox of being able to consume but not produce.
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Re:Washington voters approve legalized marijuana by sliverstorm on Thursday November 08, 2012 @05:36PM (#4760277)
How is that a paradox? There's a lot of things you can consume but not produce.
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