Re:Steve Yegge: Have you ever legalized marijuana?
by mattchew on Thursday April 09, 2009 @10:46PM
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Hear hear. I do not doubt that shit ain't easy. But that doesn't stop politicians from doing half-assed implementations of much more difficult projects, so I don't think that's any kind of excuse for not legalizing pot.
Re:Steve Yegge: Have you ever legalized marijuana?
by ewjordan on Friday April 10, 2009 @02:12AM
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Difficulty must be weighed against importance - far more people care deeply about universal health coverage than legalization of marijuana, so the same amount of effort provides a far greater return in the former case.
Re:Steve Yegge: Have you ever legalized marijuana?
by mattmcknight on Saturday April 11, 2009 @07:55PM
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Do you mean a far greater return in terms of votes? ("far more people care deeply...") I care fairly deeply about UHC, but mostly that they put some sensible cost ceilings on it.
Which do you think is easier: Ceasing to incarcerate marijuana users, or running a giant new universal entitlement? This post reads less like a serious inquiry into the complications of legalization and more like an apology for the administration's maintenance of the status quo.