On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 06:33:28 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> Pot is like alcohol. Big Brother shouldn't ban it. Not even in
>> the land of the not so free.
>
>My only disagee is I think alcohol is worse than pot as far as
>how messed up you can get. But the USA banned alcohol almost 100
>years ago and all they did was create an entire new criminal
>class. Once legalized, most of the illegal gangster stuff died
>out. My mom went back to being a little girl again. Same
>should be with pot. It's a baby drug, imo. No worse than having a
>few beers.

I think so too. Some people become bad addicts, but that also applies
to alcohol of, course.

>In the early 1990's, there was a small article in my newspaper.
>Some guy right here in Virginia Beach was stopped and he had 2.5
>ounces of pot on him. That amount not only got him charged for
>possession but also with "intent to sell." He was sentenced to
>30 years in the state prison for being some evil drug dealer.
>
>Virginia also has/had a no parole policy.
>That poor fellow might even still be in prison. unbelievable.

Yes. Why are governments so afraid of pot?