724,000 people arrested for mar1juana offenses last year????

What do you think it would take, politically, to even get a bill up? Should this be an election issue, to give it legs?

Decriminalization is smart government. It's foolish to invest in a losing battle that cripples your own economy.

I'd think you'd have to start with races where the candidate looks like a probable loser. The loser candidate could drum up the decriminalization issue. If it sways an election, others will follow.
I don't see any sure winner candidates sticking their neck out.
This could be republicans in a Sheila Jackson Lee's district or dems in Tom DeLay's. Who cares. The out party is going to lose unless they can rally new support on a new issue.

 

Batman - thanks for pointing out that in the courts there would be some savings. I'm willing to admit when someone makes a valid pont. You might want to work on your deliverance of your message though.

I should have not said who decides - but how to decide. What is the criteria for legalizing a drug?

 

The only reason I would want pot to remain illeagal is to cut down on lyrics like this. Other than that leagalize it. As one comedian once joked, 'Pot should be legal, but being a pothead should be illeagal.' That's not the real joke just the intro to that part of his routine.

 

Warning..
The surgeon general warns:
Cigarette smoking is dangerous,
dangerous, hazard to your health
Does that mean anything to you?
Then legalize mar1juana
Right here in Jamaica
Dem say it cure glaucoma
I am a de bush doctor
So there'll be
No more smoking and feeling tense
When I see dem a come
I don't have fi jump no fence
Legalize mar1juana
Down here in Jamaica
Only cure for asthma
I man a de minister
So there'll be no more police brutality
No more disrespect for humanity
Legalize mar1juana
Down here in Jamaica
It can build up a failing economy
Eliminate the slavish mentality
So there'll be no more illegal humiliation
No more police interrogation
Legalize mar1juana
Down here in sweet Jamaica
Only cure for glaucoma
I man a de bush doctor yeah!
And there'll be no more need
To smoke and hide
When you know you're taking
A legal ride
Legalize mar1juana
Down here in Jamaica
it's the only cure for glaucoma
I man a de minister...

Peter Tosh - Legalize It