isaacdelongchamp
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What are the actual reasons given by the government for marijuana being a scheduled drug? And what are the logical arguments against making it legal?
Because people waive their right to a jury trial.
machaon said:Marijuana is illegal because people do not know how to ask for a lawyer. Because people waive ther right to a jury trial. Do you really think that if everyone who was arrested -in the US- for marijuana insisted on a jury trial that the government could AFFORD to keep it illegal? No. It would be legal tommorow.
It has changed over time. Basically, they claim that it is a highly addictive substance akin to heroin that causes violence and crime.isaacdelongchamp said:What are the actual reasons given by the government for marijuana being a scheduled drug?
There are none. I recently attended the assembly hearing in the Nevada Legislature, where for the first time in any state legislature, they discussed the legalization issue. Around 10 cops testified against it, all upper echelon brass, the house speaker (who wasn't even on the judiciary comitee) who happens to be an ex-cop, former DA, and current deputy, and the D.A. in Las Vegas. No one outside of the law enforcement community testified against it. The house assembly speaker gave the average response and it went something like this, "When I was a cop, I saw a lot of bad things happen with marijuana. When I was a cop in Henderson (suburb of Vegas), there was a kid who was stealing aluminum off the bottom of lightposts to sell it and pay for his heroin habit. When we got to him and talked to him he said it all started with marijuana. Another instance was when a young man was brought out to the las vegas wash by a couple of buddies and they slit his throat. He was on methamphetamines at the time and it probably saved his life. He struggled back to town, and we talked to him and guess what? It started with marijuana."And what are the logical arguments against making it legal?
See above.I'm wondering if there are some facts or logical arguments for why possession of weed should be a crime.
Sadly, no, it's not a myth. The war on marijuana is in actuality a war on a (counter)culture. In '67 it was raised to a class A drug which shares classification with PCP and Heroin. Shrooms are also unjustly in this category. Look up Harry J. Anslinger if you want to know the reasons...grazzhoppa said:It is just a myth that marijuana became a class A drug during the 60's to put down hippies and curb their social influence? I thought I heard that somewhere.
We must have two different understandings of jury nullification.top mosker: As for the jury nullification theory, I'm pretty sure it can't be applied to drug laws through the use of some loop hole - but I could (hope I am) be wrong.
Naomi said:Pot should stay illegal. End of story.
BeHereNow said:We must have two different understandings of jury nullification.
To me it means the jury says this law is unjust B.S., the issue is not “are the charges true?”, it is “should any person be punished for breaking this unjust law?”. The jury nullifies the law, by declaring the accused “innocent of wrong doing”, regardless of the law.
Jury nullification can be applied to any unjust laws.
It is the ultimate civil disobedience.