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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's no doubt a PC/race aspect, in fact a strong one. Democrats have been becoming very pro criminal, and they will do anything to lower instances of criminal acts committed by minorities. For example, if you look at the marijuana legalization done in DC, it was done in several steps. The only reason they decriminalized it wasn't because they were pro pot, it was because they were saying too many blacks were being arrested for pot offenses. When it was decrimalized, they decided to set the fine for it based upon what they felt blacks could afford. Then after that they legalized it, though you can only legally do it at home, and you can't buy it. I can smell people smoking pot all over columbia heights, and even downtown by metro center on occasion. very brazenly being done, because they know if there were arrests for it public, they'd say there's a racial disparity, and then they'd just make smoking pot in public legal so blacks don't bear the brunt of the arrests.[/quote]

Who gives a sh#t? Seriously. [b]Do you whine this much about people smoking cigarettes? If not, please shut up.[/b]

There's also the very real disparity: if you can afford to hire an attorney, you can escape any consequences for smoking marijuana. This is true pretty much EVERYWHERE in the United States. I see the legalization of pot as being helpful to POOR people, regardless of color. Rich folks have been beating drug charges for decades.[/quote]

NP - what? Last time I checked, it's legal to smoke cigs outside in public. Weed, not so much. I don't much like my young kids inhaling powerful, skunky second-hand pot smoke when we're just going about our business.
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