924guy wrote:
just my .02:
We need to stop wasting tax payer money and law enforcement resources on this stuff, just make it legal and tax the hell out of it. the local dealer problems will go away after phillip morris or others flood the "legal" market. Im not an advocate (or a user for that matter), but i think there are much more dangerous drugs out there that need more resources to control, and id rather deal with a pot head, than a coke head or even a nasty drunk any day of the week.... ive never seen a pot user get violent, they may get dumber, odder, incomprehensible even, but never violent..
Agreed!
I spent two years as an RA in the dorms. I would have loved to not have had to deal with busting people for smoking pot. Or put up with the stupid E36 M3 they do to hide it.
It would have been nice to just have all the people smoking pot out on the steps where most of the smokers congregated, have it observed and under control. And no concerns about anyone starting fires.
The weird thing I ran into to where I had to break rules for my own vices was wanting to celebrate the end of a school year with a cigar and fine liquer. Can't smoke inside, and can't drink outside, so my friend and I had to wander off behind an abandoned building to be able to enjoy luxuries that were legal for us.
Edit: However, I did have my best April Fools' Day prank as an RA. I went to one of my pot head residents to remind him of the "room checks" that UPD was going to be doing that evening. Found some other pot heads and reminded them as well.
Word spread like wildfire. All the other RAs were wierded out wondering what the hell was going on. ALL of their pot heads were cleaning all of their E36 M3 out of their rooms and stashing it in the trunks of their cars.
It was fantastic and became a tradition that lasted at least another 3 years, and might even still be ongoing.
