Cannabis Should be Sold Like Alcohol, Not Through Drug Dealers!

Cannabis Should be Sold Like Alcohol, Not Through Drug Dealers!

As a parent I worry about children and drug use, not so much cannabis. I do not advocate kids smoking cannabis, though I know that it is safer for them than say, raiding the liquor cabinet. Cannabis right now does represent a real danger to our kids. How could this be you ask? Pot is a safe medicinal herb, how could it be a danger to my children? The truth is that cannabis is not a gateway drug, the sales system (The Black Market) is the Gateway.

If you went to the liquor store and bought weed you would not have a street savvy salesperson (the pusher man) enticing you to buy other drugs. You would walk in make your purchase and be home safely.

Now here is where things get really interesting; If cannabis was legal the most popular drug in the US would no longer be sold on the streets through dealers, so if Law Enforcement is tipped off to drug dealing activities it would more than likely be dangerous drugs. So legalizing cannabis would not only stop the dealer Gateway effect, it would also make it much easier for law enforcement to uncover the Hard Drug Dealers.

Now you might have heard the myth that cartels would push more Hard Drugs if they lose the marijuana market. This is BS as they would much rather smuggle Hard Drugs as they take less space and brings a lot more money per kilogram. Face it many Americans smoke pot because it is a milder drug than alcohol, why would they want to use Hard Drugs?

Zogby Poll

If hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine were legalized would you be likely to use them?

99% SAY "NO"

Just think for a minute, what might have happened to their Drug War, if the following arrests had all been Hard Drugs instead of cannabis arrests! Think about how much safer the world had been for our children!

US Arrests
Year	Total Arrests	Total Drug Arrests	Total Marijuana Arrests	Marijuana Trafficking/Sale Arrests	Marijuana Possession Arrests	Total Violent Crime Arrests	Total Property Crime Arrests
2009	13,687,241	1,663,582	858,408	99,815	758,593	581,765	1,728,285
2008	14,005,615	1,702,537	847,863	93,640	754,224	594,911	1,687,345
2007	14,209,365	1,841,182	872,720	97,583	775,137	597,447	1,610,088
2006	14,380,370	1,889,810	829,627	90,711	738,916	611,523	1,540,297
2005	14,094,186	1,846,351	786,545	90,471	696,074	603,503	1,609,327
2004	13,938,071	1,746,570	773,731	87,329	686,402	586,558	1,644,197
2003	13,639,479	1,678,192	755,186	92,300	662,886	597,026	1,605,127
2002	13,741,438	1,538,813	697,082	83,096	613,986	620,510	1,613,954
2001	13,699,254	1,586,902	723,628	82,519	641,109	627,132	1,618,465
2000	13,980,297	1,579,566	734,497	88,455	646,042	625,132	1,620,928
1999	14,355,600	1,557,100	716,266	85,641	630,626	644,770	1,676,100