by Scott Morgan
Via NORML, check out this new data from an Angus Reid Public Opinion poll.
Majorities of respondents in the three countries (Britain 56%, Canada 68%, United States 74%) welcome the concept of using alternative penalties?such as fines, probation or community service?rather than prison for non-violent offenders. At least seven-in-ten Britons (70%), Americans (74%) and Canadians (78%) believe personal marijuana use should be dealt with through alternative penalties.?And yet I keep hearing people justifying Obama's medical marijuana crackdown on the grounds that voters will be impressed by his toughness. How much more evidence do we need that huge majorities support less punitive marijuana policies? It's time to bury the antiquated, idiotic myth that the public supports tough drug laws. It's false and it's been false for a very long time.
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While at the Nashville Fair I saw 2 police officers catch a kid smoking a joint behind a truck... they gave him a lecture about the legality of the act... took his bag of weed and ground it into a mud puddle and let him go. I thought that was better than flooding the courts with what I considered a non crime.
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