If "No one goes to jail for marijuana," why keep it illegal?

Submitted by smorgan on

There are so many stupid arguments against reforming marijuana laws that one could be driven to madness attempting to enumerate them, but there's certainly a place on the list for the claim that decriminalization is pointless because nobody gets punished for pot anyway:

Add new comment

Permission to Reprint: This content is licensed under a modified Creative Commons Attribution license. Content of a purely educational nature in Drug War Chronicle appear courtesy of DRCNet Foundation, unless otherwise noted.

Source URL: https://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy/2011/feb/24/if_no_one_goes_jail_marijuana_wh