They wouldnt legalize marijuana.. it will not happen in our lifetime.. the legalization of "Medical Marijuana", however, will happen in our lifetime i believe. By putting the word medical in front, your deriving a whole new concept out of it. The use of marijuana for medicinal value, in a court room, is less offensive than that of just smoking to get high. Also, by putting the word medical in front of it, your alleviating all possibilities of issues arrising from past convictions. Even though there are people in jail for reasons we believe to be miniscule in the big picture of things, the simple fact of the matter is that they had criminal intent because, marijuana, at the time was in fact illegal, just because its legal now dosent mean that you didnt have criminal intent, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Nutegreenwitch has a good point, marijuana is so low on a list of to-do's that its almost out of sight, but thats totally fine, im not going to be ignorant enough to say marijuana should be legalized today, tomorrow, this month, or even in the next couple years, i do not believe it to be a pressing issue.. i believe the pressing issues are the war in iraq.. our economic situation, the corruption in our government and much more. All of those issues need to be dealt with long before marijuana is even whispered, HOWEVER, do not be so naive to think that the government dosent talk about marijuana, Obamas policy on marijuana is no, not legalized for recreational use, BUT.. he is for legalizing medicinal marijuana. Whats the difference between the two? you can still go over to a friends house and smoke a joint, youll just have a card stating that it is in fact alright for you to have marijuana because it is alleviating some sort of pain. Also, dont believe that cops are just assholes, thats not a good outlook on people who are here to really help us.. cops see the hippocracy of the situation as far as marijuana, they know whats up, but the sad part is that they are just doing their job, regardless of their beliefs, they must enforce the law.
Finally, before i go smoke a joint, the issue of whether or not it being unconstitutional, the constitution is left for us to interpret however we see fit, we voted for people who interpreted that as being illegal, thats our problem.. if we want something to change, dont be the stereotypical stoner, get off your ass, go vote for a candidate thats going to do something for your beliefs, dont say "oh my vote dosent count" because yeah, your right, your vote isnt going to matter if you dont use it, if you do go vote however, if all the stereotypes got off their ass and actually did something, who knows what could happen, i mean just look at Obama, when the election came around, the african american community flooded to the polls all over the country, something that they actually believed in came up, the nations first non white president.. i couldnt be more proud of the fact that our president is now Obama, and i do greatly appreciate the african american community around the country for voting the way they did, it just goes to show the power in numbers.. now.. my question is
How many people smoke pot in this country, and furthermore, how many of those said individuals dont vote? What could happen if they all got together and started voting, started getting their voices heard rather than sitting on their couch smoking a joint and saying "MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGAL!! FUCK THE GOVERNMENT!!" Take notes from the african american community, more power to them