What interview questions should I ask police officers about marijuana legalization?
I’m doing a report for my english class about why marijuana should be legalized. There are many reasons including the fact that cigarettes and alcohol are much more harmful, it’s be smart economically because the government could tax it, they would stop spending $9 billion a year on marijuana prohibition enforcement, etc. So what questions could i ask that would sort of steer them in the direction that legalization would be smart?
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Theirs no actual proof that weed is better for you than cigarettes and alcohol.
You should ask if they indeed believe it’s a “gateway” drug. I’d ask if they believe putting people in prison for it makes their social network and criminal record far worse than they’d otherwise be. I’d ask if there are more serious, even violent, offenders who should be in prison first. I’d ask what kinds of problems like traffic accidents they’re aware of it being involved in. I’d ask if they do believe it makes people stupid, etc. I’d ask if they think it being illegal makes people more prone to break other laws. I’d ask what kind of criminal black market they think it creates.
And I’d ask straight questions, and be ready for the answers to not always be what you want. Don’t try to necessarily “steer” the paper with an agenda. Ask a lot of questions, get the answers, and see what kinds of conclusions you can honestly come to.
1 Do you find it acceptable that there are currently millions of people in prison for harming neither themselves or others? The US has 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of its inmates. Do you believe this to be a problem that could be partially amended by the legalization of marijuana?
#2 Some high school statistics indicate that as high as 60% or higher of their senior populous has done, or does marijuana. Do you think the world would be a better place if all these students had been caught by law enforcement their first time smoking?
#3 Marijuana is a potential multi-billion dollar industry. If taxed, couldn’t that be a boon to the US economy?
#4 How do you feel about the phrase: “An unjust law is no law at all.”
from the hemp plant you can make clothing and paper, and its ten times easier to grow plus if u were to tax the marijuana and sell it in stores the government would make an additional 2.4 billion to 6.2 billion every year… also mention it would bring more jobs to the textile industry creating more jobs.
Hey Nate does the fact that there has been 0 deaths from marijuana occur to you that it’s safer than alcohol (which attributes to 80,000 deaths a year), and tobacco (which causes over 435,000 deaths each year)? Not to mention all of the chemicals that are added to tobacco products, I mean, it’s kind of a given. So yeah just wanted to correct you there.
would you have supported prohibition of alcohol, and why?
then turn there answer into the very reasoning why weed should be legal
Hi, weezy.
Here is a lot of information. Take a close look at the essay, “America’s Unjust Drug War”.
(link included below)
All of the foolish arguments in favor of the Drug War are dealt with.
“More deaths are caused each year by TOBACCO use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), ILLEGAL DRUG USE, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders COMBINED.”
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/
Here is a very well thought-out essay on the irrational views of supporters of the War on Drugs.
The author deals with the most common, and extremely flawed, arguments in favor of Drug Prohibition.
AMERICA’S UNJUST DRUG WAR
http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/drugs.htm
Milk is a “gateway” to bourbon?
FBI Director Robert Mueller admits, on television, that NO deaths have been attributed to Marijuana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTQDuKpt-A
Alcohol use kills approximately 80,000 Americans annually.
http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/quickstats/general_info.htm
And, don’t look now, but . . . OMG! GASP!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html