>>We have a three strikes system. California has more people in prison doing life for smoking pot than for murder.
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>That's a good place for them, but I doubt that's true, especially with all those "medicinal marijuana" fraud shops out there. We have a "swing away" policy. Third strike, well try again, maybe you can hit a homer before the 50th strike.

There is no way I will convince you. Here is but one reference and there are many more and more recent.

http://www.marijuanalibrary.org/031496.html

I do not believe in smoking anything or taking pills for “recreation purposes”. Life is difficult enough to deal with on an everyday basis without having to be out of your mind from drugs. It just seems wrong that smoking pot has resulted in more people doing life that those in for murder, rape and kidnapping.