I'd have to say I completely agree with this.

But...

In order for this system to work and be fair the system has to be infallible so that people who aren't guilty of murder don't get killed for no reason. I believe that perhaps a slight stay of execution might be needed in some cases to give the condemned at least One Chance at a re-trial or for a appeal. Too many times in today's world has someone been sentenced for a crime they didn't commit, even murder. With the advent of DNA evidence and with today's technology, many, Many, individuals have been found Not Guilty after having served years and years behind bars for crimes they didn't in fact commit. If our justice system instantaneously killed the "guilty" then plenty more innocent people would end up being killed/punished for crimes they didn't commit.

Once we have a system that can't be fooled or "bought off" however, I'm all for killing those who are obviously guilty of the most heinous crimes in our society like murder or the rape/murder of a child. I hate knowing that people who should have been put to death years and years ago are Still Alive years after they have been sentenced. Why are we wasting money housing these guilty assholes? Oh that's right....because the State Makes Money off of housing them and getting slave labor out of them. Honestly they should be dead and in the ground instead of being kept alive by the system to line some prison official or politician's pockets.

It's pretty hilarious how demonized Marijuana is in this country. Meanwhile Doctors prescribe FDA approved meth and synthetic heroin to children.   Heck, America's favorite brain altering drug is caffeine. 

I'm not a user but I'm all for legalizing, or if we can't get that far I'm at least in favor of decriminalizing.

Thanks RavenX i just don't think that it will happen in your lifetime though! there is to much money involved in keeping it the way it is!

Many of the pot-smokers I know are libertarians, so I'm not at all surprised. It almost makes me angry that Glenn Beck is taking a rational approach to all this, considering how insane he is about every single other issue.

The decriminalization is inevitable of marijuana, probably nation wide within my lifetime. Full acceptance is unlikely though and employers will continue to have the discretion of wither to discriminate based on drug use, and will be offered tax incentives to not hire drug users.

What state?

Again as states address the issue locally eventually the feds will have to come to grips with the changing sentiment, and either try and re-enforce the fed laws, or make decriminalization nation wide. If the govt could easily and reliably make more money of of legal drugs over the profit off illegal drugs I think they would be moving faster on it. Fact is, on a federal drug charge if they nail the right chain of bad guys in the upper food chain, the govt makes 100's of millions in seized assets per offender. Not to mention the political capital for appearing to have made some difference, and poorly justified ever expanding budgets for such efforts.

Actually...you use it at OTHERS' risk....and that is NOT acceptable.

Australia is the first place to have random DRUG testing for motorists.....and the sooner the rest of the world follows the better.

Some drugged-out fucker kills one of my family and I'd off the crack-head AND his family.

Legalizing/decriminalizing substance abuse does NOT make the world a better place.

More people die now from drug and alcohol related issues than EVER died at the hands of Tommy-gun-toting organized crime during prohibition.

Oh....and while we're at it....it's also an offence to even just hold a mobile phone while driving.....whether it is on OR off.

First place on the planet to have compulsory seatbelt wearing as well....death toll dropped by 300 in the first year.

We have 'hoon' laws for eff-wits on the roads as well.... 3 strikes and your car is crushed.

....and as I posted elsewhere....Hamilton was 'lucky' to avoid a criminal record for being an idiot on the roads during the Grand Prix.  Had he copped a record he'd be prohibited from entering the US....which would screw his chances at Indy.   Silly brat should know better.....it would have been a laugh if it had impacted on the status of his Super Licence.

When the war really IS over.....Anyone know where I can get a good deal on some "War Surplus"?

That used to be the idea of prisons, back in the 70s.  Today prisons, in the US anyway, are just for warehousing and punishing the convicted.

It's also questionable whether punishment even works--whether criminals consider the consequences before they commit a crime.  Most murders, for example, are crimes of passion, committed on the spur of the moment due to raised emotions.  Bank robbery is an addictive behavior, like cocaine abuse (I was told in college that bank robbery has the highest rate of recidivism).  You have to think, when a person weighs the cost/benefits of armed robbery, why don't they conclude that it would pay more to get a part-time job, knowing that the average take from an armed robbery is under $1000 and the consequence could be 20 years in prison?  There was an article in Freakonomics that showed crack dealers earn, on average, less than minimum wage.

To make progress in the war on crime we have to address lifestyle choices and personal responsibility.  Mold young people into productive citizens.  Separate out those who display dangerous behaviors for special attention.  The compulsory education system provides a framework for doing this.  But, the education system is based on a founding principle of preparing workers for an industrial, assembly-line, society, and it does not differentiate between the creative/artistic principle and the anti-social.

The morals of the US do not differentiate between marijuana use and crack use, where they should see marijuana use as roughly equivalent--or even preferential--to alcohol use.  Marijuana abuse, even--being high all the time--is less destructive than alcohol abuse.  You don't get hungover or irritated or psychotic from smoking too much weed over the weekend.  We need to reevaluate our morality to pull it in line with scientific truth, and then we can work on developing a more moral populace.