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Especially rich was the fact that\r\n> young Al was driving a Toyota Prius when he was pulled over for going =20=\r\n\r\n> 100 mph - just as Papa Gore was set to\r\n> preside over concerts during a seven-continent Live Earth celebration =20=\r\n\r\n> to raise awareness about global warming.\r\n> =A0\r\n>\r\n> =A0\r\n> Whatever one may fe el about the former vice president\'s environmental =20=\r\n\r\n> obsessions, hi s son\'s problems are no one\'s\r\n> cause for celebration. The younger Mr. Gore \'s high-profile arrest =20\r\n> does, however, offer Americans an opportunity t o\r\n> get real about drug prohibition, and especially about marijuana laws.\r\n > For the record, I have no interest in marijuana except as a public =20\r\n> po licy matter. My personal drug of choice is a\r\n> heavenly elixir made from crus hed grapes. Tasty, attractive and highly =\r\n=20\r\n> ritualized in our culture , wine and other\r\n> alcoholic beverages are approved for responsible use despi te the fact =20=\r\n\r\n> that alcoholism and attendant problems\r\n> are a plag ue, while responsible use of a weed that, at worst, makes =20=\r\n\r\n> people b oring and hungry is criminal. Pot\r\n> smokers might revolt if they weren\'t so mellow.\r\n> =A0\r\n> Efforts over the past few decades to relax marijuana laws have been =20=\r\n\r\n> moderately successful. Twelve states\r\n> have decrimina lized marijuana, which usually means no prison or =20\r\n> criminal record for f irst-time possession of\r\n> small amounts for personal use. Yet even now, feder al law enforcement =20=\r\n\r\n> agents raid the homes of terminally\r\n> ill pa tients who use marijuana for relief from suffering in states =20\r\n> where medi cal marijuana use is permitted.\r\n> Beyond the medical issue is the practical q uestion of criminalizing =20=\r\n\r\n> otherwise good citizens for consuming a\r \n> nontoxic substance - described by the British medical journal Lancet =20=\r\ n\r\n> as less harmful to health than alcohol\r\n> or tobacco - at great economi c and social cost. Each year, more than =20=\r\n\r\n> 700,000 people are arreste d for\r\n> marijuana-related offenses at a cost of more than $7 billion, =20\r\n > according to the Marijuana Policy Project.\r\n> If marijuana were legalized, r egulated and taxed at the rates applied =20=\r\n\r\n> to alcohol and tobacco, re venues\r\n> would reach about $6.2 billion annually, according to an open letter =20=\r\n\r\n> signed by 500 economists who urged\r\n> President Bush and other public officials to debate marijuana =20\r\n> prohibition. Among those economist s were\r\n> three Nobel Prize winners, including the late Milton Friedman of =20 \r\n> Stanford\'s Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedman\r\n> and others were acting i n response to a 2005 report on the budgetary =20=\r\n\r\n> implications of marij uana prohibition\r\n> by Jeffrey Miron, visiting professor of economics at Harva rd. By Mr. =20=\r\n\r\n> Miron\'s estimate, regulating marijuana\r\n> would save about $7.7 billion annually in government prohibition =20\r\n> enforcement - $2 .4 billion at the federal\r\n> level and $5.3 billion at the state and local lev els. Add to that =20\r\n> amount income taxes that would have\r\n> to be paid by marijuana producers. Drug dealers don\'t pay taxes, after =\r\n=20\r\n> all. No r do they concern themselves\r\n> much with rules of the workplace and worker we lfare. Mr. Miron argues =20=\r\n\r\n> that legalizing marijuana would not\r\n> i ncrease use because decriminalization hasn\'t increased use. But, he =20=\r\n\r\ n> says, legalization would reduce crime\r\n> by neutralizing dealers and elimin ating the violent black market.\r\n> Legalizing marijuana isn\'t an endorsement of underage or irresponsible =\r\n=20\r\n> use. Best would be that everyone\r\n> deal with life unmedicated, but adults arguably have a right to amuse =20=\r\n\ r\n> themselves in ways that don\'t harm\r\n> others. While some may balk at the idea of legalized pot, it seems =20\r\n> clear that some remedy is in order. At \r\n> the very least, a fresh debate free of politics and bureaucratic =20\r\n> self-interest is overdue. Maybe Al Gore\r\n> could moderate.\r\n> =A0\r\n> Kathl een Parker\'s syndicated column appears Mondays and Fridays in The =\r\n=20\r\n> Sun. Her e-mail is kparker@kparker.com.\r\n>\r\n>\r\n>\r\n> See what you=92re g etting into=85before you go there. Check it out! =20=\r\n\r\n> _________________ ______________________________\r\n> Discussion mailing list\r\n> Discussion@char lesvillage.info\r\n> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/=20\r\n> discus sion_charlesvillage.info\r\n\r\n--Apple-Mail-1--386249096\r\nContent-Transfer-En coding: quoted-printable\r\nContent-Type: text/enriched;\r\n\tcharset=WINDOWS-12 52\r\n\r\nEXCELLENT. judy\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn Jul 9, 2007, at 7:23 AM, John Spur rier wrote:\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s time to end costly, unfair m arijuana\r\nprohibition\r\n\r\nKathleen Parker\r\n\r\nOriginally published July 9, 2007\r\n\r\nWASHINGTON // News that Al Gore\'s 24-year-old son, Al\r\ nGore III, was busted for pot and assorted prescription\r\n\r\npills last week unleashed a torrent of mirth in certain\r\nquarters. Gore-phobes on the Internet apparently view the =\r\n\r\n\r\nson\'s arrest and incarceration as comeuppance for the\r\nfather\'s s hortcomings. Especially rich was the fact that \r\n\r\nyoung Al was driving a Toyota Prius when he was pulled\r\nover for going 100 mph - just as Papa Gore was set to \r\n\r\npreside over concerts during a seven-continent Live\r\nEarth celebration to raise aware ness about global =\r\nwarming.\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nWhatever one may feel about the forme r vice president\'s\r\nenvironmental obsessions, his son\'s problems are no one\ 's =\r\n\r\n\r\ncause for celebration. The younger Mr. Gore\'s\r\nhigh-profile arrest does, however, offer Americans an opportunity to =\r\n\r\n\r\nget real about drug prohibition, a nd especially about\r\nmarijuana laws. \r\n\r\nFor the record, I have no interest in marijuana except\r\nas a public policy matter. My personal drug of choice is a =\r\n\r\n\r\nheave nly elixir made from crushed grapes. Tasty,\r\nattractive and highly ritualized in our culture, wine and other =\r\n\r\n\r\nalcohol ic beverages are approved for responsible use\r\ndespite the fact that alcoholis m and attendant problems \r\n\r\nare a plague, whil e responsible use of a weed that, at\r\nworst, makes people boring and hungry is criminal. Pot \r\n\r\nsmokers might revolt if they weren\'t so =\r\nmellow.\r\n\r\n=A0 \r\n\r\nEfforts over the past few decades to relax marijuana\r\nla ws have been moderately successful. Twelve states \r\n\r\nhave decriminalized marijuana, which usually means no\r\nprison or crimin al record for first-time possession of \r\n\r\nsmal l amounts for personal use. Yet even now, federal\r\nlaw enforcement agents raid the homes of terminally \r\n\r\nill patients who u se marijuana for relief from suffering\r\nin states where medical marijuana use is permitted. \r\n\r\nBeyond the medical issue is t he practical question of\r\ncriminalizing otherwise good citizens for consuming a \r\n\r\nnontoxic substance - described by the Bri tish medical\r\njournal Lancet as less harmful to health than alcohol \r\n\r\nor tobacco - at great economic and social cost. Each\ r\nyear, more than 700,000 people are arrested for\r\n\r\nmarijuana-related offenses at a cost of more than $7\r\nbillion, accordin g to the Marijuana Policy Project. \r\n\r\nIf marij uana were legalized, regulated and taxed at the\r\nrates applied to alcohol and tobacco, revenues \r\n\r\nwould reach about $6.2 bi llion annually, according to an\r\nopen letter signed by 500 economists who urge d \r\n\r\nPresident Bush and other public officials to debate\r\nmarijuana prohibition. Among those economists were \r\n\r\nthree Nobel Prize winners, including the late Milton\r\nFr iedman of Stanford\'s Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedman \r\n\r\nand others were acting in response to a 2005 report on\r\nthe budget ary implications of marijuana prohibition \r\n\r\nb y Jeffrey Miron, visiting professor of economics at\r\nHarvard. By Mr. Miron\'s estimate, regulating marijuana \r\n\r\nwould save a bout $7.7 billion annually in government\r\nprohibition enforcement - $2.4 billi on at the federal \r\n\r\nlevel and $5.3 billion at the state and local levels.\r\nAdd to that amount income taxes that would have \r\n\r\nto be paid by marijuana producers. Drug dea lers don\'t\r\npay taxes, after all. Nor do they concern themselves\r\n\r\nmuch with rules of the workplace and worker welfare. Mr. \r\nMiron argues that legalizing marijuana would not \r\n\r\nincrease use because decriminalization hasn\'t increased\r\nuse. But, he says, legalization would reduce crime \r\n\r\nby neutralizing dealers and eliminating the violent\r\nblack market. \r\n\r\nLegalizing marijuana isn\'t an endorsement of underage o r\r\nirresponsible use. Best would be that everyone \r\n\r\ndeal with life unmedicated, but adults arguably have a\r\nright to amus e themselves in ways that don\'t harm \r\n\r\nother s. While some may balk at the idea of legalized\r\npot, it seems clear that some remedy is in order. At \r\n\r\nthe very least, a f resh debate free of politics and\r\nbureaucratic self-interest is overdue. Maybe Al Gore \r\n\r\ncould moderate.\r\n \r\n=A0\r\n\r\nKathleen Parker\'s syn dicated column appears Mondays and\r\nFridays in The Sun. Her e-mail is kparker@ kparker.com.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee what you=92re g etting into=85before you go there.\r\n0000,0000,EEE ECheck\r\nit out!\r\n _______________________________________________\r\n\r\nDiscussion mailing list\r\n\r\nDiscussion@charlesvillage.info\r\n\r\n=\r\nhttp://charlesvi llage.info/mailman/listinfo/discussion_charlesvillage.info=\r\n\r\n\r\n=\r\n\r\n--Apple-Mail-1--386249096--\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n--===============0706644902 ==\r\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"\r\nMIME-Version: 1.0\r\nConte nt-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\nContent-Disposition: inline\r\n\r\n_______________ ________________________________\r\nDiscussion mailing list\r\nDiscussion@charle svillage.info\r\nhttp://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/discussion_charlesv illage.info\r\n\r\n--===============0706644902==--\r\n\r\n' imap: savemessage: new headers are: X-OfflineIMAP-x271741997-52656d6f7465-736176 65642d6d65737361676573: 1184628090-0865209932745-v4.0.13 imap: savemessage_addheader: called to add X-OfflineIMAP-x271741997-52656d6f7465 -73617665642d6d65737361676573: 1184628090-0865209932745-v4.0.13 imap: savemessage_addheader: insertionpoint = 53 imap: savemessage_addheader: leader = 'Return-Path: ' imap: savemessage_addheader: newline = '\r\nX-OfflineIMAP-x271741997-52656d6f746 5-73617665642d6d65737361676573: 1184628090-0865209932745-v4.0.13' imap: savemessage_addheader: trailer = '\r\nX-Original-To: venkatesh@localhost\r \nDelivered-To: venkatesh@localhost\r\nReceived: from satori (localhost [127.0.0 .1])\r\n\tby satori (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1A6479B2\r\n\tfor ; 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Especially rich was the fact that\r\n> young Al was driving a Toyota Pri us when he was pulled over for going =20=\r\n\r\n> 100 mph - just as Papa Gore w as set to\r\n> preside over concerts during a seven-continent Live Earth celebra tion =20=\r\n\r\n> to raise awareness about global warming.\r\n> =A0\r\n>\r\n> = A0\r\n> Whatever one may feel about the former vice president\'s environmental = 20=\r\n\r\n> obsessions, his son\'s problems are no one\'s\r\n> cause for celebr ation. The younger Mr. Gore\'s high-profile arrest =20\r\n> does, however, offer Americans an opportunity to\r\n> get real about drug prohibition, and especiall y about marijuana laws.\r\n> For the record, I have no interest in marijuana exc ept as a public =20\r\n> policy matter. My personal drug of choice is a\r\n> hea venly elixir made from crushed grapes. Tasty, attractive and highly =\r\n=20\r\n > ritualized in our culture, wine and other\r\n> alcoholic beverages are approve d for responsible use despite the fact =20=\r\n\r\n> that alcoholism and attenda nt problems\r\n> are a plague, while responsible use of a weed that, at worst, m akes =20=\r\n\r\n> people boring and hungry is criminal. Pot\r\n> smokers might revolt if they weren\'t so mellow.\r\n> =A0\r\n> Efforts over the past few decad es to relax marijuana laws have been =20=\r\n\r\n> moderately successful. Twelve states\r\n> have decriminalized marijuana, which usually means no prison or =20 \r\n> criminal record for first-time possession of\r\n> small amounts for person al use. Yet even now, federal law enforcement =20=\r\n\r\n> agents raid the home s of terminally\r\n> ill patients who use marijuana for relief from suffering in states =20\r\n> where medical marijuana use is permitted.\r\n> Beyond the medic al issue is the practical question of criminalizing =20=\r\n\r\n> otherwise good citizens for consuming a\r\n> nontoxic substance - described by the British med ical journal Lancet =20=\r\n\r\n> as less harmful to health than alcohol\r\n> or tobacco - at great economic and social cost. Each year, more than =20=\r\n\r\n> 700,000 people are arrested for\r\n> marijuana-related offenses at a cost of mo re than $7 billion, =20\r\n> according to the Marijuana Policy Project.\r\n> If marijuana were legalized, regulated and taxed at the rates applied =20=\r\n\r\n> to alcohol and tobacco, revenues\r\n> would reach about $6.2 billion annually, according to an open letter =20=\r\n\r\n> signed by 500 economists who urged\r\n > President Bush and other public officials to debate marijuana =20\r\n> prohibi tion. Among those economists were\r\n> three Nobel Prize winners, including the late Milton Friedman of =20\r\n> Stanford\'s Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedman\r\ n> and others were acting in response to a 2005 report on the budgetary =20=\r\n \r\n> implications of marijuana prohibition\r\n> by Jeffrey Miron, visiting prof essor of economics at Harvard. By Mr. =20=\r\n\r\n> Miron\'s estimate, regulatin g marijuana\r\n> would save about $7.7 billion annually in government prohibitio n =20\r\n> enforcement - $2.4 billion at the federal\r\n> level and $5.3 billion at the state and local levels. Add to that =20\r\n> amount income taxes that wo uld have\r\n> to be paid by marijuana producers. Drug dealers don\'t pay taxes, after =\r\n=20\r\n> all. Nor do they concern themselves\r\n> much with rules of the workplace and worker welfare. Mr. Miron argues =20=\r\n\r\n> that legalizing marijuana would not\r\n> increase use because decriminalization hasn\'t increas ed use. But, he =20=\r\n\r\n> says, legalization would reduce crime\r\n> by neut ralizing dealers and eliminating the violent black market.\r\n> Legalizing marij uana isn\'t an endorsement of underage or irresponsible =\r\n=20\r\n> use. Best would be that everyone\r\n> deal with life unmedicated, but adults arguably have a right to amuse =20=\r\n\r\n> themselves in ways that don\'t harm\r\n> others. While some may balk at the idea of legalized pot, it seems =20\r\n> clear that some remedy is in order. At\r\n> the very least, a fresh debate free of politics and bureaucratic =20\r\n> self-interest is overdue. Maybe Al Gore\r\n> could mo derate.\r\n> =A0\r\n> Kathleen Parker\'s syndicated column appears Mondays and F ridays in The =\r\n=20\r\n> Sun. Her e-mail is kparker@kparker.com.\r\n>\r\n>\r\ n>\r\n> See what you=92re getting into=85before you go there. Check it out! =20= \r\n\r\n> _______________________________________________\r\n> Discussion mailin g list\r\n> Discussion@charlesvillage.info\r\n> http://charlesvillage.info/mailm an/listinfo/=20\r\n> discussion_charlesvillage.info\r\n\r\n--Apple-Mail-1--38624 9096\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\r\nContent-Type: text/enrich ed;\r\n\tcharset=WINDOWS-1252\r\n\r\nEXCELLENT. judy\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn Jul 9, 2007, at 7:23 AM, John Spurrier wrote:\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s t ime to end costly, unfair marijuana\r\nprohibition\r\n\r\nKathleen Parker\r\n\r\nOriginally published July 9, 2007\r\n\r\nWASHINGTON // News that Al Gor e\'s 24-year-old son, Al\r\nGore III, was busted for pot and assorted prescripti on\r\n\r\npills last week unleashed a torrent of mi rth in certain\r\nquarters. Gore-phobes on the Internet apparently view the =\r\ n\r\n\r\nson\'s arrest and incarceration as comeupp ance for the\r\nfather\'s shortcomings. Especially rich was the fact that \r\n\r\nyoung Al was driving a Toyota Prius when he was p ulled\r\nover for going 100 mph - just as Papa Gore was set to \r \n\r\npreside over concerts during a seven-continent Live\r\nEarth celebration to raise awareness about global =\r\nwarming.\r\n\r\ n=A0\r\n\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nWhatever o ne may feel about the former vice president\'s\r\nenvironmental obsessions, his son\'s problems are no one\'s =\r\n\r\n\r\ncause fo r celebration. The younger Mr. Gore\'s\r\nhigh-profile arrest does, however, off er Americans an opportunity to =\r\n\r\n\r\nget rea l about drug prohibition, and especially about\r\nmarijuana laws. \r\n\r\nFor the record, I have no interest in marijuana except\r\ nas a public policy matter. My personal drug of choice is a =\r\n \r\n\r\nheavenly elixir made from crushed grapes. Tasty,\r\nattrac tive and highly ritualized in our culture, wine and other =\r\n\r \n\r\nalcoholic beverages are approved for responsible use\r\ndesp ite the fact that alcoholism and attendant problems \r\n\r\nare a plague, while responsible use of a weed that, at\r\nworst, makes people boring and hungry is criminal. Pot \r\n\r\ns mokers might revolt if they weren\'t so =\r\nmellow.\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nEfforts over the past few decad es to relax marijuana\r\nlaws have been moderately successful. Twelve states \r\n\r\nhave decriminalized marijuana, which usually m eans no\r\nprison or criminal record for first-time possession of \r\n\r\nsmall amounts for personal use. Yet even now, federal\r\n law enforcement agents raid the homes of terminally \r\n\r\nill patients who use marijuana for relief from suffering\r\nin states w here medical marijuana use is permitted. \r\n\r\nBe yond the medical issue is the practical question of\r\ncriminalizing otherwise g ood citizens for consuming a \r\n\r\nnontoxic subst ance - described by the British medical\r\njournal Lancet as less harmful to hea lth than alcohol \r\n\r\nor tobacco - at great econ omic and social cost. Each\r\nyear, more than 700,000 people are arrested for\r\n\r\nmarijuana-related offenses at a cost of more t han $7\r\nbillion, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. \r\ n\r\nIf marijuana were legalized, regulated and taxed at the\r\nra tes applied to alcohol and tobacco, revenues \r\n\r\nwould reach about $6.2 billion annually, according to an\r\nopen letter signed by 500 economists who urged \r\n\r\nPresident Bush and other public officials to debate\r\nmarijuana prohibition. Among those econ omists were \r\n\r\nthree Nobel Prize winners, incl uding the late Milton\r\nFriedman of Stanford\'s Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedma n \r\n\r\nand others were acting in response to a 2 005 report on\r\nthe budgetary implications of marijuana prohibition \r\n\r\nby Jeffrey Miron, visiting professor of economics at\r \nHarvard. By Mr. Miron\'s estimate, regulating marijuana \r\n\r\ nwould save about $7.7 billion annually in government\r\nprohibiti on enforcement - $2.4 billion at the federal \r\n\r\nlevel and $5.3 billion at the state and local levels.\r\nAdd to that amount in come taxes that would have \r\n\r\nto be paid by ma rijuana producers. Drug dealers don\'t\r\npay taxes, after all. Nor do they conc ern themselves\r\n\r\nmuch with rules of the workpl ace and worker welfare. Mr.\r\nMiron argues that legalizing marijuana would not \r\n\r\nincrease use because decriminalization hasn \'t increased\r\nuse. But, he says, legalization would reduce crime \r\n\r\nby neutralizing dealers and eliminating the violent\r\n black market. \r\n\r\nLegalizing marijuana isn\'t a n endorsement of underage or\r\nirresponsible use. Best would be that everyone < /x-tad-bigger>\r\n\r\ndeal with life unmedicated, but adults argua bly have a\r\nright to amuse themselves in ways that don\'t harm \r\n\r\nothers. While some may balk at the idea of legalized\r\npo t, it seems clear that some remedy is in order. At \r\n\r\nthe very least, a fresh debate free of politics and\r\nbureaucratic self -interest is overdue. Maybe Al Gore \r\n\r\ncould m oderate.\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nKathleen Parker\'s syndicated column appears Mondays and\r\nFridays in The Sun. 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Especially rich was the fact that\r\n> young Al was driving a Toyota Prius when he was pulled over for going =20=\r\n\r\n> 100 mph - just as Papa Gore was set to\r\n> preside over concerts during a seven-continent Live Earth celebration =2 0=\r\n\r\n> to raise awareness about global warming.\r\n> =A0\r\n>\r\n> =A0\r\n> Whatever one may feel about the former vice president\'s environmental =20=\r\n \r\n> obsessions, his son\'s problems are no one\'s\r\n> cause for celebration. The younger Mr. Gore\'s high-profile arrest =20\r\n> does, however, offer Americ ans an opportunity to\r\n> get real about drug prohibition, and especially about marijuana laws.\r\n> For the record, I have no interest in marijuana except as a public =20\r\n> policy matter. My personal drug of choice is a\r\n> heavenly e lixir made from crushed grapes. Tasty, attractive and highly =\r\n=20\r\n> ritua lized in our culture, wine and other\r\n> alcoholic beverages are approved for r esponsible use despite the fact =20=\r\n\r\n> that alcoholism and attendant prob lems\r\n> are a plague, while responsible use of a weed that, at worst, makes =2 0=\r\n\r\n> people boring and hungry is criminal. Pot\r\n> smokers might revolt if they weren\'t so mellow.\r\n> =A0\r\n> Efforts over the past few decades to r elax marijuana laws have been =20=\r\n\r\n> moderately successful. Twelve states \r\n> have decriminalized marijuana, which usually means no prison or =20\r\n> c riminal record for first-time possession of\r\n> small amounts for personal use. Yet even now, federal law enforcement =20=\r\n\r\n> agents raid the homes of te rminally\r\n> ill patients who use marijuana for relief from suffering in states =20\r\n> where medical marijuana use is permitted.\r\n> Beyond the medical issu e is the practical question of criminalizing =20=\r\n\r\n> otherwise good citize ns for consuming a\r\n> nontoxic substance - described by the British medical jo urnal Lancet =20=\r\n\r\n> as less harmful to health than alcohol\r\n> or tobacc o - at great economic and social cost. Each year, more than =20=\r\n\r\n> 700,00 0 people are arrested for\r\n> marijuana-related offenses at a cost of more than $7 billion, =20\r\n> according to the Marijuana Policy Project.\r\n> If marijua na were legalized, regulated and taxed at the rates applied =20=\r\n\r\n> to alc ohol and tobacco, revenues\r\n> would reach about $6.2 billion annually, accordi ng to an open letter =20=\r\n\r\n> signed by 500 economists who urged\r\n> Presi dent Bush and other public officials to debate marijuana =20\r\n> prohibition. A mong those economists were\r\n> three Nobel Prize winners, including the late Mi lton Friedman of =20\r\n> Stanford\'s Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedman\r\n> and others were acting in response to a 2005 report on the budgetary =20=\r\n\r\n> i mplications of marijuana prohibition\r\n> by Jeffrey Miron, visiting professor o f economics at Harvard. By Mr. =20=\r\n\r\n> Miron\'s estimate, regulating marij uana\r\n> would save about $7.7 billion annually in government prohibition =20\r \n> enforcement - $2.4 billion at the federal\r\n> level and $5.3 billion at the state and local levels. Add to that =20\r\n> amount income taxes that would hav e\r\n> to be paid by marijuana producers. Drug dealers don\'t pay taxes, after = \r\n=20\r\n> all. Nor do they concern themselves\r\n> much with rules of the wor kplace and worker welfare. Mr. Miron argues =20=\r\n\r\n> that legalizing mariju ana would not\r\n> increase use because decriminalization hasn\'t increased use. But, he =20=\r\n\r\n> says, legalization would reduce crime\r\n> by neutralizin g dealers and eliminating the violent black market.\r\n> Legalizing marijuana is n\'t an endorsement of underage or irresponsible =\r\n=20\r\n> use. Best would b e that everyone\r\n> deal with life unmedicated, but adults arguably have a righ t to amuse =20=\r\n\r\n> themselves in ways that don\'t harm\r\n> others. While some may balk at the idea of legalized pot, it seems =20\r\n> clear that some re medy is in order. At\r\n> the very least, a fresh debate free of politics and bu reaucratic =20\r\n> self-interest is overdue. Maybe Al Gore\r\n> could moderate. \r\n> =A0\r\n> Kathleen Parker\'s syndicated column appears Mondays and Fridays in The =\r\n=20\r\n> Sun. Her e-mail is kparker@kparker.com.\r\n>\r\n>\r\n>\r\n> See what you=92re getting into=85before you go there. Check it out! =20=\r\n\r\ n> _______________________________________________\r\n> Discussion mailing list\ r\n> Discussion@charlesvillage.info\r\n> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/list info/=20\r\n> discussion_charlesvillage.info\r\n\r\n--Apple-Mail-1--386249096\r\ nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\r\nContent-Type: text/enriched;\r\n \tcharset=WINDOWS-1252\r\n\r\nEXCELLENT. judy\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn Jul 9, 2007, a t 7:23 AM, John Spurrier wrote:\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s time to end costly, unfair marijuana\r\nprohibition\r\n\r\nKathleen Parker\r\n\r\nOriginally published July 9 , 2007\r\n\r\nWASHINGTON // News that Al Gore\'s 24 -year-old son, Al\r\nGore III, was busted for pot and assorted prescription\r\n\r\npills last week unleashed a torrent of mirth in certain\r\nquarters. Gore-phobes on the Internet apparently view the =\r\n\r\n\r\nson\'s arrest and incarceration as comeuppance fo r the\r\nfather\'s shortcomings. Especially rich was the fact that \r\n\r\nyoung Al was driving a Toyota Prius when he was pulled\r \nover for going 100 mph - just as Papa Gore was set to \r\n\r\n< x-tad-bigger>preside over concerts during a seven-continent Live\r\nEarth celebr ation to raise awareness about global =\r\nwarming.\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nWhatever one may feel about the former vice president\'s\r\nenvironmental obsessions, his son\'s problems are no one\'s =\r\n\r\n\r\ncause for celeb ration. The younger Mr. Gore\'s\r\nhigh-profile arrest does, however, offer Amer icans an opportunity to =\r\n\r\n\r\nget real about drug prohibition, and especially about\r\nmarijuana laws. \r\n\r \nFor the record, I have no interest in marijuana except\r\nas a p ublic policy matter. My personal drug of choice is a =\r\n\r\n\r\ nheavenly elixir made from crushed grapes. Tasty,\r\nattractive an d highly ritualized in our culture, wine and other =\r\n\r\n\r\n< x-tad-bigger>alcoholic beverages are approved for responsible use\r\ndespite the fact that alcoholism and attendant problems \r\n\r\nare a plague, while responsible use of a weed that, at\r\nworst, makes people boring and hungry is criminal. Pot \r\n\r\nsmokers might revolt if they weren\'t so =\r\nmellow.\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nEfforts over the past few decades to r elax marijuana\r\nlaws have been moderately successful. Twelve states \r\n\r\nhave decriminalized marijuana, which usually means no \r\nprison or criminal record for first-time possession of \r\n\r \nsmall amounts for personal use. Yet even now, federal\r\nlaw enf orcement agents raid the homes of terminally \r\n\r\nill patients who use marijuana for relief from suffering\r\nin states where me dical marijuana use is permitted. \r\n\r\nBeyond th e medical issue is the practical question of\r\ncriminalizing otherwise good cit izens for consuming a \r\n\r\nnontoxic substance - described by the British medical\r\njournal Lancet as less harmful to health tha n alcohol \r\n\r\nor tobacco - at great economic an d social cost. Each\r\nyear, more than 700,000 people are arrested for\r\n\r\nmarijuana-related offenses at a cost of more than $7\ r\nbillion, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. \r\n\r\nIf marijuana were legalized, regulated and taxed at the\r\nrates app lied to alcohol and tobacco, revenues \r\n\r\nwould reach about $6.2 billion annually, according to an\r\nopen letter signed by 500 economists who urged \r\n\r\nPresident Bush and ot her public officials to debate\r\nmarijuana prohibition. Among those economists were \r\n\r\nthree Nobel Prize winners, including t he late Milton\r\nFriedman of Stanford\'s Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedman \r\n\r\nand others were acting in response to a 2005 rep ort on\r\nthe budgetary implications of marijuana prohibition \r\ n\r\nby Jeffrey Miron, visiting professor of economics at\r\nHarva rd. By Mr. Miron\'s estimate, regulating marijuana \r\n\r\nwould save about $7.7 billion annually in government\r\nprohibition enfo rcement - $2.4 billion at the federal \r\n\r\nlevel and $5.3 billion at the state and local levels.\r\nAdd to that amount income ta xes that would have \r\n\r\nto be paid by marijuana producers. Drug dealers don\'t\r\npay taxes, after all. Nor do they concern the mselves\r\n\r\nmuch with rules of the workplace and worker welfare. Mr.\r\nMiron argues that legalizing marijuana would not \r\n\r\nincrease use because decriminalization hasn\'t inc reased\r\nuse. But, he says, legalization would reduce crime \r\n \r\nby neutralizing dealers and eliminating the violent\r\nblack m arket. \r\n\r\nLegalizing marijuana isn\'t an endor sement of underage or\r\nirresponsible use. Best would be that everyone \r\n\r\ndeal with life unmedicated, but adults arguably hav e a\r\nright to amuse themselves in ways that don\'t harm \r\n\r\ nothers. While some may balk at the idea of legalized\r\npot, it s eems clear that some remedy is in order. At \r\n\r\nthe very least, a fresh debate free of politics and\r\nbureaucratic self-intere st is overdue. Maybe Al Gore \r\n\r\ncould moderate .\r\n\r\n=A0\r\n\r\nKa thleen Parker\'s syndicated column appears Mondays and\r\nFridays in The Sun. 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