These measures should pass. Marijuana is like many other substances people have access too -- some people abuse it and some people handle it just fine. Marijuana is just like McDonald's, alcohol, etc. - except for some will tell you its healthier. If you abuse McDonald's, you'll be obese -- if you handle your food intake, McDonald's now and then won't ruin your life.
The "Drug War" is an epic failure and a huge waste of money. It is ridiculous that we spend more money and care more about "tough sentencing" for people mostly hurting themselves than we do for people hurting others (like children). Pedophiles can plea bargain better deals than someone involved in drugs. That is seriously wrong in my book.
I completely believe that marijuana is illegal because it never had an effective lobbying group with lots of money behind it. I have no doubt if there had been large crops handled by a powerful company like Philip Morris, it would have been classified just like cigarettes.
The transcripts of her testimony state that she said no over and over again. He may have thought she was 18 and may not be a pedophile based on that, but he is still a rapist. It doesn't matter how old he thought she was, it matters that she said NO over and over again.
Where do people keep getting the idea that the victim is "over it." I'm sure she is far from over it. I'm sure that is the kind of thing that haunts your dreams and stays with you forever. What she is over is being tracked by the media, harassed and treated like she somehow "got what was coming to her" or deserved a brutal rape because of her "stage mother." She has never once come out publicly and said, "Oh... well you know it really wasn't that big of a deal and I probably just got what was coming to me because at 13 I was such a skank." SHE HAS NEVER SAID THAT. She is over being victimized again and again by all the morons that want to make excuses for him because he is famous. I promise you, she's not over what happened to her -- she's over being treated like a criminal for being raped.
Anyone who watches Keeping up with the Kardashians should not be surprised by this. Unless it is just editing and supposed to be some funny gag, Bruce Jenner is a joke in that family. He is constantly emasculated and NO ONE respects or listens to anything he says. The entire rest of the family is continually shown, with Kris's support, going behind his back, going against his wishes and overall just disregarding what he feels like he's just some idiot that is there. It's the plot in nearly every episode "we have to hide this from Daddy/Bruce." He's nothing more than a financial donor to them and the show makes that very clear. His wife shows no consideration or respect towards him and her daughters all follow her example. I'm amazed he tolerates it.
The "Drug War" is an epic failure and a huge waste of money. It is ridiculous that we spend more money and care more about "tough sentencing" for people mostly hurting themselves than we do for people hurting others (like children). Pedophiles can plea bargain better deals than someone involved in drugs. That is seriously wrong in my book.
I completely believe that marijuana is illegal because it never had an effective lobbying group with lots of money behind it. I have no doubt if there had been large crops handled by a powerful company like Philip Morris, it would have been classified just like cigarettes.