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Saturday, September 1, 2012

US Green Jill Stein- We would actually use science to determine which drugs are dangerous and which ones are not.




http://www.isidewith.com/blog/43316191-interview-with-jill-stein

Are you in favor of legalizing all drugs or just marijuana?

We would do something revolutionary. We would actually use science to determine which drugs are dangerous and which ones are not. That means right off the bat marijuana and hemp are removed from the list of dangerous substances because these are not dangerous substances in relative to other unregulated substances including nicotine and alcohol. We would start with the legalization of marijuana and transform the drug system from a criminal system to a public health system. If people have issues of dependency which would apply to legal drugs as well as illegal drugs including alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and heavier drugs they need to be treated within the public health system. These are psychological problems not criminal problems. If you don't treat the problem it only aggravates it and compounds it with issues of public safety and criminal violence that are associated with the illegal drug culture.



 
 
She needs to also talk about Opium and Coca, though such a science based approach would also legalize these as well.

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