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Geoffrey Feiger is a Personal Defense Lawyer in Michigan (Defended Kevorkian). Here is his plan to revitalize detroit. Make it the Amsterdamn of America.
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"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla -
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Nope just legalise dope and prostitution.Originally posted by BigPiney View Post"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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I wouldn't do either of those things, but for the life of me I can't understand why they are so taboo (speaking legally and not morally).Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View PostComment
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<Insert Bunny Colvin comment here>Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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Hamsterdam always seemed like a great place.So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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All you have to do is to go over the river to Windsor to get those things.
I remember reading that when the suprbowl was there, there were lots of ads for prostitutes across the border.
There are lots of ads for Windsor casinos there as well.
As for marijuana, it isn't exactly legal, but possession of small amounts has been decriminalized in CanadaComment
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An acquaintance who lives in Metairie, Louisiana (who is not a pot smoker) said they can face up to 80 years in prison for posession of 1 ounce of mj, while rapists routineley get less than 15-20. Something is dramatically out of order with that.Originally posted by beefytee View PostComment
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There is no reason Vegas should be able to exist the way it does, where it does, except for the fact that they invented a unique Vegas brand, and that brand captured the world's imagination. Think about what country music does for Nashville's economy, or what Hollywood has done for Los Angeles. There is definitely a lot of power in being a culture manufacturer. Could Detroit pull it off? Maybe, but it would take more than hookers and drugs. The vice might create an economic foundation on which to build, but for Detroit to really pull it off, and not just become a gross little hooker-ville like Reno, it would have to tap into its Motown mojo.
David Simon, one of the creators of The Wire, has a lot to say about what the drug war has done to the police profession. I was reading just the other day in THIS Bill Moyers/David Simon interview, and here is what Simon had to say:Originally posted by NorthwestUteFan View Post
Bill Moyers: It’s also clear from your work that you think the drug war has destroyed the police.
David Simon: That’s the saddest thing in a way, again, because the stats mean nothing. Because a drug arrest in Baltimore means nothing. Real police work isn’t being done. In my city, the arrest rates for all major felonies have declined, precipitously, over the last twenty years. From murder to rape to robbery to assault.
Because to solve those crimes requires retroactive investigation. They have to be able to do a lot of things, in terms of gathering evidence, that are substantive and meaningful police work. All you have to do to make a drug arrest is go in a guy’s pocket. You don’t even need probable cause anymore in Baltimore. The guy who solves a rape or a robbery or a murder, he has one arrest stat. He’s going to court one day. The guy who has forty, fifty, sixty drug arrests, even though they’re meaningless arrests, even though there’s no place to put them in the Maryland prison system, he’s going to go to court forty, fifty, sixty times. Ultimately, when it comes time to promote somebody, they look at the police computer. They’ll look and they’ll say, “This guy made forty arrests last month. You only made one. He’s the sergeant” or “That’s the lieutenant.” The guys who basically play the stat game, they get promoted.Comment
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"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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Ron Paul will never win the Repub nomination, but one of his ideas just makes sense: immediately release all non-violent drug offenders from prison, get them into rehab, and pardon their felony convictions for possession. That would get 100k+ people out of prison at $20k/annum.
As for pot: legalize it, regulate it, and tax it the way California, Washington, Oregon(?) and several other states have. The quality is more standardized, and you have to get a prescription to use it. The percentage of people who become violent under its use is exceptionally low, unless you get in the between him and a bag of Doritos. Obviously a person can't drive while using it, but existing laws already forbid driving under the influence of an altering substance.
As for the harder stuff, that is an individual problem for each drug, and I am not ready to jump completely on the 'legalize everything' bandwagon. Some drugs should likely be kept illegal or at least inaccessible. Others already have useful medical purposes (cocaine and its derivatives are topical anesthetics, opioids are painkillers, etc). Those should be used only under a physician's care and watchful eye.
The 'War on Drugs' has changed the way doctors work as well, and there are many (admittedly anecdotal) stories of docs, fearing reprisal for overprescribing, actually under prescribing for their patients. How many people would find it ironic that scoring 'H' on the street will cost less than a prescription variant (OxyContin)? That is the free (black/gray) market at work, but that is another topic...Comment
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