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I'm against it because 1) I'm an old fart and get off my lawn, and 2) My time in the Army. There is nothing anybody can say that will ever convince me it should be legalized.

It could save lives? It would strip power from the Mexican cartels and would most certainly save countless lives. I'm sure you have very good reasons, I'm just curious what they are. Personally, I have seen marijuana waste away some of my very good friends and act as a gateway drug. I am still for legalization, however.

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Posted by finestfirst79

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 2:17 pm to TeLeFaWx

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I'm sure you have very good reasons, I'm just curious what they are.

Platoon leader in charge of 35-40 guys. I'd say a minimum of 15 showed up for work every morning stoned, and disappeared during the day to smoke more pot. These are guys operating heavy earth-moving equipment - dozers, front-end loaders, dump trucks, etc. We got a few killed. To me it was a wonder that more weren't killed. But at that time the Army was way under-strength, so we couldn't kick them out. The "punishment" was sending potheads to drug rehab, which they actually enjoyed because it got them out of work. And then Reagan was elected, re-enlistments went way up, and my then company XO job became processing paperwork to kick potheads out of the Army. I loved that job. Relished it