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threads per page: 10 | 20 | 50   1. I think we need to do more
studies than just one by the American Civil Liberties Union to
believe such a thing.     Hide replies   2. It may keep 9000
kids out of the justice system but if they are smoking dope all
the time, I doubt they will "get their lives in order".     Hide
replies     • That was my thought. You can make many things
legal and it would keep people out of the justice system.     •
I don't think that anyone is suggesting that kids smoking dope
is not a problem. It is. It's a public health problem, just like
kids drinking alcohol, having unplanned pregnancies, or crashing
their cars. Those transgressions aren't addressed with criminal
charges or jail time, unless another law has been violated (DUI,
statut