[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"] soapbox wrote:[/span][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]it's time for decrim or even legalization and taxation.[/div] [div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"] [/div] [div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]over 60% of canadians feel our laws regarding cannabis are out of touch.[/div] [div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"] [/div] [div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]besides it would help thousands of americans who arrive in vancouver and walk east hastings for decent grass.[/div] [div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"] [/div] [span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]DO NOT BUY ON EAST HASTINGS EAST OF CAMBIE.DO NOT SUPPORT CRACK HEADS.[/span]
I spent a long time thinking aboot this wandering teh streets looking for someone non-sketch I could talk to. While I appreciate the gentlemen's agreement that keeps the cops from shutting down teh herb smoking at the cafes, it sets us American tourists up into a bit of a pickle. It's a bit unsettling to try to buy drugs in a foreign country (especially a country you love and don't want to get thrown out of). And with East Hastings right there next to Blunt Bros. one could get themselves in trouble if they didn't know what they were doing (and even if they did).
So, City of Vancouver, you've had semi-legal marijuana for a few years now and the world hasn't crumbled at your feet, anarchy has failed to erupt, no real difference at all, eh? Maybe now it is time to take the next step and legalize and tax the sale. Start reaping the financial benefit and watch city life go on largely as it has for years. Except with much more American tourists putting their Yankee dollars into your coffers.