{"id":35917,"date":"2012-11-20T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=35917"},"modified":"2021-06-18T21:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T02:22:06","slug":"illogical-reasons-for-decriminalizing-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/illogical-reasons-for-decriminalizing-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Illogical Reasons for Decriminalizing Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source<\/strong>: Paul Hammel, “Ideas to ease pot laws just blowin’ in the wind,” Omaha World-Herald, 20 November 2012.<\/p>\n

People continue to promote illogical fixes to problems. Iowa Representative Bruce Hunter wants to decriminalize marijuana possession. His reason? “He is pushing decriminalization of pot because sending users to prison contributes to overcrowding. It also doesn’t make sense, he said, to put nonviolent pot users behind bars.” By that illogic, we should remove all crimes from the books because they are contributing to the overcrowding in prisons.<\/p>\n

Overcrowding is not caused by the law, but by the number of people breaking the law. The problem is society’s acceptance of drug use, especially marijuana use. As Peter Komendowski, president of Partnership for a Drug-Free Iowa, said, “What we are doing is sending a mixed message to our kids that some drugs are OK and some aren’t OK.”<\/p>\n

If it is determined that nonviolent crimes ought not to have jail time, then doesn’t it make more sense to punish crimes in some other manner? Decriminalizing nonviolent crimes doesn’t make the crimes better. The fact remains that marijuana is a controlled substance because it causes harm to the user and can cause the user to be harmful to society.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Paul Hammel, “Ideas to ease pot laws just blowin’ in the wind,” Omaha World-Herald, 20 November 2012. People continue to promote illogical fixes to problems. Iowa Representative Bruce Hunter wants to decriminalize marijuana possession. His reason? “He is pushing decriminalization of pot because sending users to prison contributes to overcrowding. It also doesn’t make…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[372,540],"class_list":["post-35917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-drugs","tag-marijuana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36294,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-makes-marijuana-work-does-it-lead-to-using-other-drugs\/","url_meta":{"origin":35917,"position":0},"title":"What makes marijuana work? Does it lead to using other drugs?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have some questions about marijuana. What are the ingredients in pot that produce that \"high\", mind-altering feeling that users crave and the \"munchies\"? Does pot use eventually lead to the use of more hardcore drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, LSD, etc.? I would venture to guess that regular\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54151,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-what-they-told-you-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":35917,"position":1},"title":"Not What They Told You – Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Jeremiah 5:21-31 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It sounds noble \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We need to legalize medical marijuana! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But instead of controlled studies where the effectiveness of a derivative drug is analyzed for its benefits versus its harm, the door is thrown wide open. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is an oil extract from marijuana\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51917,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/consequences-of-marijuana-legalization\/","url_meta":{"origin":35917,"position":2},"title":"Consequences of Marijuana Legalization","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Colorado Springs Gazette Opinion, \"Five years later, Colorado sees toll of pot legalization\",\u00a0The Oklahoman, 14 November 2017. \"Five years of retail pot coincide with five years of a homelessness growth rate that ranks among the highest rates in the country. 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