Legalizing Marijuana? Here's What Woodstock's Saying

As Georgia CARE seeks to change the state's laws on marijuana, eventually leading to a complete legalization of the drug, here's what some Patch readers had to say on the subject.

Legalizing Marijuana? Here's What Woodstock's Saying

As Georgia CARE seeks to change the state's laws on marijuana, eventually leading to a complete legalization of the drug, here's what some Patch readers had to say on the subject.

Since we told you about a movement to legalize marijuana in Georgia, Patch readers have had plenty to say on the topic. Georgia Campaign for Access, Reform & Education, or Georgia CARE, a project of the Georgia Taxpayers Alliance Inc., wants to change the state's laws on marijuana, eventually leading to a complete legalization of the drug. The group is participating in the first Southern Cannabis Reform Conference this weekend in Atlanta. Our post, Question of the Week: Should Marijuana be Legalized, received several comments as of Wednesday. Here's what some Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch readers had to say:  Norman: Pot smokers never harmed anyone...in fact, they might even help the economy by buying up all the snack foods. Actually, I don't…

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Question of the Week: Should Marijuana be Legalized?

A Georgia advocacy group is pushing for the re-evaluation of the state's marijuana laws.

Marijuana has been decriminalized in Colorado and Washington state. Should Georgia follow suit? Georgia Campaign for Access, Reform & Education (Georgia CARE), a project of the Georgia Taxpayers Alliance, Inc., seeks to change the state's laws on marijuana, eventually leading to a complete legalization of the drug. The group claims this would unburden our criminal justice system, which is laden with marijuana-related crimes and arrests. Georgia CARE has published a "Blueprint to Reform" (attached to this article) that outlines how it perceives marijuana reform and eventual legalization can happen in Georgia. For example, CARE advocates making marijuana a Schedule II drug and allowing medical prescription of cannabis. Following this, the …

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hoo dat

2:53 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

You are one of the many, many ignorant people that only add fuel to an unnecessary fire. If you had any kind of brain you would at least try to comment on something you know about. There are NO...NONE...no studies EVER linking ANY CANCER to ANY kind OR amount of marijuana use. These studies have been going on for decades. And I am in the same boat as Billy, I bet you anything that I am in better …   more ›