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Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children, and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (3 more) 2/16/2007--Introduced.
Drug Trafficking Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase prison terms or impose mandatory minimum prison terms for:
(1) manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| February 16, 2007 |
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February 04, 2008 Annual battle between groceries, liquor stores under way
... you happen to be one of those people who likes being able to buy wines and beers at groceries and thinks that competition is a good thing, you might want to contact your State Senator and let him or her know that you oppose HR 1118. ...
Source: WineCanine
February 15, 2007 HR 1118, To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance ...
HR 1118 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children....
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People, we need to stop going after people for using and selling marajuana. It's a waste of out time and resources. It's important that we start treating it as a different problem, or not a problem at all. It's less lethal, less destructive, and less addictive than alcohol.
I think this is a great example of the dissonance between the government and democracy. I would bet anyone checking out this site knows the issues, but the most important I think people need to think about are that prohibition = black market. Further, there are people that use illicit drugs to self medicate, and we make criminals out of people that want help and can not afford it. And yes, this goes beyond 'Marijuana'. The video below is an interview with a teacher / psychologist that advocates for the safe ingestion of marijuana for the treatment of ADD versus the more dangerous and addictive drug Ritalin.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yj72e5q61Fs
This video doesn't have anything I feel is very new, b ut combines some important points I believe most people could agree with to come to this conclusion: If the drug is safe, which all the evidence points to, it should be legalized. If it is dangerous, it MUST be legalized so we can have some control over what is obviously completly out of control.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9KLy150NR_U
With respect to the other illicit drugs mentioned, legalization would get rid of 'dirty' drugs (people would at least get the drug they think they are getting), and it would destroy an entire black market for these drugs, not to mention the violence and abuse that it is associated with. In the UK and other countries, special clinics give away clean, high quality drugs to addicts under the supervision of a doctor to keep them off the street, kill the black market, ensure proper / safe(r) dosages, and have available to the addict the resources to change their habits in their own time; none of the things these people would have available in a crack house / heroin den.
If people will do drugs despite legal or health consequences, do you want them in the streets around your children, or in a hospital where they can get help? Further, where would you like your tax money to go? A prison or a hospital? We can inexpensivly give help, or waste all our time and money continuing to call these people criminals.
VOTE NO! And please try to encourage the drafting of the RIGHT legislation that will take care of our nations drug problem. Too many other countries have proven it can work, and now we just need to catch up.
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