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Dave Woods: Readers fire shots in war on war on drugs — anonymous “Only dopers would want dope legalized. Roll all the dopers in a pile and smoke them.” — PotisNotCool ‘A multi-faceted issue’ Tuesday’s update on the petition’s progress was the most-read story online that day and generated more comments than any other story during the week at joplinglobe.com. “I simply CANNOT imagine J-Town with a law limiting charges for minimal marijuana possession. Truly, it is a multi-faceted issue. I think it makes no sense to lock up someone for possession only. Unfortunately, most ‘minimal possession’ charges arise from investigations into other charges — DWI, burglary, etc. For simple possession there is no ‘gain’ to society and there are too many people engaging in illicit marijuana smoking to lock up, anyway.” — John in Albuquerque “The idea to decriminalize marijuana is aimed at saving tax dollars and keeping space in jails for ‘hard’ criminals, not to avoid responsibilities. Maddy isn’t avoiding responsibility, he’s made this HIS responsibility to Joplin. If you don’t want to see it go through, sign the petition so you can vote NO in November.” — tynk “Way to go, Kelly! It’s about time for the local police and sheriff’s departments to spend their resources and manpower investigating and prosecuting REAL crimes.” — Guy “I will put my two cents in. I am about as anti-drug as they get, with my nearly 12 years of sobriety, and horror stories to boot. This makes sense. Some of us do not support the drugs, but support the freedom of choice when no harm comes to others. Use your brains and not your emotions.” — Kraz_Eric Safer than alcohol? For many of the regulars in the Globe’s comments section, the idea that marijuana is a gateway drug to the use of harder substances is a non-starter. Most of those leaving comments on this issue said they believe that meth, prescription drugs, alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous and ultimately a bigger problem than pot will ever be — decriminalized or not. 
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