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by david927·17y ago·view on hn ↗
Not Steve's best. I love the guy, but this wasn't well thought out.

1. Everything is complex, some things more than others, but you can't not start a change because it's complex.

2. This change MUST happen. Period. We have to free up the criminal justice system from the silliness and waste. It costs taxpayers billions and only results in destroyed lives. This (legalization or simply decriminalization) has to happen, and it has to happen now.

3. Other countries have successfully implemented this. We can use them as a template. I live in the Czech Republic and it's a combination of legalized/decriminalized here. It works great. Find out what they do and copy it.

I've never tried marijuana and have no intention to, but watching all the lives and resources wasted on a non-problem sickens me.