"In Colorado, No Playbook for New Marijuana Law"

In "In Colorado, No Playbook for New Marijuana Law" by Jack Healy, we once again hear about how marijuana charges shouldn't be something to be arrested for. There are many people who are against smoking marijuana and just drugs in general and there are those who say, "hell yes, make it legal!"  In my opinion... it really is hard for me to care. If people aren't into smoking the stuff then fine, stay away from it. Everyone is entitles to an opinion, if people choose to believe that smoking marijuana isn't bad then so be it but those people should definitely go about it the legal way. If people aren't smoking marijuana legally I think there should be a fine to teach a lesson because just like alcohol, if you aren't able to drink it then you just shouldn't because things could get out of hands."Chief Oates said that the police would enforce city codes regulating medical marijuana growers, and that they would still pursue drug traffickers and dealers." I think that law enforcement is insane if they really think they can still try to catch people for trafficking and dealing because it is definitely going to easily be a hundred times harder if it becomes legal. I think the only thing good that will come of legalizing marijuana is being able to actually put people in jail for a better reason other that a couple of immature people just trying to have fun and who were just dumb enough to get caught. Hopefully that's how law enforcement sees it and doesn't just find another stupid reason to start arresting people.

Commentary on Views of a Young Citizen

Andrea Crosser's blog on Romney's Everchanging Stance on Abortion seems very interesting to me because, sadly, this is one of the main topics that americans base their decision on when it comes to selecting a presidential candidate. As a woman there are many different things I can say about this topic. But as someone who was raised against it I can't really say that I am completely for abortion.
I can agree that no one is to say whether you must or mustn't have a child who was or wasn't planned. Everyone should be able to do whatever they want with their body and I believe that only in the circumstance in which one is raped then they should be able to decide whether an abortion should take place because that person wasn't in control of their body at the time. Now being that an abortion means killing a life I would not be so sure of it but if that's what the person decides... then so be it. If abortions would be against the law of course people are going to find their way around it just like Crosser said, but there should definitely be other ways, like adoptions, that a woman should be able to proceed with instead of an abortion.
When voting for a president, it's sad that people have to consider this topic when choosing who to vote for. In the end the president or anybody else for that matter can't even know whether one is molested or not so why not just leave it as is and leave these woman to choose for themselves how it should be, if people are going to find a way around it they might as well give people some say in what happens to their body and child.

"Should the Eligibility Age for Medicare Be Raised?"

"Should the Eligibility Age for Medicare Be Raised?" is about two arguments on whether or not the 65 age eligibility should be raised or not. Maya MacGuineas says, "Yes: A fair way to cut costs." I completely disagree, I think that it should be left where it stands. Two years may not be a lot to some but it may be a big difference to others. If someone who is, lets say, 64 years old and they are having trouble affording their medical costs then they could be waiting a couple of months to a year to get decent medical care instead of having to wait three years. That being said I say don't mess with something so little that shouldn't be messed with because a lot can happen in 3 years... it could mean life or death to many senior citizens. Medicare is also for people with permanent disabilities. If Medicare age eligibility will be raised will the rules and regulations changes for other with Medicare? I believe our government could be cutting costs on many others things, so why try to cut costs knowing that it will drastically change something that people depend on. Many seniors obviously need it otherwise people wouldn't have to apply for it and go through a process for getting it. The government should try to see through the class of the middle class's eyes, many people think of help through government is given to those who don't work or are just straight up trouble makes but coming from a family who received government help I can really say it's not because people try to take advantage of the system but because in reality all the help one can get really counts.