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One, I feel humbled just to have an answer posted on the same page as Justin Freeman's. He gave one of the best 'under the hood' views of the enforcement side, as seen by the 'boots', as could be given. And he nailed the argument, elegantly, and eloquently. Quora exists to give voice to those like him.Two, I spent two decades of my life in those same boots wondering these same things. This is what I've concluded, in a business major's more matter of fact delivery: Marijuana is the safest, therapeutically active substance known to man. So sayeth the DEA's own administrative judge in his ruling years ago. Anything that has been safe and effective medicine for 6,000+ years, is just that. No bureaucratic agenda can change the fact, and lying about it only destroys the credibility needed to deal with the very real social harms unleashed by cocaine, excess and illicit opiates, street amphetamines, and the absolute worst of the bunch...you guessed it...alcohol.I have carried a gun for every level of our government, been around the world twice, worked in a state prison on death row, and policed the streets of the murder capital of Florida in its worst neighborhoods in patrol for twenty years and nothing comes anywhere close to the human tragedy, wrecked lives, bodies, and relationships I saw caused by alcohol. Any cop will tell you the same...even the ones who can't refuse it themselves.The only problems domestic law enforcement routinely experience related to marijuana are all tied to its status as a controlled substance. Its criminally stupid to try to drive stoned, but as a percentage of traffic infractions go, it barely moves the needle in frequency of contact to most patrol officers...again DUI is the drunk monkey with a machine gun in the schoolhouse. Almost all of the rest of the 'police' problems with pot are related to the drug codes in the statutes.Stoners (pot and pot only), while not my favorite contact, were little more than amusing or annoying details during days and nights filled with much more urgent and violently destructive problems. I've never had to fight a bar room full of stoners, or go to guns because one of them pulled a knife on me. I've never had to call out a field force deployment because a block full of stoners went on a rampage, or authorize a SWAT callout because one became a despondent hostage taker, or decided his shotgun looked better from the business end but wanted to serve us a buckshot sandwich before saying goodbye. Nope, none of these things. Neither did any of the hundreds of officers that reported to me. I would've known, since I was the watch commander. Pot just doesn't rate on the social harms meter. I have however, experienced many flavors of the above related to the 'hard drugs', lest you think I'm saying that only alcohol has the keys to Hell itself.Third, and now to me. I have a very severe form of myofascial pain syndrome. I am in severe pain now as I type. Most personal medical bios are boring, so forgive the indulgence, but this one has a point to the topic. I had to retire 4 years ago. By all accounts, I was on the fast track. Except that in Florida, if you're in severe pain, you can only legally receive therapy or drugs, usually Schedule II or III narcotics. There is something about having a patch with a drug hundreds of times stronger than morphine attached to your leg just below your automatic that smacks of bad idea. Narcotics work by dulling the nerves...and your mind...and your life...and everything connected to it. The body responds by raising the gain on the nerves and the cat never catches its tail. Opiates are excellent acutely, but terrible chronically.Pot is an undisputed pain reliever, but is almost the near opposite...not great acutely, but outstanding chronically. The cannabinoids activate receptors on the glial cells that calm the nerves and the pain cycle diminishes, quite unlike the legal stuff. I only know this because I research cures constantly. Why? Because here, my doctor can't prescribe or recommend this treatment for me because we would both go to jail for completing the act. Cocaine, morphine, and methamphetamine...all very dangerous, are perfectly legal to prescribe, but my own doctor can't legally prescribe the safest pain killer on the planet because of some 80 year old witch hunt laws, resurrected by Nixon to give himself a 'wartime' presidency.As you can tell, I draw the same distinctions brother Freeman does. Pot should be regulated...its not dangerous enough to schedule, so they should just legalize it and make it a status offense for minors and a taxed vice for adults. The really...and I mean REALLY bad stuff is already legal if you're over 21 or have a prescription. And yes, the cops would move on to bigger fish...most do anyways, legalization would put some coin in the budget and cut down on a lot of black market supply chain organized crime and petty street corner dealing.

If you are ambulatory, it’s wise to take pictures of the scene, the vehicles, and the other parties if possible. Exchange contact and insurance information with the other driver. Try to find some witnesses and get their contact information. In the meantime, call the police. If injuries are serious, also call an ambulance in addition to a towing service. The police will investigate the accident and prepare a Crash Report.Seek appropriate medical treatment. If injuries are serious, this will probably mean going by ambulance to an emergency room. If injuries are minor, call your doctor and ask for an appointment the same or the following day. Get some rest, apply cold packs to strained muscles, drink plenty of water, and let your nerves settle down. After examination by the doctor(s) follow their directions regarding further treatment.Within a few days you will be contacted by the insurance companies to obtain your statements regarding the facts of the accident and your injury. If you have collision coverage, using it is the easiest and quickest way to get your car on the road again. Your company will pursue the other for reimbursement of its payment and your deductible amount.The at-fault driver’s insurance company will have you sign and return a medical authorization form, and a wage loss authorization form, which will give them the right to obtain your medical records pertaining to the accident and to verify your loss of income as a result of your injury. You will be asked to submit copies of your medical bills, even if they are paid by your health insurance or your own auto insurance company. While you cannot “double dip”, all of the bills are needed in order to appropriately evaluate your claim.Under most circumstances you are perfectly capable of handling your own property damage and injury claims. You do not have to get a lawyer.When you have completed medical treatment, have recovered, and have submitted all the documentation to the insurance company, the adjuster will contact you to discuss your injury claim settlement. She may ask what you want, or may make an offer. You do not have to take the first offer. Injury claims settlements are always negotiable. If you are initially far apart, you will dicker until you reach an agreement somewhere in the middle. You will then be asked to sign and return a General Release form. After you return the signed release, the insurance company will send you a check.

Indeed it is. Both Fatah, the government of West Bank Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, who rule Gaza, are guilty of maltreatment of Palestinian as too are the governments neighbouring Arab countries with substantial Palestinian-origin populations, and even the Israeli government.The other Arab countries that have substantial populations of Palestinian origin are actually much worse. Besides direct maltreatment, with the single exception of Jordan none of these countries accords these Palestinian-origin residents full citizenship rights. In Lebanon, for example they are denied access to education and employment in any but the most basic labouring jobs. They can rise above poverty only through business success. ( There is an interesting parallel here with the historic treatment of Jews.)Oh wait, I just had a look at the source article that your question points to, a summary by Salon magazine of the US State Department report on human rights violations in ‘Israel and the occupied territories’. I read the article, which starts by noting that ‘The 124-page report is divided into multiple parts, distinguishing Palestinian citizens of Israel from Palestinians living under illegal military control in the occupied territories.’ I also read the report, which by the way, does not use the term ‘illegal military control’. (Misrepresention by Salon).The Salon piece then goes on to highlight sections of the report, but only those which accuse Israeli Jews, even though the report itself also harshly criticises the Palestinian Authorities.O.K., so I get it: the Salon piece is a trashy bit of biased journalism. Even just singling out the State Department report on Israel and the ‘Occupied Territories’ to report to its readers demonstrates bias by Salon. I looked at some of the other State Department reports on Middle Eastern countries. It looks like Israel is by no means one of the worst offenders. No matter how you slice it Israel actually seems to be at the better end of the scale.I conclude that this piece is just one more example of singling out Israel for ‘special treatment’, and I don’t mean the preferential treatment received by ‘special needs’ students at your local school.The editors at Salon, like the author of this question, selectively target Jews for criticism. They are not especially interested in the maltreatment of people of Palestinian Arab ancestry, and very far from interested in human rights in general. They are specifically interested in criticising only Israel and influencing public opinion to see Israel as one of the worst human rights offenders, the opposite of the truth.If they actually were interested in human rights, they would start with addressing the massive death and destruction caused by wars in Congo, Syria and Yemen, etc; systematic torture of hundreds of thousands of dissidents in almost all the Middle East; oppression of women, including ‘honour killings’; the maltreatment of non-Arab minorities throughout the Middle East, including destruction of places of worship and systematic discrimination, in some cases overt and officially sanctioned; the treatment of gays. I don’t know where to stop but Israel would be so far down the list that you would never get to it.Look at yourself in the mirror. If you target Israel for criticism amidst so much human rights abuse in the world, you are a bigot, an anti-Semite. If you tell yourself that Israel also deserves to be criticised along with others, you are a hypocrite. There are armies of people already targeting Jews. They don’t need your help - but many other human rights advocates do in addressing much more serious abuse elsewhere.If this is you, you are part of the problem, not a part of the solution. You may just be a left-winger who has been unwittingly led into what is effectively anti-Semitism by starting with criticism of everything to do with the USA and its allies.Or you may just truly, sincerely hate Jews. If that really is the case, own up to it; don’t be a spineless wimp.