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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
I would rather see it completely decriminalized than legal. Once it becomes legal, and it eventually will, big corporations will take it over and it will be taxed as much as cigarettes or more. Imagine paying $10 for a joint and $8 of that goes to the govt, fuck that.
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it will never be legalized - too many people making money off of it being illegal.
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in regards to comparing it to cigs, alcohol ....
cigs... very hard to grow the plant, very stinky, attracts weird bugs, final product is more like cigars.. and people like their 'tailor mades'. So, easy for a corp to take over and submit governmental taxes.
alcohol... not 'hard', but not 'easy' to do - and really... most people who are proud of their homebrew (beer, wine, white lightning...) are delusional - most of it really sucks. So, its easy for a corp to take over and provide a standard product and submit governmental taxes.
weed... EASY to grow, thousands of strains to choose from, it all tastes good in the end. So, NOT easy for a corp to take it over and provide a (competitive) product the consumer will be satisfied with (and submit governmental taxes).
people can't make good cigs at home so its legal/controllable, people can't make good booze (generally) so its legal/controllable, people CAN EASILY make their own good weed so its illegal/uncontrollable
hence - weed will not become legal (in most places)
sure wish it was tho
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believe me - without free porn, just as many people will seek porn out on the Internet, and many more will pay if there is no free alternative, its not like sex is a fad - it can be milked much like any renewable resource - long term
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