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Doctor Feelgood

02-07-2009 09:41 PM

ill vote yes

there will be jobs lost in the DEA
but the boost from Tourism will help

Fritos stock will go up
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ma-Smoking.gif

Bill8

02-07-2009 11:02 PM

The media, cops, policians and lawyers will never allow it to be legalized.

Too much political power in keeping it illegal and keeping up a climate of fear.

The media in particular needs it's demon. Needs to be able to scapegoat innocent people, to keep up the morality play.

dynastoned

02-07-2009 11:06 PM

the war on drugs and marijuana in particular provides too many jobs for it to be legalized atm.

KillerK

02-08-2009 12:42 AM

All the idiots who say yes because of taxes are flat out wrong.

Once it is LEGAL, who would buy it? I'd grow my own shit for free.

$5 submissions

02-08-2009 02:41 AM

You're on to something here. The Correctional Officers lobby in California is particularly strong.

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 15453916)

Yeah Thurbs, but I was thinking about this today...I'll bet that Law Enforcement lobbyists are a HUGE part of keeping it illegal.

If pot were legal...then guess what? Less cops would be needed. Less prisons. Less judges. Less courthouses.

It's in the interest of the law enforcement community to keep it illegal. :(

$5 submissions

02-08-2009 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerK (Post 15454158)

All the idiots who say yes because of taxes are flat out wrong.

Once it is LEGAL, who would buy it? I'd grow my own shit for free.

You raise a very interesting point. How many tobacco smokers grow their own tobacco? What economic considerations are present in marijuana cultivation that is absent in tobacco cultivation that would steer you towards home cultivation?

KillerK

02-08-2009 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions (Post 15454393)

You can easily grow weed. Although it might open up for people to buy quality seeds? But really I see it not as a money maker.

Would love to have a list of people who run companies that hit the bong right when they get up, at lunch time and once or twice more in the evening.

seeandsee

02-08-2009 03:52 AM

skunk us for $$$ :)

xmas13

02-08-2009 03:54 AM

Prison is wrong for pot smokers. A trip to the nearby psychiatric hospital would do the trick. :2 cents:

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Matyko

02-08-2009 04:56 AM

I have no problems with giving it a try ;)

candyflip

02-08-2009 08:46 AM

Love this photo of our new President:

http://coedmagazine.files.wordpress....pg?w=600&h=396

candyflip

02-08-2009 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 15453916)

They'd still have plenty of other shit to clean up.

Unless you're caught traffic HUGE quantities, you get a slap on the wrist...if anything. This is in New York at least, were for the most part personal possession of marijuana has been decriminalized.

$5 submissions

02-08-2009 02:48 PM

There's also the issue of multiplying the benefits of the freed up resources. Resources allocated in an economy have multiplier effects. Some are more efficient than others.

Ethersync

02-08-2009 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 15453916)

I'll bet that Law Enforcement lobbyists are a HUGE part of keeping it illegal.

Yes.....

$5 submissions

02-09-2009 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Ethersync (Post 15456730)

Yes.....

Funny how the dynamics of the Military industrial complex plays out in other areas of government spending.

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