Marijuana is the Debt buster we need.

Mcqlives said:
I am not talking about the crazy crimes that get you a federal sentence, just the small stuff that adds up as a cost (theft, burglary, property damage, etc). All you have to do to see this is look at the progressive European countries that have allowed marijuana use for the past decades.
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I see what you mean...but ..the petty crimes because of Pot..will IMO, be no more than we see now with all other walks of life here..and Europe only has a few places where pot is totally legal..(Amsterdam)..and they are not really seeing nothing over the normal societal crimes of just plain living together..I will say that if the US as a whole adopts a legal environment for medical and casual use of Pot..we could see our society basically just mellow out and just not worry about foreign issues like we do today..just my Opinion.

But lets try the Revenue challenge first and at least see if it will offset your wages being frozen or furloughs to GOV workers/ SS/Medicare/Welfare/healthcare..stuff like that that is eating up the GOVt fiscal budget...anything to get us out of debt..


yes, good discussion..:)
 
ArchAngel said:
It just moved out of committee in Washington. Looks like it may pass.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/03/24/1597505/bill-to-license-pot-dispensaries.html
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I do want to see how this will work if it becomes law. One of my big gripes about medical marijuana is how to quantify it. Any other drug has a regulated amount (mg strength for example). How do you grow a plant and say that the product has "x" amount of THC? If it is the active drugs in the plant people need/want there are marijuana pills (even inhalers) available that have quantifiable amounts of THC. Makes me think that the people that want marijuana legalized just want to smoke it and not get in trouble.

Even that is fine with me, just don't say it is for medical purposes when you are putting smoke in your lungs and don't make all of us pay for your medical expenses (Schitzo drugs are really expensive, I hear!).
 
Buster said:
..people don't commit crazy crimes while high on Pot compared to people blitzed on booze...Once it is legal the illegal element is removed or minimized....i.e., drug cartels and their likes.
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I am not talking about the crazy crimes that get you a federal sentence, just the small stuff that adds up as a cost (theft, burglary, property damage, etc). All you have to do to see this is look at the progressive European countries that have allowed marijuana use for the past decades. As for the illegal element, that will simply be a matter of perspective. In the past we have looked a the Mexican cartels being responsible for most of the weed in the county. Right now we still look at Mexico but large growers in legal states are exporting their product all of the US, regardless of if it is legal where they are sending it. If the whole country legalizes it we won't have drug cartels, we will have corporate farms. At that point I'm sure that the Canadians will look at us like we have looked at Mexico (at least in regards to marijuana.)

I like the discussion!
 
Mcqlives said:
If it can be proven that we could become debt free as a country (society) by legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana with a control on it's use (I don't see how) similar to that of alcohol, then I am all for it. Until that is proven, the risks are too great.
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I think you are over thinking this..give it a chance....it has already been proven by the $1.7 Billion + revenue it's generating in the very FEW States that have adopted tolerance...I hear what you're saying..but as you eluded too..time and results (profits) will be the test of this...to be good or bad..as far as social problems within the majority that will use vs abuse..You have not been out in the real world..people don't commit crazy crimes while high on Pot compared to people blitzed on booze...Once it is legal the illegal element is removed or minimized....i.e., drug cartels and their likes.
 
I would like to see the costs associated with the health issues of smoking it (short and long term), damage to property (think what it takes to make a hydro grow in a house) and collateral criminal activity that is associated with marijuana abuse (proven in numerous studies). I would be that the profit vs costs about break even...then you have to weight the societal impact.

If it can be proven that we could become debt free as a country (society) by legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana with a control on it's use (I don't see how) similar to that of alcohol, then I am all for it. Until that is proven, the risks are too great.
 
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Medical marijuana becoming blockbuster drug
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Annual sales near $2 billion and rising in states with tolerant laws

Medical marijuana is now a $1.7 billion market, according to a report released Wednesday by See Change Strategy, an independent financial analysis firm that specializes in new and unique markets. The figure represents estimated sales of marijuana through dispensaries in states with medical marijuana laws. It is the first time a definitive dollar figure has been given to the emerging medical cannabis industry.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42237531/ns/business-small_business
 
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