Don't give me, "it leads to other drugs" speach. So does alcohol and we sell that in grocery stores. Because you can grow it in your back yard and the government can't tax that is the only reason I can figure. What's your answer?
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LOBBYIST----
Cotton---hemp is stronger than cotton
Pharmaceuticals--THC in natural form is free---they want you to pay for the synthetic
DEA/FBI--have to keep their buddies employed and an easy way to control people and convince them to give up rights to "save the children"
Drug testing industry--do you have a clue how much money is made from drug testing?
Alcohol--many people only drink since marijuana is illegal (myself included). There are many people that would rather smoke than drink...
The list goes on...but this is the gist of it.
Thats the story in a nut shell if they can not make any tax dollars from it they will not make it so others can make money from it either.
If they could get there share it would be a done deal.
The Criminal Justice system is filled with petty drug dealers/users, which means more money is added to the system (more cops, more prisons)
It's also a way to target minorities or the poor, who can't afford attorneys and get stuck with a public defender and two years in prison.
By locking up "hardened criminals", the politicians and lawmakers appear to be tough on crime and who wouldn't reelect someone who is tough on crime?
My daughter took it ONCE and was not the same for 2 years, lost her job, was on medication, and is only now getting back to being normal. If i had a gun I would have shot the supplier.
because to do so would mean that they would have to admit that all the horrible things they've said about pot for all these years were actually wrong. we know they are wrong, but they will never admit it. it would also mean that all the taxpayer money used to wage the pseudo-war on drugs has been wasted. good luck getting them to admit that, either.
You are correct..that's the only conclusion I have had for years...it's easy to grow and no way to regulate it or tax it.
There is another possibility that weed can be and has been tainted to make them stronger..but so has Shermans.
Beer on the other hand can be made by anyone..but it's a lot of work so not very many do...and the ingrediants are taxed.
For starters, if marijuana were legalized the number of traffic accidents and fatalities would go way up from people driving while stoned (and don't insult my intelligence by saying it doesn't happen -- I come from a family of cops and the average in the state of Michigan right now is half a dozen arrests PER DAY for driving while stoned, so imagine how many it would be if marijuana were legal).
Secondly, the number of workman's comp claims would go way up and productivity would take a nose-dive because of people working while stoned (again, don't insult my intelligence by saying it doesn't happen -- many people who smoke dope think it's not harmful in any way and that they can function normally after a few hits off a joint or a bong or a bowl/pipe, and they couldn't possibly be more wrong).
Finally, the government would have to deal with the messes caused by people who abuse marijuana -- those who lose their jobs and their homes, not to mention the innocent family members who also end up homeless or destitute (you can hear this coming, can't you? Don't insult my intelligence by saying it doesn't happen or that marijuana isn't addictive -- I know people who have lost jobs/careers because getting high was more important to them than being straight for work, and the so-called "research" that has been done that claims that marijuana is not addictive or harmful is funded by pro-legalization groups).
BOTTOM LINE: The government doesn't want to create a whole generation of jelly-brained idiots who will cost the government more money than they could ever make by regulating and taxing marijuana.
A lot of money changes hands because of illegal drugs. I am sure that some of that money makes its way back to the hands of the PAID LOBBY to lobby congress to KEEP IT ILLEGAL.
Of the dollar, By the dollar, For the dollar.
i think we should all get together and smoke this fat blunt i have here. who wants a shot gun?
Because marijuana turns people into worthless, good-for-nothing sacks of manure. There are more than enough such people already; legalizing it would just make the problem worse.
Im for de-criminalization.. big diff from legalization.. decriming just means if you get caught with it, the po-po wont waste their time unless ur driving and using(youngsters)
but you still have to get it from ur personal pharmacist not ur local Walgreens
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