And your point is? That because we already have things that people use to hurt other innocent people that we must add more? Got that one.
Someone more knowledgeable help me out: let's say it gets legalized nationwide. I've only seen the "legit" shops and dealers in Grass Valley and in the Seattle area, and I haven't been impressed with their operations or controls (and I think a bunch got shut down). Is there a "Weed Wal-Mart" or "Marijuana Anheuser Busch" waiting to start working the market, collecting all this revenue and paying taxes on time?
I would suppose if it is fully legalized that stores would sell it like they do booze. It may fall under state liquor control authorities and sold accordingly... Wholesale growers will sprout up (sorry, couldn't resist) and then many will become unionized... and then eventually we'd buy it from China or Mexico where salve labor rules the day.
do we really need the government to hold our hands? are you also in favor of limiting the size of soft drinks? diabetes kills alot more people than weed ever has
Of course not. I'm well on record at S2 as being against this- as you probably already know. I wonder if this is true. So many people start with weed and go on to stronger drugs and kill, steal, die... So I looked it up and although the figures are different, a fair average is this: Death from diabeties (and it's complications)- USA 200,000, Worldwide 4 million Death from drug overdose- USA 435,000, Worldwide 2.5 million
wait, most people start smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol before weed, so lets attribute all those deaths there instead, right? seems logical
people start smoking cigarettes, and how did you put it? ahh go on to stronger drugs and kill, steal, die
It would be more like Marlborough Greens. I read that major cig companies have been buying up land in california to hedge their bets on legalization. One problem with full legaliztion that most people dont consider is that it would instantly be corporatized and mass produced squeezing the mom and pops out of the market. The same mom and pops who are advocating for legalization.
I think the pont is that the current war on drugs does way more to harm people and our society than drugs could ever do. Every substance (or thing) that make people feel good will be abused by a certain portion of the population, legal or not. Education and rehab is better than felionaztion and incarceration. Portugal is an interesting example of a decrimilized drug policy that is working. Urugay is moving in the right direction also. The rest of latin america is begging us to change our policies. The war on drugs doesnt work.
