two resons why mj wont get legalized. Big business cant get patent on it. The already established and accepted industry of alcohol does not want it legalize. In addition to the textile industy(cotton). Most of all the pharmaceutical industry does not want it legalized. Second, the religious factor in our cuntry(no, it is not a typo, LOL) (USA) has done a great job Demonizing MJ.
Remember REEFER MADNESS ????? OH yea, all most forgot, I sure the cigarette industry would not be too happy if marijuana was legel.

So work the system and it your medical card.

Rmemember Hemp was legal in the USA at one time

I would love to see marijuana legal and have thought of so many different ways to do it
the best one i have thought of is put a 15% tax on it if you buy it from a store and if you grow your own you have to buy a permit
that says you can grow it and you would be treated the same as a drunk driver if you are high while driving
and for the people that buy from a dealer still they can still get in trouble for buying illegaly and the same for the growers if they dont have a permit
and also jobs that it would create would help the economy

thats the best idea i have had to get it legalized

i've heard that the big tobacco companies already have patents on packaging and advertisement of weed cigarettes - that was in like 1995..

wouldn't it be amazing if we saw violent crime fade out in the statistics because cops didn't waste their time and money on weed..? that might be even better than saving the economy...

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The tobacco companies already have the patents. Yes it would be nice to see how it would affect crime in a positive way. Really I think our gov needs a total cleansing. there are to many law enforcement that dont realize what their job actually is. there kinda on a power trip for lack of a better term. heres an example, the other day in my area we had three cops use a tazer on a 15yr old kid after they had him in cuffs he was like 120lbs. he was under the influence of alcohol. but come on now did they really need to do this. he went into conjestive heart failure and died. they also refused to let 2 RNs treat him before the ambulance could arrive. this is not the kind of people that I want to protect and serve the people. Now dont take this out of text because I know there are alot of good officers out there and I dont want to scrutinze against them for anothers actions. It just seems that things like this are happening to often.

77 billion dollars is what legalization would bring in.

Somewhere around here is a thread with an economics professor on a video. That's the total he came up with, between the savings from not criminalizing marijuana users and the tax revenue from it.

That's a lot of dollars and we're in a shit load of debt and they just keep handing out money like it's nothing. They're going to have to do something.

I'm not sure if this is the one you're talking about but...

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So You cannot patent marijuana. But you could patent specific new strains.

It's all because they can't figure out a way to successfully get their hands into the pocket of the home grower. That's the big hold up, how can they get theirs from us growing at home...........