i cant see marijuana being legalized
as much as i hate to say it the gov makes to much money off of busting people for marijuana
you think about it where i live if you have marijuana on you its $2000, $2000 dollars if your in a park and are smoking it, $20,000 to $10,000,000 for selling depending on how much you have on you, and $20,000 to $10,000,000 if you are growing marijuana

so if you think about it if the gov legalizes marijuana they would have to put a tax of at least 500% tax that means a dime would be $60 so everyones going to grow their own and then the gov will charge you to be able to grow, then your going to get dealers selling it so there is no tax ad then there going to make it illegal again thats if it makes it that far before its made illegal before that

this is my thoughts what dose everyone think???

first off - what about the people wasting it jail? is their time less valuable than some govt blood money? this is clearly not the way to profit from nature's bounty...

it is terrible that all the money that gets spent on weed every day does not benefit the system and in fact some benefits cartels and terrorist organizations.. we just need to stop the flow of that money and add a small tax to commercial sale of pot.. the current california proposal is a $50 tax on each ounce sold.. i think this is a little steep, but as price drops below the current black market prices it will become unreasonable and will be reduced.. that should net the state of california 1.5 billion dollars in the first year..

besides just taxing weed we will get money from all sorts of new enterprises that spring up centered around pot culture..

and what about hemp? how can anyone possibly ever justify ever having hemp prohibited?

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yeah i agree that there are a lot of good things that would come from legalizeing marijuana
but im trying to think like the gov they look at all the negitive things that would come from and they see profit from
it already

i agree that there are a lot of good things that would come from legalizeing marijuana more jobs from farmers that grow it
smoke shops, and all the other enterprises that it would help
im all for legalizaion of marijuana but i highly doubt that i will ever see that unless we the people as it says in the constition
say it should be a right to smoke it but there everyone wont stand up for it we the people have the power to over throw the gov but
no one is willing to stick there neck out to do it

Legalizing weed leads to legalizing hemp... that's the huge money-maker eventually.

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what are any REAL negative effects from changing pot laws?

i think the constitution probably does support our individual rights to do things like smoke and drink as we please.. the bill of rights was printed on hemp right? but, taking it one step further - there is a part in the bible that says that we shall partake of all herbs on the earth.. here we go - "Genesis 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."

or perhaps we need a special constitutional amendment?

like i said in another post - why is hemp illegal anyway? is it because you could grow sativa/indica and hide it in your field?

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hemp as far as i know of everything i have read says that hemp was made illegal because of a logger
the loggers bisness was threatened from hemp so he blamed a kid that murdered his family that he was high
so they made it ilegal
so thats the most common thing i have heard

and the negitive things are driving high slow reflexes and altered state of mind

would more people really start smoking than already do though? some may try it and decide it's still not for them..

you wont be able to drive stoned any more than you are now..

and - hemp had nothing to do with anyone getting high.. i guess the politicians at the time had more to gain from current logging, petrol, textiles, animal feed and other such businesses so they stomped out the competing market.. sounds a bit contrary to free market capitalism, no..?

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respect to all.they cant regulate it cos we will still get our seeds and grow,how many on riu can say its not one of their favourite hobbies?also,the shrinks say we will all have mental health issues sooner or later,maybe they think we will burden our respective health systems in years to come costing billions.beauracracy gone mad.

the gov would stand to profit way more if they lagalized it. they would be able to have a consistent intake from a tax. the problem is what do they do with all the gov employees in the field. they would be jobless or actually be able to focus on people like murderers, rapist and child molestors. also all the privatized prison systems would take a hit to since like 90% of the people in them are non violent drug offenders. heaven forbid concentrating law enforcement on these issues instead of the guy thats out trying to score a bag of smoke. thats just my opinion. I am personally sick of the way the united states gov runs our lives and hinders our will to be a free. the people that started our gov many moons ago did not intend this. gov was establish to protect and serve the peoples will. I personally am looking to relocate to the North country.