The same amount it takes to realize that the US has a fairly long tradition of violating treaties it signs. Just ask a native American. Treaties smeaties. Treaties are only worth the paper they are written on as long as that treaty has a value to the signers. Once the government figures a way that they can make assloads of money by legalizing it and not looking soft on crime they will. Once that happens the treaty becomes unprofitable and therefore unneeded.The US will turn it's back on that treaty.

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Marijuana Prohibition = Hate Crime

....i don't know. even if the gov't gets a lot of money, you'll still have to get past the DEA because no matter what they'll be losing a buttload of money.

I could not agree with you more. The DEA is the biggest proponent of prohibition. Why? Without the "demon weed" there is just not enough of an illegal drug problem to justify their huge budget.

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Marijuana Prohibition = Hate Crime

Yes, the DEA isnt making any money it is a money to waste deal with getting rid of drugs, the DEA would become MORE concentrated on dealing with more hardcore drugs if weed was legal.

The DEA would probably not get a budget cut at all, once they start having their full focus on the truly detrimental drugs, they can probably go a lot farther destroying those trafficking infrastructures.

Imagine a true dea crackdown on meth? Or fucking coke? Yeah... that would be a nice place for a bong rip

cosign!!!!

are you kidding? congress would look a the DEA's budget and say 'well you're spending X amount on preventing pot but since pot is legal now you don't need that money"

I truly believe that the DEA would simply scramble to slap 'cocaine' over all the anti-marijuana stuff that's out there and go on about business as usual.

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Right because that would be a predictable thing to do for a slipper slope to worse drug enforcement across the board, instead of just marijuana.

If the dea isnt spending the full budget they are given, for getting rid of marijuana, ON getting rid of marijuana, then they have problems already.

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I do NOT grow MARIJUANA, and I hate social networking!!
<----- Anti-social.

im accually moving back to oregon soon
so many people have asked me to buy herbs at bus stops and on the MAX train lol

Just to jump back a few pages where someone said it would take a lot of major states to legalize before the fed's would and that California was the only state where there was med mari laws. I think that is what is wrong with people in their 20's to early 30's in this country (US) we breed ignorance and laziness, no one desires to do anything even if it is typing words in a search engine...there are a few states that have med mari laws and a few that have decrim poss so while Cali may make news its not the only one just cause its the only one on the T.V. Also if you would have clicked the link and read the proposal you would see the age is 21 and it is for 2010...I know half of you are high but shit you don't even have to get up, just click. Also to add to the argument Alaska overturned a city decision to jail a man for possession of more than an ounce when state constitution said up to 4 ounces was legal in your home and city law made it illegal (I believe 4 ounces, maybe less), my point here is that states don't like to get punked and I personally believe that whether it be city or fed's if a state says it's legal, you appeal to a state judge or higher and you should win. JMO
Medical Marijuana Laws (according to NORML)
Washington
OregonCaliforniaNevada
Montana
Alaska
Colorado
New Mexico
HawaiiMaryland
Vermont
MaineDecriminalization (according to NORML)
Oregon
California
Nevada
Alaska
ColoradoNebraska
Minnesota
MississippiOhio
North Carolina
New York
Maine

These lists do not include many of the states that offer conditional deals I.E. dismissal, probation or community service for first offense possession.
In closing please read the entire post before you attempt to sharp shoot my information.

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