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Old 04-28-2008, 02:52 PM
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I am indeed looking for feedback and I appreciate you guys taking the time to reply but there seems to be a small misunderstanding about what the post is arguing.

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Even in a relatively tolerant state like Oregon, getting popped with a single plant carries a maximum penalty of 20 years time/$300,000 fine. Not that I think that max penalty would be applied in such circumstances, but still. You're assuming a lot.

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The argument advocates decriminalizing over full out legalising.

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besides i would rather they legalize so i can grow my whlole backyard full of bud.
and open my own 420 friendly coffee shop!
Even in The Netherlands you can't grow a back yard full of bud and not anyone can open a 420 cafe shop and you can't open it anywhere you like. There is a limit to how much you can grow.

This is based on second hand knowledge. I'm not sure on the Dutch marijuana Policy.

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Old 04-28-2008, 03:51 PM
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There is still tax free alcohol made, such.. Really pot plants would be even easier to hide for private use then alcohol would be.


The only people I think are against legalization are most likely part of either the crowd that makes money off the fact its illegal somehow or are just not the sharpest tools in the shed.
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My state has decriminalized it but the fines are still hefty and the threat of going to jail for less than a ounce still seems like overkill. fuck decriminalization, legalization would be much better in my opinion.
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Old 04-28-2008, 11:07 PM
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weed wont be legalized because its the head honcho of the blame game..Kids go to jail, blame there life on Pot(and other assorted drugs) and then you have crack and coke being assorted with weed in Politics, Causing domino effect..
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Decriminalization sounds good in theory, but the "war on drugs" is a multi-billion dollar money making machine that feeds our growing police state, and face it, the American populace is a statistical paycheck, taking marijuana out of the picture would be equivalent to telling thousands of police officers they can kiss their retirement goodbye. Many (if not all) police drug interdiction groups use drug money as their supplementary budget, to buy cars, guns, body armor, etc. The surplus goes to line pockets in the form of bonuses, benefits, 401k, and so on.

Then there's the prison system, which benefits from the free, inexhaustible laborers that the "war on drugs" provides. And the tobacco industry which doesn't want the competition, the same goes for the textile industry.

These organizations, local/state drug enforcment, DEA, big tobacco, DuPont, etc, are not going to give up easily, and decriminalization will only delay and possible benefit them. I say it may benefit them because decriminalization will not stop some of the more egregious problems with the drug trade and that could be used to re-criminalize marijuana down the road, gaining us nothing. No, when it comes down to it, legalization and the dismantling of the mechanisms that are currently in place to enforce these laws, removing the authority of these agencies is the only way to eliminate their influence in our political system and win back the right to decide what you'll do with your body, with your property and with your life.

In my opinion, your dealer doesn't want legalization because he runs a criminal enterprise (not dissing anyone) and makes money from the risk involved with providing a prohibited substance. His profit margins are at stake, and he's feeding you disinformation to justify it.

Even if the government taxed the hell out of marijuana cultivation, we'd have our foot in the door, public opinion of marijuana would slowly but surely change and with that change we'd see more tolerance, and the ability to sway laws, tax or otherwise, in our favor.

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If marijuana became legal, then i would be excited about the availibility of a huge selection of strains. And then of coarse i'd have a backyard wonderland of herbs. But as bud hook up in my hometown i'd for sure be loosing out on some major cash oppertunities. The beauty of marijuana prohibition is that anyone with a cell phone can now run there own fortune 500 company out of there house. In America money grows on trees, you can squeeze $400 out of an ounce of dank... people work there entire lives making only some small profits per unit, or punching in at minimum wage. while other kids are growing money with dirt and tap water.
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