Is the legalization of Marijuana really worth it?

meathook666 said:

just like our herb...

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No not just like our herb. Cannabis is easy to grow and cure. Although easy, some people find it easier to purchase, but when it comes to growing for personal use, the comparison between tobacco and cannabis is ludicrous.

Tobacco requires specialized equipment to cure and the process is time consuming and difficult to do properly.

Johnnyorganic said:

No not just like our herb. Cannabis is easy to grow and cure. Although easy, some people find it easier to purchase, but when it comes to growing for personal use, the comparison between tobacco and cannabis is ludicrous.

Tobacco requires specialized equipment to cure and the process is time consuming and difficult to do properly.

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Tobacco is no harder to cure than MJ, depending on your tastes it may even take less time. The equipment used is easily obtained from your local hardware store.

Build Your Own Tobacco Curing Chamber and How to Cure Tobacco

AlphaNoN said:

Tobacco is no harder to cure than MJ, depending on your tastes it may even take less time. The equipment used is easily obtained from your local hardware store.

Build Your Own Tobacco Curing Chamber and How to Cure Tobacco

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Many homeowners wish to grow a few plants of tobacco in their yard or garden for ornamental purposes or for personal use. Tobacco plants are usually no more difficult to grow than many other garden plants, but it is difficult to cure, age, and process tobacco without specialized facilities.

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This was my source: Growing Tobacco in the Home Garden

Thanks for the link. I will check it out.

FromTheBong said:

I think even if they did legalize bud it would still be illegal to cultivate. Just like it is with alcohol

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it's illegal to make your own alcohol?

no its legal, and you don't need a permit if you keep it under a certain limit... but if you want to manufacture and distribute, then you have to go through a big long process...

if the gov over prices i can still call up my dude

pot is the number one cash crop in america. our economy sucks. it would help. hemp is amazing too.

People don't grow there own tobacco because it has been available at very cheap prices. Why worry about all that it takes to grow tobacco when years ago it was cents on the dollar and legal and extremely easy to get. Now not so much now but it still would be a pain and the same goes for booze. Also for some people on here who said pot doesn't help Glaucoma, it relives the pressure on the optic nerve and the whole eye thus halting the destroying effect of the Illness!

yeah... just legalize it... check out my masses thread and my calling out thread for more of what I think about it.... if you care... shrugs...

Even if the gov does charge more it will be legal and that means more people will have it and more to sell, less likely to get arrested and then after we don't buy from gov they will be like shit no ones buying OUR bud we should lower the prices (think about it they do that with everything if no one buys it lower the prices) if it were legal the drug war would crash cuz they'd have to charge more for say coc, acid, or booms.. but look everywhere else it's legal there crime is less then ours (cuz they knew when to legalize it before it got outta hand unlike America's gov they waited and were afraid it'd be a bigger war when infact they could have taken a lesson from another country and legalized it America prob wouldn't be as stupid

ID pay a license fee to cultivate so many plants.

I would too, as long as the fee was within reason. Like a gardening license or something.

high top said:

ID pay a license fee to cultivate so many plants.

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Albino King Kong said:

I have thought about it and I don't think legalization is worth it. It will increase atics and will cause alot of problems wih second hand smoke. Just the thought of this plant being comercialised makes my brain hurt. What is everyones elses thoughts on the matter?

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The way I see it is that at this point all the money (billions as I'm sure we all know) and effort spent on prohibition aren't keeping US from smoking it, it is just keeping a few million (at most) from smoking it.

But really If we look deeper we also all realize that it is just a way for a few companies to make bank by eliminating cheap and viable competition while the taxpayers get to foot the bill. So as we can see the whole thing is rooted in corruption and cronyism all for the sake of some good ol' boy network. Laws are supposed to protect the people, not enable a few to make extravagant livings at the cost of the taxpayer. Running an operation like this is bound to either fail or be very unjust, and in this case it's both.

Also consider that if legalized anyone with a green enough thumb would be able to bypass going to the local weed store, setting good old capitalism to fail itself. So really, like everything else, it all boils down to money and who gets the most of it, not what's best for us, or for society, not what's best for the taxpayers, what's best for the money machine.

are you kidding me man.............

" addicts " - marijuana is not addicting

" second hand smoke" - people who were programmed to be scared shit less of marijuana will be and wont smoke more or less. you should be worries of the already legal and lethal cigarette industry my friend.

cleatis said:

The way I see it is that at this point all the money (billions as I'm sure we all know) and effort spent on prohibition aren't keeping US from smoking it, it is just keeping a few million (at most) from smoking it.

But really If we look deeper we also all realize that it is just a way for a few companies to make bank by eliminating cheap and viable competition while the taxpayers get to foot the bill. So as we can see the whole thing is rooted in corruption and cronyism all for the sake of some good ol' boy network. Laws are supposed to protect the people, not enable a few to make extravagant livings at the cost of the taxpayer. Running an operation like this is bound to either fail or be very unjust, and in this case it's both.

Also consider that if legalized anyone with a green enough thumb would be able to bypass going to the local weed store, setting good old capitalism to fail itself. So really, like everything else, it all boils down to money and who gets the most of it, not what's best for us, or for society, not what's best for the taxpayers, what's best for the money machine.

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Uhh.... abolish money... take it completely out of the picture... then whats left? Be raw, whats left? No form of currency what so ever!

nice idea, going back to bartering, but you know the people with most of the money will never let that happen.

I think a bartering system would be good. Tradeja this here thang for that there whatchamacallit.

I like the idea of bartering.. but I highly doubt it would work with the technological society we live in.... information would have to replace money... lol... who would have ever though, making knowledge truly valuable again, ..... ironically enough, if money were abolished, or didn't exist, I don't think most of the people in the world would really have a whole hell of a lot of problems...

theloadeddragon said:

Uhh.... abolish money... take it completely out of the picture... then whats left? Be raw, whats left? No form of currency what so ever!

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I never meant that we should eliminate money, It would be nice if it could happen, but there will always be a medium of exchange because we always like to be better than someone else.

I meant more along the lines of people would have a harder time capitolizing on marijuana because all you need is some dirt a seed and a site like this. I could be wrong on that however, I mean I don't know any smokers that grow their own tobacco, then again they have never had to.... just sayin, it wouldn't fit the capitolist ideal very well.

I don't want to be better, or especially more well off, than any one....

No matter what any of say on here it's not doing us any good unless movement happens in DC. The elections r coming and I know only one thing I registard to vote for only one thing.YES on #2 MA. I got busted for having 50 bucks of weed on me. I didn't get anythinng except unsupervised probation. Pay my fee do my six months without smoking and don't be an idiot while picking up my bag. They will never legalize it. I wish they would but, they probaly won't. My life is better with than without. I am not going to get into all that. It is what it is. All we can do as people with a voice is stand up for what we believe in. more or less goverment and SOME religons make up rules for people to live by. There are alot of people that think it's wrong or bad because someone else said it was. What do you believe? Having freedom of choice is being able to choose whats good, bad, healthy or unhealthy for oneself. I believe most of us on this sight would love to see it legalized. But, will that day ever come who knows it's up too us. I don't know. I want to uproot my family and move to one of the 11 states sure that would be nice but, is that practical? no. All I can do is my little part and if all I can do right now is vote then I say hell ya I'm gonna vote. At least I'm doing my part. What R u gonna do?