Marijuana Inc - WTF?

[GunTroll]

I use to wonder why the gov wouldn't just make it legal and tax it for revenue. A buddies dad told me something I never thought of.... "think of the money they make off of it having it illegal" ???? Well I never. They do profit off of it being illegal and everyone gets to dip there hands in the pockets of the law breaker. Local,State,Fed law agencies all get a cut somewhere down the line depending on who "bust ya", and maybe all get some no matter who does the busting. And at the same time the holy rollers/do gooders get to sleep at night knowing "bad " drugs aren't being done by there children...HaHA right! The conservative extreme are happy with the illegal status so all is good on it being illegal to them and they vote.
This is a two front war on the decriminalization of this substance.You got to prove the Feds on down will get a cut of profit(taxes). And the holy/extreme right/do gooders, are what ever you want to call them get to stay happy knowing evil (drugs) wont penetrate and destroy there lives.
That is my two cents on the matter.

[ssf467]

I use to wonder why the gov wouldn't just make it legal and tax it for revenue. A buddies dad told me something I never thought of.... "think of the money they make off of it having it illegal" ???? Well I never. They do profit off of it being illegal and everyone gets to dip there hands in the pockets of the law breaker. Local,State,Fed law agencies all get a cut somewhere down the line depending on who "bust ya", and maybe all get some no matter who does the busting. And at the same time the holy rollers/do gooders get to sleep at night knowing "bad " drugs aren't being done by there children...HaHA right! The conservative extreme are happy with the illegal status so all is good on it being illegal to them and they vote.
This is a two front war on the decriminalization of this substance.You got to prove the Feds on down will get a cut of profit(taxes). And the holy/extreme right/do gooders, are what ever you want to call them get to stay happy knowing evil (drugs) wont penetrate and destroy there lives.
That is my two cents on the matter.

There's more money in it when it's illegal.

[Irving]

All drugs should be legal. Just because they are legal, doesn't mean that a significant percentage of the population would start using them. If everyone in this thread polled 10 random people in their life with this question, "Have you ever NOT done a drug ONLY because it was illegal?" I'd say a good 98% of the answers would be a resounding NO.

I've never done any drugs besides marijuana, and I can tell you right now if they were all legalized tomorrow, I still wouldn't do any more of them. I'm an adult with children to take care of, I don't have 8 hours to throw away on an acid trip anymore. lol

I would however be LOVING the almost immediate disappearance of all street dealers almost over night.

[GunTroll]

I want to disagree with you Strurtle. Being legal is an open invitation to saying all could do drugs and it is protected. Example...I don't want my Dr. doing them because he can legally. I do think most will not start doing as you said but I feel decriminalizing nation wide on "certain and specific drugs" is a good first step and then go from there.

[jackmode9316]

This thread both makes me smile (most of it) and also makes me want to cry.
Ill just hold my opinion to myself and agree to disagree with the nay sayers.

I moved here from Kalifornia, and they actually nicknamed Oakland as Oaksterdam because of the abundance of Marijuana Dispenceries similarto Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

[Irving]

I want to disagree with you Strurtle. Being legal is an open invitation to saying all could do drugs and it is protected. Example...I don't want my Dr. doing them because he can legally. I do think most will not start doing as you said but I feel decriminalizing nation wide on "certain and specific drugs" is a good first step and then go from there.

Thank you for responding in the perfect, knee-jerk response that I was looking for. If you think legality ever stopped your doctor from doing drugs, you are sadly mistaken and should get to know some people in med school as a reality check. Alcohol is legal, but you're not supposed to be drunk at work. Just because drug use would be legal, doesn't mean it would be okay to show up for work blasted, or it still wouldn't be frowned upon by society. Cigarettes are legal, but if you smoke in public, you might as well be a child molester. I've yet to ever ONCE, hear a decent argument for why drugs should not be legal and FDA regulated. Not once.

[Marlin]

It would be like any other free market based goods or service.. If He was, and enough people stopped going to Him for that reason,, He would soon not be able to make a living as a Doctor.. He' have the choice of living under a bridge, or change His ways.. Chances are He'd change His ways...

Heck, I would even be willing to bet that Drug use would go down...

[jackmode9316]

Heck, I would even be willing to bet that Drug use would go down...

Yep, same thoughts here. Also losing the Black Market association would do much more than most realize.
Think prohibition.

[bjl913]

I have always said that in this day and age, it would be unwise to make it legal until there is testing to determine if it is CURRENTLY affecting you.

From a police stantpoint, with alcohol, we can do the roadsides to determine the PC to make the arrest for suspicion of DUI, but that does not prove DUI. Its the giving of blood or breath "downtown" that establishes that a person is intoxicated, and enables the charges to be pressed.

For weed, roadsides are possible, and drug testing is possible, but how can you provide the proof that the person is CURRENTLY intoxicated with the substance?

I would hope, that before they take that bold step to legalize marijuana, the technology is there to tell if somebody is currently under the influence. Not just the usualy drug test that you could come up dirty for 2 days-3weeks...

[GunTroll]

Thank you for responding in the perfect, knee-jerk response that I was looking for. If you think legality ever stopped your doctor from doing drugs, you are sadly mistaken and should get to know some people in med school as a reality check. Alcohol is legal, but you're not supposed to be drunk at work. Just because drug use would be legal, doesn't mean it would be okay to show up for work blasted, or it still wouldn't be frowned upon by society. Cigarettes are legal, but if you smoke in public, you might as well be a child molester. I've yet to ever ONCE, hear a decent argument for why drugs should not be legal and FDA regulated. Not once.

I see your point! But as I said decrimanalizing would be a good first step and then go from there. And for who and who isn't doing them even though they aren't allowed I couldn't agree with you more. Coming from the Army I saw more drug use than in the civillian world. And some openly. And as we all know it is definatly not allowed in the services. I beleive my other post makes a good point on why drugs aren't legal. Its the money factor and the religuous right holding it up.