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View Poll Results: Should marijuana be legal? | |||
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42 | 60.87% |
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A Dude
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Legalize it!
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That's why you don't hear much about mom & pop ciggarrette makers.
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#122 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Roanoke, VA
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Re: Legalize it!
Also, the farmer's market may have the best produce but Kroger and Wal-Mart are closer to the neighborhoods that has the largest buying power which means their produce generates more profit. People inherently seek out the most efficient method of expending energy/time/effort. We have a Wal-Mart 250 yards away from our house, literally. We also have a country store about 2 miles away that sells local fruit and vegetable produce that clearly are superior in quality. Wal-Mart's closer so I go there and buy a bag of apples so I can get back home and read this thread.
It's really disgusting how much time I spend on this site, btw.
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Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Legalize it!
I have snorted ketamine off of bathroom floors before. I also graduated first in my class in college. This is proof that drugs are not harmful. OWNED!
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Pro Bowl
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Virginia Beach
Age: 51
Posts: 5,311
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You say it's dismal, yet you proceed to confirm everything I wrote with regard to the drop in price due to the laws of supply and demand.
And you're right, since the act of growing a weed in your backyard is somewhat less complicated than micro brewing, that does make your comparison to Anheuser-Busch rather asinine. Quote:
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Is it your position that a redirection of resources away from the investigation, apprehension, prosecution, and incarceration of marijuana users wouldn't make for a wiser and more effective use of available funds? The fact that they concentrate their attention on crimes that actually infringe on the rights of others as opposed to vice type crimes contradicts that argument. Ask your econ buddies what the total effect would be on our currency. I'd bet the difference would be minimal. Our country's overall economic strengths in just about every other area would offset any decline that you speak of. At some point, I guess I will come to the realization that arguing with someone who admits to not using logic and objectivity is a pointless waste of time. |
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#125 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Roanoke, VA
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Re: Legalize it!
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That line of reasoning also seems to indicate that we should also just do away with breathalizer's. How else is a police officer going to have scientific evidence that a person is under the influence of a motor-skill inhibiting or hallucinogenic drug other than testing for it?
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#126 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bethesda, MD
Age: 40
Posts: 2,638
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Re: Legalize it!
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This will surely impact the economy in a positive way. (I'm done talking about economic impact since I really don't know enough about it... just thought I'd lighten the thread up)
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#127 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ellicott City, MD
Age: 42
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Re: Legalize it!
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Hell, if they develop a test to see if drivers were high they should use it. For now, they should probably just use the standard roadside test (walk the line; touch your nose; etc) that they use for drunk drivers. What I am trying to say is that I find the whole "you can't test drivers to see if they're high, so weed should remain illegal" argument to be rather weak. What I meant by my examples is that there is no test to see if (for instance) a trucker caused an accident because he'd been on the road too long and he was too tired, or that the old lady on allergy meds was just as out of it as if she just took a couple hits off a bong. To me, these are very similiar to DWH and they also can't be tested for.
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#129 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Denver
Age: 43
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If smoking pot were legal, I would approach it in the same manner. People need to respect the rights of others to be healthy. As for the other things you mentioned, they do not adversely affect people's health. They are just inconveniences. You can't very well justify making a law against something because it is inconvenient. You can, however, justify making a law against something for health concerns -- like smoking in public.
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#130 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Roanoke, VA
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Re: Legalize it!
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We're not going to be able to control every possible reason why a person is impaired but we can take preventative actions to reduce the potential for an even greater number of traffic accidents.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Denver
Age: 43
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I don't agree that domestic businesses would not be able to compete in a global pot market.
The first reason is import taxes. Surely the government would tax imported pot, just as they do other imported goods. This would raise the cost of imported pot, thereby giving the domestic businesses a small advantage over them. Secondly, if a domestic business could lower costs by growing outside of the US, then they would (just like auto manufacturers). I don't think it would take very long for Phillip Morris to buy up the South American growers, along with their equipment, work force, and land.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Location: Ellicott City, MD
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That being said, even if it were legalized (or decriminalized, which is far more likely) drivers should be held accountable for DWH just like drivers are held accountable for DUI/DWI's.
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#134 |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Age: 46
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Re: Legalize it!
I love how this discussion has turned into a debate about the tax and general economic considerations of a legalized, domestic pot market.
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#135 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Germantown, MD
Posts: 2,782
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Re: Legalize it!
You think you are going to be this cool parent, laughing and drinking with your kids... until you actually HAVE them. Then all of the sudden you want to protect them and give them the best in life.
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