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     Aesquire |
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Planting-t he-Seed-for-Legal-Pot-81222877.html The problem usually is the stoners forget to go vote. I did have a friend who had to do 2 economics thesis, since his first, an analysis of legalizing pot, was rejected. Bearing in mind this was during the Regan years, he had figured that the national Debt, ( not the deficit..the DEBT ) would be paid off in 10 years if Pot was taxed like booze. I read his thesis, and it included business hiring to sell commercial pot, govt. hiring to regulate purity & potency, etc. Looked good to me. Experience from the Clinton admin. shows that drug lords bribe politicians a LOT to keep drugs illegal. One even stayed in the Lincoln Bedroom. | ||
| X5thxgearxfreak |
Good luck regulating potency. Unless you can get a plant that is thoroughly pure-bred, meaning not crossed with another type, give every plant exactly the same amount of water, sunshine, fertilizer, etc... Trying to regulate a plant that hasn't been studied like corn or bananas, you'll never see it legal. I can't really speak for the American side of the story, I just know we've some wicked stuff over here. Having a green thumb, the only way I've gotten anything I've grown to be the same is to clone it. And cloning on a economical scale isn't cook in the books. I'll be dead before they make the Sweet Leaf legal, maybe legalizing it would settle your guys' border war. Since green is 3/4 of what they smuggle, you would only have to deal with the 1/4 that is left, which is coke, speed, smack, x, etc... and the runners of those drugs are a little more dangerous than people trying to smuggle weed. | ||
| Swampy |
Yeah, but they do it with tobacco, regulate potency that is. It is possible, but it opens up a GIANT loophole in the regulations that control everthing from hiring practices to nuclear energy to transportation. Wait a minute, it is not possible...because the drug lords regulate the legislature. Just check out the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration. |
