EPTAttorney General Eric Holder’s statement this week that the Drug Enforcement Administration would end its raids on state-approved marijuana dispensaries.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29433708
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Tuxedo.Bond
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On March 01 2009 07:32 Tuxedo.Bond wrote: shit, could've sworn I read that they were stopping arrests as well...It is still illegal under federal law. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29433708 Also this news does not specify individuals. | ||
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MyLostTemple
United States2921 Posts
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radiumz0rz
United States253 Posts
On March 01 2009 07:32 eXigent. wrote: If you put heavy taxes on weed then you are not solving the problem at all. Legalizing it with a severely steep tax on top would only make illegal weed dealers more prosperous because no one is going to buy something alot more expensive. Especially when growers / sellers can give it away for much much cheaper. If anything, you would be making the problem worse that way. The goal is to eliminate the illegal dealers etc, and the violence and crime that go along with it. The best way to do that, is to not only legalize it, but sell it at a cheaper price than it is on the streets. Currently most marijuana goes for $10 a gram. however, dealers can buy it for close to $3 dollars a gram from a grower. If the government dropped the price to $3-4 dollars per gram, then it just wouldn't be worth it for weed dealers to continue selling it. Let's look at the tobacco industry. There isn't much illegal tobacco trade entering the U.S. I think if we had something similar to that regulated industry it would bring tax revenue, stop the overflow of prisons, stop the three-strikes rule getting out of hand, and stop the criminalization of drug use just to name a few. With legalization, government regulation and taxation is a necessary component not to just scrape every dollar out from users as some cynics would put it but to set up a functioning bureaucracy to stop further black markets. | ||
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MuR)Ernu
Finland768 Posts
Since it was USA's fault that it got illegalized in european countries too :/ (they followed usa) If home growing would be legal too, non lazy people could get their weed sooo cheap  | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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Jank
United States308 Posts
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MyLostTemple
United States2921 Posts
On March 01 2009 08:07 Ace wrote: Tobacco is not a drug though - the comparison isn't so easy. uh yeah it is. it has nicotine | ||
micronesia
United States24768 Posts
On March 01 2009 07:35 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote: They should tax it like they do cigarettes, maybe to a lesser degree. The amount of revenue they'd generate off of weed tax would be enormous. And most people wouldn't stop smoking it because it's illegal. I don't know a single person that smokes weed (and pretty much everyone I know smokes weed) because it's illegal; I've never seen a single post here from someone saying they smoke it purely because it's illegal. This is a good step in the right direction, though. That's not necessarily something that people would be consciously aware of if it were true. | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
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swat
Australia142 Posts
On March 01 2009 08:07 Ace wrote: Tobacco is not a drug though - the comparison isn't so easy. rofl so all those people are just getting addicted to nicotine because... it is cool? | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
edit: a mod really should fix that. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
The illegal weed industry is monstrously huge. It won't just go away because it's legalized in a few states. edit: Actually nm. It's just semantics I guess. | ||
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Badjas
Netherlands2038 Posts
As with any pleasurable matter, marijuana should not be used to any excess, and it is of course not a 'gateway' drug. There's no such thing. I'm still hoping that here in the netherlands, marijuanna (in general) will be completely legalized. Poltics and public ignorant opinion are still in the way. City wide experiments were very close to happening recently. I don't use weed, but it would go a long way to show how backwards the war on drugs is and undo something that popularity politics has caused. | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
Also legalizing something by choosing not to prosecute is kind of a bad deal. Technically if they chose to, they could individually target someone they didn't like. | ||
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PhorClayton
United States198 Posts
On March 01 2009 07:32 eXigent. wrote: If you put heavy taxes on weed then you are not solving the problem at all. Legalizing it with a severely steep tax on top would only make illegal weed dealers more prosperous because no one is going to buy something alot more expensive. Especially when growers / sellers can give it away for much much cheaper. If anything, you would be making the problem worse that way. The goal is to eliminate the illegal dealers etc, and the violence and crime that go along with it. The best way to do that, is to not only legalize it, but sell it at a cheaper price than it is on the streets. Currently most marijuana goes for $10 a gram. however, dealers can buy it for close to $3 dollars a gram from a grower. If the government dropped the price to $3-4 dollars per gram, then it just wouldn't be worth it for weed dealers to continue selling it. Agreed. I'd imagine that the major players in the market of legal US marijuana would be the tobacco companies. With steep taxes, if they felt they couldn't gain an edge over illegal street sold marijuana, why wouldn't they lobby the government for lower taxes on it? But also, and more probable, is that if it were made legal, why wouldn't marijuana, with all it's trendy strains, become like micro-breweries, a unique one in every major town and city? Simply compare buying street marijuana (in a legal environment) to buying your beer from someone's basement... it doesn't make sense. Everyone is going to want a brand name, because it will be better, probably cheaper and most importantly, convenient. | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
I'm just pumped cause that means the weed from Michigan wont get seized. Non-seizures will make it easier for dealers to expand their enterprise :O~ | ||
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MuR)Ernu
Finland768 Posts
On March 01 2009 08:55 MiniRoman wrote: For real though how leniant will doctors be in ,prescribing marijuana. I highly doubt a young-adult would be able to walk up and say "I'm neurotic gimme weed~" and walk away with a prescription. I'm sure you need proof of a painful medical illness. I'm just pumped cause that means the weed from Michigan wont get seized. Non-seizures will make it easier for dealers to expand their enterprise :O~ "I HAVE HEADACHES :/:/: NORMAL PAINKILLERS MAKE MY TUMMY ACHE  ""ok get stoned" GG | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
On March 01 2009 07:32 eXigent. wrote: If you put heavy taxes on weed then you are not solving the problem at all. Legalizing it with a severely steep tax on top would only make illegal weed dealers more prosperous because no one is going to buy something alot more expensive. I think "legal" would trump "cheaper" for most people. Not dealing with criminals is a plus. Not like you see a lot of illegal cigarette dealers. Well, I was going to say that before I read this: http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-468es.html . So I don't know. I guess a balance would need to be achieved. | ||
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