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On March 01 2009 10:08 MamiyaOtaru wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2009 07:32 eXigent. wrote:On March 01 2009 07:10 radiumz0rz wrote:
if it gets heavily, heavily taxed and regulated, i'm for it 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.
So what about what we have going on now? Not like all these criminals are savages. Colleges are loaded with kids ready to make deals.
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On March 01 2009 08:07 Ace wrote:
Tobacco is not a drug though - the comparison isn't so easy.
Actually tobacco has one of the highest addiction rates of any drugs, much higher than weed, which you can hardly even call addictive at all... Also, due to the fact that tobacco smokers generally smoke much more than pot-heads (think one pack a day vs. a joint / day), it turns out tobacco is also more dangerous for people's health.
But i agree, tobacco isn't a drug. Neither is weed. They're plants.
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Question is how many people will smoke weed once it's legalized, seeing as how it won't be cool anymore 
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Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
TX PLZ GET MMJ , OR I WILL ACTUALLY MOVE TO CALI!
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Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
On March 01 2009 07:02 Empyrean wrote:
WAIT GUYS!
MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG!!!
<_<
It looks like all those drug education videos students have to watch in junior high school are gonna need to be scrapped ;D
No it is not, nothing in the MJ makes you want to try cocaine. That's the dealers/
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title is extremly misleading
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On March 01 2009 10:12 Ace wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2009 10:08 MamiyaOtaru wrote:On March 01 2009 07:32 eXigent. wrote:On March 01 2009 07:10 radiumz0rz wrote:
if it gets heavily, heavily taxed and regulated, i'm for it 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. So what about what we have going on now? Not like all these criminals are savages. Colleges are loaded with kids ready to make deals.
it's more about convenience in my opinion.
i'd much rather walk into a shop, be offered several legit strains, pay and be on my way instead of having to go through the hassle of calling people and setting it all up.
you'd also have the satisfaction of knowing you're getting what you pay for. i see people all the time saying "ohh yeah i'm smoking some OG kush right now". oh, who told you it's kush? your dealer? k.
but still, all of that aside, the prices wouldn't change much if at all with taxes. take California for example, an 8th of some top of the line chronic runs for the same prices as it would on the street. weed is very cheap to grow.
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When i was in LA last year. I paid $75 for a 3 month license to relieve my "back pain". then walked down the beach to the "dispensary" and bought the fattest, cheapest 4 grams of cheese ever. Sadly I had to get on a plane the next day and was unable to finish the bag. luckily my buddy who I was staying with in LA was happy to oblige.
weed is only illegal because tobacco and alchohol companies lobby to keep it that way. Also the CIA sells most of the weed bought on the black market in the US. If you don't understand these concepts then you don't have a place in the legalization discussion.
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50% TAX!!!
Lol wow paying 30$ for 1 gram would suck. But what how would they sell it. Like would they sell it in like gas stations or would they still go with dealer system. And what would they do with all the organizations and the underaged dealers?
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I don't wanna read this thread just for the fact Texas is not included. /me afk
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The government doesn't want to legalize weed because they are getting paid by taxes through cigarette sales. The cigarette companies don't want any competition.
At least that's what my history teacher from Berkeley says.
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Yeah, I just saw the news too.
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On March 01 2009 12:11 Mynock wrote:Yeah, I just saw the news too.
Shoped? lol
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2004 called and asked what you doing with its footage...
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not good imo shouldn't be legalize, just imagine like 70% of peple are stoners, that would be awesome and sad at the same time, yeah gonna get flamed.
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If weed were to ever be legalized in America it would be taxed to hell, just like cigarettes and alcohol. Once it's legal there will be no reason for drug dealers to deal weed. They will either move up to a new drug, or have insufficient funds to move up to the harder more expensive drugs.
I honestly believe if we treat pot like the way we treat alcohol in this country(USA), with the same laws but the punishments lessened(ex. 21, not in public, don't drive under influence, etc.) this would be a great way for non smokers to digest the fact that weed is legal.
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On March 01 2009 10:37 omninmo wrote:
weed is only illegal because tobacco and alchohol companies lobby to keep it that way. Also the CIA sells most of the weed bought on the black market in the US. If you don't understand these concepts then you don't have a place in the legalization discussion.
The CIA doesn't care about something as minuscule as weed. They are too busy supplying the crack, cocaine, heroin and meth. That's where the real money is at.
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Sorry wont work it's been illegal too long has a stong base for illegal selling so legalizing it for money wont work.
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On March 01 2009 13:13 IzzyCraft wrote:
Sorry wont work it's been illegal too long has a stong base for illegal selling so legalizing it for money wont work.
The generation moving into their 60s now are mostly familiar with marijuana, and the strong base for illegal selling is actually a reason to do it. Drug/people trafficking has become a MAJOR problem on the Mexican border and both governments need to find a solution to it. One way it to weaken their market by lessening restrictions on immigration and restrictions on the drugs they provide.
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