Also.. if you overdose or require medical care because of your addiction to marijuana:
You must pay for all medical treatment, including emergency care, out of pocket and up front. No tax payer flipping for the bill and excluded on all health insurance coverages. Should be the same for alcohol and cigarette smoking in my opinion... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Marijuana legalization Was Re: Is this a political oxymororn? The easy way to legalize: Legalize pot with these caveats 1) it must be in a packaged form (ie: pre rolled cigarettes) 2) it must be sold in the same way that alchohol is, with special state required licensing or in state owned stores 3) a measure of "proof" like alchohol must be established (THC by volume?) 4) it must be taxed like alchohol 5) can only be sold to those over 21 years of age. 6) "grow your own" laws similar to home brewing statutes (200 gal/per year max) This gives the cigarette manufacturers something to sell when tobacco is banned, it's a huge new tax source, and it's regulated. Scott A. Stewart REAC/PASS-IT (202)-475-8875 "Bruce Sorge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/10/2007 02:37 PM Please respond to cf-community To: CF-Community <[email protected]> cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) Subject: Re: Is this a political oxymororn? Well put. I recall the three trips I took to Amsterdam in the 80's that there was not a lot of criminal activity going on. And I did not see stoned Dutch men and women (or tourists for that matter) roaming the streets causing trouble. Sure there were some folks sitting around in the parks or whatever toking on a joint, but most of the drug use there was done in the bars where they were sold. And even then, those folks were pretty much sampling the things they wanted to buy. Even cruising around the town at night I did not see anthing that would have scared me away or make me not want to go back. As we all know drugs are legal in Holland and have been for some time. Maybe they are on to something? Bruce On 1/10/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Legalized drugs would be cheaper, no doubt, but they would also become the > province of big corporations rather than "mom and pop" drug dealers. > Legalization would open up more research into the benefits and hazards of > specific drugs and might actually lead to some useful scientific > knowledge. > > The situation we have today with illegal drugs is exactly the situation we > had with alcohol during prohibition. Since the products can't be sold > legally, they become the province of gangsters and thugs who both drive up > the price and enforce their market positions with violence. A friend of > mine > did a study in Colombia a few years ago about how the FARC and the > right-wing paramilitary groups have basically become giant > narco-trafficking > syndicates devoid of any real political purpose. > > We made the choice to end prohibition and live with the consequences of > legal alcohol. I believe that eventually we may make that choice with > other > drugs as well. Medical marijuana laws and de-criminalization of possession > of small amounts are the first steps in a generational shift in attitudes > about drugs usage- treating drug use (and abuse) as a public health > problem > rather than a criminal one, just as we have done with alcohol. > > The latest studies show that teenagers are using fewer illegal drugs, but > at > the same time they are using (and abusing) legal prescription drugs at a > much higher rate than in the past. We need to get over the legal/illegal > distinction and treat the entirety of drug use as a public health problem, > just as we have done (very effectively in many ways) with alcohol use. > Still, some drugs, like meth, are so evil they should never be allowed > anywhere, but it could take decades for us to come to terms with those > issues. > > > On 1/10/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have often pondered the question, if drugs were legalized, would that > > help > > to reduce drug related crimes and stimulate the economy? My opinion is > > that > > in the long run, yes. If the government is regulating them and taxing > them > > and thus making money off of them, what is the incentive for the local > > dealer to sell them unless they sold them cheaper than what the > government > > was. What do you all think? > > > > Bruce > > > > > > On 1/10/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ah, the beautiful irony. They could outlaw tobacco and legalize > > marijuana, > > > and they would give the cigarette companies a product that is ten > times > > as > > > profitable as tobacco to peddle to the public. > > > > > > On 1/9/07, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've been watching the War on Tobacco and listening to people talk > > > > about the legalization of marijuana... in some cases from people in > > > > the same party. > > > > > > > > Aren't those two goals mutually exclusive? > > > > > > > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. 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