The *rumor* is that RJR and Phillip Morris are geared for production as soon as marijuana is legalized, there is also *speculation* that they are cultivating and engineering their own crops already.
LRS Scout wrote: > There are tobacco farmers down here with land just waiting to be allowed to > grow cannabis. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:53 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Smoking non-tobacco products (was Re: states rights) > > > I'm fine with people using chewing tobacco products. The health risks > are well understood now and communicated. 20, 30 years ago the tobacco > industry was still actively suppressing any research that might let > people know the real harm involved in their products. So long as > research about products are allowed to be free and the companies > making those products aren't lying to their customers then I'm good. > > As for marijuana, I don't think that it has as much big business > potential. People don't tend to smoke as much pot as tobacco (most > people at least). You won't find many 3 packs of joints smokers out > there. Secondly, it is much more difficult to grow your own tobacco > than it is your own pot. Marijuana is a weed and grows easily all over > the place. Combine those two things and I think it makes it likely to > be more of a boutique business than tobacco. There would be some large > scale businesses out there I'm sure, especially in the R&D genetics > side of things. That is already a fascinating area. But down on the > personal consumption part, I just don't see marijuana developing > companies the size of RJ Reynolds. > > Judah > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:40 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> No one minds people smoking tobacco at home (away from their kids), or >>> outside (but not near me). >>> >>> It isn't any of my business. >>> >> The problem with you response is that it's internalized. I asked how >> society would view it. >> >> Today we have people that want to tell smokers where they can and >> can't smoke. We fund anti-smoking campaigns with tax dollars from the >> general fund and yet we fund cancer research with cigarette sales tax >> money. States have sued tobacco companies and won or settled based on >> medical issues that arise from smoking. >> >> If non-tobacco products were "legalized" in all 50 states would that >> not lead to the commercialization of such products? Might it not lead >> to the same cycle as the tobacco industry fell into, where over the >> course of 50 years smoking went from glamorized to demonized? >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
