Some people's attitudes on this are strange. They think nothing would
change - that the people selling pot would still be the dumbass punks
selling on street corners and on playgrounds and shooting at each other
over turf issues.
They'd still have heroin & prostitution but the pot dealers would
largely turn into middle aged, middle class folks who operate out of
strip centers & such. And probably be involved with their neighbors &
charities.
sigh.....
I never really quit, just got tired of dealing with the folks who sold.
On 5/12/14 9:02 AM, richard lo piccolo wrote:
ive been on this train too.
i dont smoke any longer so its not personal. all the benefits far outweigh the
lies and misery generated from its prohibition. also consider all the lives
lost, globally, from the criminal element...
from Richard Lo Piccolo
On May 12, 2014, at 5:59 AM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote:
posted this in public on FB, where I'm sure I'll be losing a few friends this
morning. ;)
"A 2010 study by Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron found that not only would the US
save tremendous amounts of money were it to end drug prohibition, legalizing could bring
in an additional $46.7 billion in yearly tax revenue."
All that's happened since my class came to the same conclusion after doing that
math in 1970, is that we've spent over $1.3 Trillion and incarcerated more of
our own citizens than any other country in the world.
https://news.vice.com/article/legal-pot-in-the-us-is-crippling-mexican-cartels
and while I'm on the subject, my position has remained basically the same since
1970: Reach out to Canada and Mexico, and come to some agreement about the
transportation of hemp - in whatever form - across those adjacent borders, and
then legalize it simultaneously. Be ready with troops for the inevitable Cartel
retaliation/redistricting/turf war and join forces to drive them out of
business. Redirect the resulting excess DEA efforts into combating prescription
drug abuse, or how about human trafficking? Issue tax credits for new
businesses utilizing all forms of hemp - paper, fabric, plastics, fuel,
structural materials, livestock fodder, etc - and do whatever it takes to allow
cancer patients to have access to whatever strains help them in whatever form
they need it to be in. For free, without hindrance.
The US government has been holding the patent on medical marijuana for over 10
years now. In VA, hemp can grow in poor soil and drought conditions, yielding
approximately 3 tons per acre, without fertilizer, pesticide or weed control.
What are we waiting for?
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