Too easy to grow your own versus booze which takes knowledge and equipment.
Thus it wont get legalized.
George Washington smoked weed and his life was successful.
I saw the letter where he apologized to a friend re the Christmas hemp -
"sorry I didnt pull the males in time."
That comment is only for smokes.
Kirk
Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So let's legalize it,, knock out the drug gangs, and tax it, using the
taxes to fund rehab programs for those who want to stop.
M&K DuPree wrote:
>LOL...Courtney is a typical DEA idiot and a complete BONEHEAD...OF COURSE
>THERE ARE NO MOM-POP BONG SHOPS...YOU'VE ALREADY ARRESTED THEM! And, of
>course, if it were legalized, then you would take the "Mexican drug
>trafficking group(s)" out of the equation, but this makes the argument too
>complicated for this utter numbskull. Mike DuPree PS HONK FOR HEMP!!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Keith Addison"
>To:
>Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:56 AM
>Subject: [Biofuel] Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop
>
>
>
>
>>See "Invisible farming":
>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html#invis
>>
>>---
>>
>>Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
>>by Jon Gettman
>>
>>Full text online.
>>http://www.drugscience.org/bcr/
>>
>>Entire Report (356 kb pdf)
>>http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/MJCropReport_2006.pdf
>>
>>----
>>
>>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2735017&page=1
>>ABC News:
>>February 14, 2007 | Local News and Weather
>>
>>Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop
>>
>>Marijuana Takes the Pot as Most Valuable Cash Crop in the Country
>>
>>Marijuana is the top cash crop in 12 states and among the top three
>>cash crops in 30, according to a new study. (AP Photo )
>>
>>By NITYA VENKATARAMAN
>>
>>Dec. 18, 2006
>>
>>Weeding through the value of the nation's cash crops, a study
>>released today states that marijuana is the U.S.'s most valuable crop
>>and promotes the drug's legalization and taxation.
>>
>>Drug enforcement officials say the equation is not that simple.
>>
>>The report, "Marijuana Production in the United States," by marijuana
>>policy researcher Jon Gettman, concludes that despite massive
>>eradication efforts at the hands of the federal government,
>>"marijuana has become a pervasive and ineradicable part of the
>>national economy."
>>
>>In the report, Gettman, a marijuana-reform activist and leader of the
>>Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, champions a system of legal
>>regulation.
>>
>>Contrasting government figures for traditional crops - like corn and
>>wheat - against the study's projections for marijuana production, the
>>report cites marijuana as the top cash crop in 12 states and among
>>the top three cash crops in 30.
>>
>>The study estimates that marijuana production, at a value of $35.8
>>billion, exceeds the combined value of corn ($23.3 billion) and wheat
>>($7.5 billion).
>>
>>Pot Tax?
>>
>>To activists for marijuana legalization, the study confirms a
>>position they've held for years, and uses government stats to support
>>their claim.
>>
>>"The fact that marijuana is America's No. 1 cash crop after more than
>>three decades of governmental eradication efforts is the clearest
>>illustration that our present marijuana laws are a complete failure,"
>>says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project
>>in Washington D.C., a group that focuses on removing criminal
>>penalties for marijuana use.
>>
>>Kampia, whose comments were included in the study's press release,
>>adds, "Our nation's laws guarantee that 100 percent of the proceeds
>>from marijuana sales go to unregulated criminals rather than to
>>legitimate businesses that pay taxes to support schools, police and
>>roads."
>>
>>A 2005 analysis by Harvard visiting professor Jeffrey Miron estimates
>>that if the United States legalized marijuana, the country would save
>>$7.7 billion in law enforcement costs and could generated as much as
>>$6.2 billion annually if marijuana were taxed like alcohol or tobacco.
>>
>>Miron's report on the costs of marijuana prohibition was signed by
>>more than 500 leading economists, most notably the late Nobel
>>laureate Milton Friedman, who served as an economist in both the
>>Nixon and Reagan administrations.
>>
>>The Dangers of Legalization
>>
>>Aside from the health debate over legalizing marijuana, Garrison
>>Courtney, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Agency, says groups that
>>advocate its taxation sometimes paint too rosy a picture.
>>
>>"It's still a drug," Courtney says. "Just because it's a good cash
>>crop doesn't mean you should legalize and tax it."
>>
>>"It's not these cute mom-and-pop bong shops anymore," Courtney
>>continued. "It's violent drug-trafficking groups that are doing all
>>these grows."
>>
>>Local marijuana growers, he says, are the tentacles of international
>>drug-trafficking organizations that bring weapons, violence and a
>>slew of other drugs into the market.
>>
>>"You can't tax a Mexican drug trafficking group," Courtney explains.
>>"That's the side a lot of people don't focus on."
>>
>>
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