The Fed takes a different look at Mary Jane.

[Skjie]

Oh and, LOL@"Meixcan Weed" hahaha. If this brought down more bud from Canada I'd be even more amped, but I'm sure if the govt. grew some they could get some pretty wicked strains very easily and would be 100% profit for them (which would even help our countries economic crisis).

Funny story about that: The Drug Trade in BC: You’re Soaking In It.. | Ian Bell

The Economist pegged the drug trade in BC (with Vancouver as its distribution hub) at greater than $7 Billion per year. This includes the importation of heroin and cocaine (which frequently serves as a form of payment for the receipt of BC pot)
...
If the $7.2 Billion figure is to be believed, then the pot industry in British Columbia trumps even the province’s forest industry, employing more people and contributing more to the economy. According to Statistics Canada, the lumber industry employs only 145,000 people and contributes $7.6 Billion annually (as at 2006) nationwide, with BC accounting for 63% — or $4.8 Billion.

[ClarkSammich]

I watched a documentary called The Union recently about marijuana growth/sales/stigma etc.
It has quite a few good arguments for legalization, but it's also a hippy circlejerk and ignores all the negatives. It's on netflix's watch instantly section if anyone gets that.

One of the points they bring up is that tons, and tons of illnesses respond well to marijuana use. Depression, ADD, muscular distrophy, alzheimers, etc.

Also, post interrupted midway through by my friend carrying my plant in and making me smell it. So... go watch that.

EDIT: Also also, no legalization because I'll make less money, and tuition is expensive.

[SephYuyX]

Oh you guys with your drinking and smoking, so silly.

[Howard Roark]

ever notice that anyone who smokes weed is a stupid jerk?

[Max™]

I think that should be clarified that most people, I'd dare say almost all people, are stupid jerks.

[SephYuyX]

IGN Sucks.

[ClarkSammich]

That is not a fair representation.

Spoiler: show

I don't own a monkey

[Tellahh]

Funny story about that: The Drug Trade in BC: You’re Soaking In It.. | Ian Bell

Oh believe me, I'm well aware that BC already imports down here (I live in Washington~). It would open up the floodgates like mad if legalized, that is a pretty shocking number though haha. I think someone even mentioned earlier in the thread, that WE'RE the reason that Canada hasn't fully legalized marijuana in their country due to the exportation to our country it'd cause, and we have it illegal.

[Senoska]

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/im...956101-000.jpg

Best movie ever.

Oh you guys with your drinking and smoking, so silly.

I don't smoke or drink, but I fully support the legalization of pot or the prohibition of every single drug including caffeine. Either way is fine.

[Cadsuane]

Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? - TIME

"Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success," says Glenn Greenwald, an attorney, author and fluent Portuguese speaker, who conducted the research. "It has enabled the Portuguese government to manage and control the drug problem far better than virtually every other Western country does."

For those not in the know, in the wake of the Carnation revolution Portugal had an epidemic of heroine addiction, to the point where a whole generation was nearly wiped out or bankrupted in rehab. Should hear some of the stories the guys tell over there.

So yeah, this is basic shit with lots of precedent. There is no real question about whether marijuana should be decriminalized. I mean, I wouldn't care, but like somebody mentioned, the US impedes drug decriminilization legislature in other countries for the sake of it's own absurd domestic policy.

[Demosthenes11]

I don't smoke or drink, but I fully support the legalization of pot or the prohibition of every single drug including caffeine. Either way is fine.

why is it that every good thing you say has to be negated by something so weird

[Senoska]

why is it that every good thing you say has to be negated by something so weird

I was poking fun at the "gateway drug" shit. See last page.

[Cyn]

Oh hay. Another drug thread.

[Plow]

This is fucking gold.... I'll have to remember these points when some assclown tries to use the "Gateway Drug" argument haha~

My favorite:

99% of all murderers and rapists tried milk at some point in their lives. Clearly it all stemmed from that.

[Acturus]

Legalizing weed isn't normal... but on Meth it is.

[pohibaba]

As President I intend to legalize marijuana fully. Too much money is spent against a drug which is no more harmful, and perhaps less harmful in fact, than alcohol and tobacco.

Gonna be some kind of Super President with legislative power? Sounds pretty sweet to me.

What will we do when the people who smoke pot need a stronger fix? Will we legalize crack next?

What would be so horrible about that?

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

What will we do when the people who smoke pot need a stronger fix? Will we legalize crack next?

Cigarettes are a million times closer to crack than weed you fucking MORAN.

Illegal doesn't always = bad for you. And legal doesn't always = good for you.

[Absolutely Virtue]

Cigarettes are a million times closer to crack than weed you fucking MORAN.

Illegal doesn't always = bad for you. And legal doesn't always = good for you.

lol

[Xno Kappa]

Don’t give me that shit that weed’s a drug. It ain’t no motherfuckin’ drug. I’d done, done the research. It’s just a plant. It just grows like that. And if you just happen to set it on fire...there are some effects. But that's not the same as drugs, drugs you got to do shit to it chemically. You gotta add baking soda, water, stir it up, I don't know the recipe I'm just saying...

[zoobernut]

Don’t give me that shit that weed’s a drug. It ain’t no motherfuckin’ drug. I’d done, done the research. It’s just a plant. It just grows like that. And if you just happen to set it on fire...there are some effects. But that's not the same as drugs, drugs you got to do shit to it chemically. You gotta add baking soda, water, stir it up, I don't know the recipe I'm just saying...

Lol!

Acid:

Backing soda
+
Water
+
Stirring



Oh also this:
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/20...egalizing-pot/