()Until all the baldheads go away, the world will not be irie. ()
Nixon still lives as long as the War on Drugs spends money for nothing, except the For-Profit Prison Industry. D:
()Until all the baldheads go away, the world will not be irie. ()Pretty sure the federal government will step in and squash legalization as soon as any state tries it.
The "Corrections" ( Incarceration) Industry lobbies the hell out of it. AKA The Criminal "Justice" Industry.The war on drugs has been going on for a quite a while, 30 years or so I believe. Considering this, all the actions by the federal government to combat drug use have been ineffective, given expenditures on the program. Legalizing marijuana would increase revenue, free some prisoners which will alleviate prison expenses. So far I see no downsides to this.
Will we ever see it? Will the Feds change the law to allows states government to make the call? Are the constituents of this country going to wake up and push for the decriminalization?
I thought that I would see it in my lifetime...not so certain any more. I think it is time we start over with government...take them all out...rid the bipartisan mantra, limit terms and cap campaign contributions and actually instill a checks and balances system.
I still live in an area where liquor by the drink is a no no, and packaged liquor is a no go..jesus....i just do not get it...
There's too much money in keeping it illegal.
If California (MJ capital of the country) can not get it passed within the state; forget about the Feds
They will have to break some treaties in order to do so. Loss of Face says no.*yawn* and they're about to lose a SHITLOAD of money for pushing their bullshit agenda as well. Or did you not read that we here in California are releasing 30,000 inmates? Do you know how much we pay on average per inmate? 49,000 USD per year. $1,470,000,000 is what we're going to save per year on that alone. Most of those offenders are in for petty drug crimes or bullshit 3rd strike reasons. Legalize and we'll probably see another $1bn come back to us in prison expenses alone. That's a LOT of money for students, especially since we've been cutting back on education budgets for like.. 10+ years now while increasing our prison budgets. We've got so much to show for it too!!! lol...
Education has been a proven to work deterrent(more so than anything else), the industry is estimated to bring over a billion in tax revenue for my state alone and we'll save billions upon billions not trying to fight an unwinnable war. There is not enough money coming from the prison lobby to make up that difference. It will be legalized sooner rather than later. The goal for us in CA is next year, if we pass it the rest of you will follow.
They will have to break some treaties in order to do so. Loss of Face says no.
Had you kept up with that whole prop and it's politics up until the vote? If you had you would have realized quite a large chunk of the cannabis community was against the bill. It lost by like 7%, which can mostly be explained by the people in the community who actively fought its passing. Reasons? greed for the most part. On the side that wrote the bill and the side who fought against it. Do you think clinics/collectives who were making 50-100g's a month just want to close up shop now because it's legal? Have to compete with 7-11 for customers? Please... They wanted to keep their revenue stream. I actually stopped going to one of the clinics I used to visit because they were actively trying to get their members to vote against it all so they could stay in business.
Smoke some more, man. :|We are fucking Americans, when have we ever given a flying fuck about loss of face?
Had you kept up with that whole prop and it's politics up until the vote? If you had you would have realized quite a large chunk of the cannabis community was against the bill. It lost by like 7%, which can mostly be explained by the people in the community who actively fought its passing. Reasons? greed for the most part. On the side that wrote the bill and the side who fought against it. Do you think clinics/collectives who were making 50-100g's a month just want to close up shop now because it's legal? Have to compete with 7-11 for customers? Please... They wanted to keep their revenue stream. I actually stopped going to one of the clinics I used to visit because they were actively trying to get their members to vote against it all so they could stay in business.
Pretty much. The entire culture surrounding cannabis is just campy and over done. Who would ever take that seriously?Exactly my point.
There are not enough bright users to get the item passed.
And with MMJ being openly abused; the MJ community cuts it's own throat.
too bad cannabis industry there (and their profit margins) are propped up by artificially inflated prices of illicit goods.
ron paul wanted this most and he said it would ruin the drug dealers and put them out of business overnight. in this case those grow ops are the drug dealer.
i know that you know as much as i do: how bad greed can ruin things.
There's too much money in keeping it illegal.
Not really...
There are billions wasted every year for continuing the war on drugs
Incarceration...our prisons/jails are filled to the brim. States pay up to 50k a year for a single inmate. Drug offenders make up almost half the prison population...do the math.
Law enforcement...obscene amounts of money and time is wasted to actively wage this war. Having 4 well paid officers bust a kid for owning over an ounce of weed is an absolute waste of time and money.
The only ones who benefit from this war are the criminals. If we were to legalized all drugs, the Mexican mafias would crumble. We could regulate and tax some of the lesser drugs. For those with addiction to hardcore drugs, provide rehab.
As for country wide legalization of marijuana, we won't see that until politicians start getting some balls or all the old ignorant fools die off.
Edit: bfdd beat me to the punch.
Hey man I am not going to shout you down for repeating reason
Pretty much. The entire culture surrounding cannabis is just campy and over done. Who would ever take that seriously?
The war on drugs has been going on for a quite a while, 30 years or so I believe. Considering this, all the actions by the federal government to combat drug use have been ineffective, given expenditures on the program. Legalizing marijuana would increase revenue, free some prisoners which will alleviate prison expenses. So far I see no downsides to this.
Exactly my point.
There are not enough bright users to get the item passed.
And with MMJ being openly abused; the MJ community cuts it's own throat.
*SIGH* Sometimes, I hate this country....my lil sis is a lesbian, and a pot smoker....I can't wait until the day I can enjoy a joint at her wedding....