The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying to Keep Marijuana Illegal

[speciallyblend]

Mad Cow? Really?

bottom line is no one says it can cure everything so i still say you took that statement out of context. bottom line marijuana is helpful and much more research should be done on many ailments. I do know i perfer a joint over an aspirin. you found one site that says mad cow and by the way they have research that shows it helps and it states plainly that there is no cure in that link so yes you took the mad cow link out of context for sure.

 

[speciallyblend]

Mad Cow? Really?

yes really and there is research that shows it helps and the link you sent me .It clearly states it is not a cure for madcow. I assume you overlooked that. So far i haven't found anything to dispute. Marijuana has 1000's of medicinal uses thru centuries.

 

[speciallyblend]

Not necessarily. There is (would be if it were legalized) the real possibility that growers can make more money if it is made legal. I too thought the exact same thing (hypothetically speaking, of course) ... initially. Then I thought of MANY uses which individuals could use marijuana for, and many free-market areas that could then be explored. "What about the competition" then you may ask? Well, that's what makes real Capitalism work as it should ... isn't it?

i also want to point out marijuana was not made illegal because you could get high. It was made illegal by special interest giant dupont and friends so there would be no free market on its many industrial uses. That is the bottom line . There are many made up reasons by the gov on why they had a war on marijuana but the top reason was raw materials and still is.

 

[JebSanderson]

I grow it legally and I prefer it that way.

You do not grow it legally. Not according to te federal government.

 

[Noble Savage]

wonder what the national price average is for an ounce of weed?

 

[kcchiefs6465]

No, I honestly don't blame people on food stamps because the majority of them don't have any other choice. They've been conditioned into dependence on "the system". I blame the system and those who have put it in place and I do want to change it. But I don't blame those who work within the system and use it to their advantage.

While I agree with the statement in general that wasn't what I asked. (more of a question of whether or not you agree with welfare fraud) Say if someone buys hundreds of food cards. Do you still feel the same about gaming the system? Or, do you agree with Israel gaming the system? (lobbying for a 580 million dollar increase) Paul Warburg and Nelson Rockefeller sure gamed the system in 1913.. do you agree with that? Where do you draw the line? This country is rotting from people doing just that. How do you think NDAA was passed? Or CISPA will be passed? But hey, the MPAA is just exercising their "right" to game the system.

 

[speciallyblend]

You do not grow it legally. Not according to te federal government.

he is growing it legally under state law. that is what he meant and the federal law will change or the feds will go bankrupt either is fine by me.

 

[speciallyblend]

wonder what the national price average is for an ounce of weed?

well prices in colorado can be 200-325, now depending on strains. I can see it dropping more eventually.

I really do not see it dropping lower until it is legal. There is still overhead electric,nutrients,supplies and trimming. Americans do not have lil mexican families as prisoners to trim their weed. It is not like weed grows on trees and magically appears in a baggie It is a full time job!

 

[tod evans]

wonder what the national price average is for an ounce of weed?

How much does a car cost?

Be a little more specific......vette or yugo.

 

[JebSanderson]

How much does a car cost?

Be a little more specific......vette or yugo.

I once owned a yugo, they're not as bad as people make them out to be. Much better than the Lada Zhiguli I had.

 

[Tudo]

Whoever wrote these laws I wish a long long life...........with colon cancer

 

[Athan]

We can do something immediately to boycott 3 and 4.
Number 1 will take time and elected officals.
2 and 5 can be reserved for last.

 

[JebSanderson]

he is growing it legally under state law. that is what he meant and the federal law will change or the feds will go bankrupt either is fine by me.

"Federal law trumps state law". I hate that as much as everyone else.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

How much does a car cost?

Be a little more specific......vette or yugo.

The "Corvette" is around 250-300 and the "Yugo" is around 70-100. At least where I am at now.

 

[Noble Savage]

The "Corvette" is around 250-300 and the "Yugo" is around 70-100. At least where I am at now.

So if someone smokes a half ounce a week dats 200-600 a month so if it were legal to grow yourself a person could save enough to buy either a Yugo or Vette

 

[roho76]

Of course. The "marijuana cures everything" argument is just as disingenuous as the arguments that the pro-criminalization lobby makes.

Nobody said it "cures" anything. They said it is a better replacement for Advil and Vicodin which also happens to "cure" nothing but instead alleviates pain. There is plenty of evidence to prove that THC based pain killers are equal if not better pain relievers than over the counter medication.

 

[Paul Or Nothing II]

No, I honestly don't blame people on food stamps because the majority of them don't have any other choice. They've been conditioned into dependence on "the system". I blame the system and those who have put it in place and I do want to change it. But I don't blame those who work within the system and use it to their advantage.

"The system" didn't just spring into existence out of nowhere, it was pushed for by various factions that benefit from it & they are as much a part of the status quo as those in Washington DC; in fact, people in DC reflect the people themselves - as Ron says, people get exactly the kind of government they deserve

Voluntary action & personal responsibility is what a free society is supposed to be based on so if people think they shouldn't be held accountable for their voluntary actions then there will never be a free society; establishment & continued preservation of a free society necessitates people willing to take responsibility for their actions

 

[azxd]

I have friends in the medical pot business, and they are making THOUSANDS. There is plenty of money in the legal marijuana business, plenty. May I suggest you take Scarface out of the DVD player?

Uhm,
Not to argue, but if it was legal to grow, there would be no need for your friends business to exist.

Supply and demand !!!

 

[azxd]

I don't know how this became a discussion of food stamps and the welfare state. I was discussing people who are growers lobbying to keep marijuana illegal for their own personal profit when they can just as easily continue to make money if it was legal and if they were innovative they could make even more than they did before. Does anyone here advocate prohibition? (rhetorical question)

It's the same principle ... Gaming the system can be done in many ways.

 

[azxd]

I grow it legally and I prefer it that way.

Thanks for proving that the OP needs at least one more line to cover those who lobby to keep things as they are.