Comments on: Marijuana—The New Money Tree?

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:35:42 +0000

Should have happened long ago. Too late now. Taxation would ruin it, and by the way, inhailing any type of hot smoke into your lungs will have a negative effect on most people’s health.

By: justme_kc

justme_kc — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:54:36 +0000

exactly. look at amsterdam. the coffee shops are always busy and lots of locals stop by on their way home from work just like American’s stop off for a 6-pack. just because it’s easy to grow doesn’t mean everyone who smokes will grow it. vegetable are as-easy to grow and i’ve never grown one for myself, why go to the trouble if it’s readily available and an industry that employees people instead of throwing them in jail with REAL criminals.

as far as it being addictive, that’s just propoganda to keep it illegal. i have a close friend that smokes from the time he gets up until the time he goes to bed at home. never missed a day of work and certainly never lost a job from smoking “weed”. we travel together frequently for weeks at a time and he doesn’t bring it with him nor does he need to acquire some when we arrive at our destination(s), unless it’s Amsteram.

people who are “addicted” to marijuana have addictive personalities and if it weren’t the weed, it would be some other convenient excuse for their poor behaviour.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:30:06 +0000

Nice, little article, Pat!

Lots to think about. . .

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By: avwrobel

avwrobel — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:28:51 +0000

2 points:

We have to come up with a quick, reliable way of testing field sobriety.

Repealing marijuana prohibition’s time has come. I hope it’ll slow government at all levels’ addiction to gambling revenue, or at least slow it down, which is much more harmful than pot.

By: avwrobel

avwrobel — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:28:08 +0000

2 points:

We have to come up with a quick, reliable of testing field sobriety.

Repealing marijuana prohibition’s time has come. I hope it’ll slow government at all levels’ addiction to gambling revenue, or at least slow it down, which is much more harmful than pot.

By: Betsy Buzz Ross Latte

Betsy Buzz Ross Latte — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:51:36 +0000

Is there a reason a Blackberry is now nicknamed Crackberry?

All things in moderation.

By: Phishmelt

Phishmelt — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:04:38 +0000

You would be amazed at the people i’ve known who smoked. leaders of companies to lowly employees. no one is immune to its intoxicating lovely effects.

By: Cheech (or maybe Chong)

Cheech (or maybe Chong) — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:10:21 +0000

Yep. It can be of great benefit to those afflicted with dysthemia and depressive tendencies with little in the way of side-effects. This might be one reason why the pharmaceutical industry is one of the biggest lobbying groups to keep it illegal. Many of their most profitable patented drugs would quickly be found to be distant second choices.

Special interests concerned about their profits are behind most of this. The privatized prison industry is another major anti-legalization lobbying group. Also the forest industry, which doesn’t want the competition hemp would represent for paper products and building materials presently made of tree-derived cellulose.

By: Cheech (or maybe Chong)

Cheech (or maybe Chong) — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:01:41 +0000

Calling so noble and useful a plant by the pejorative term weed ought to be considered politically incorrect.

The first drafts of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were written on hemp paper.

By: Animal Control

Animal Control — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:07:32 +0000

We were at a friend’s house about 2 1/2 miles away from home. After toking up, we headed home. It took a week and-a-half to get there.

Jamaican me laugh.

By: Animal Control

Animal Control — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:03:46 +0000

Oh, I don’t know. I’ve seen plenty of Fridg’s cleaned out as a result of smoking weed.

By: ziggy

ziggy — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:07:17 +0000

We’ve got millions of far more dangerously inattentive people to contend with on our roads and highways every day: Drivers yammering on their cell phones, and even attempting to drive while text messaging.

You chances of being killed by one of the four drivers on the road who believe at any given moment that their car is a mobile telephone booth are vastly greather than by a marijuana smoker. It’s been suggested that cell phones are now responsible for as many fatal automobile accidents as drunken drivers. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve narrowly avoided being hit by drivers with cell phones glued to their ears.

Although marijuana does impair driving skills, it contributes to far fewer accidents than either alcohol or cell phones.

By: TeakwoodKite

TeakwoodKite — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:13:02 +0000

If it were to become legal, it could be heavily taxed.

That is a problem in so many ways.

By: tango

tango — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:15:34 +0000

Oh no, the government would not allow you to grow more than a miniscule amount (if even that) for personal consumption due to the loss of revenue that would occur if smokers grew their own marijuana. They would also be concerned if you grew too much you’d sell it underground denying the government the money from business licenses to sell and taxes from the sale.

It’s like home brewing of beer/alchohol. There are strict rules on how much a person can brew (if any) for personal use and very restrictive on giving it away or selling it.

I could see that the only authorized sellers would be licensed by the government, legally restricted to buying from licensed and regulated growers only and selling to adults at businesses specifically licensed to sell marijuana. Any who don’t follow government laws regarding growing, selling or purchasing could still be arrested and convicted.