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Should marijuana be legalized as a means to stimulate the economy?
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25 Feb 2009, 3:53 am

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I think it would be worthwhile if it led to greater industrial use of hemp. The illegality of marijuana is barrier to increased use of and reliance on hemp, which is evidently a highly versatile and completely renewable resource.

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25 Feb 2009, 4:06 am

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There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.


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25 Feb 2009, 9:37 am

benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".



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25 Feb 2009, 10:16 am

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benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".


Yeah thats what I found funny. I've felt the damages pot does myself and seen others suffer too.


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25 Feb 2009, 10:39 am

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I read a report in a local paper.

I think it's always appealing to govts to find ways of taxing people.

As long as MJ is in a 'grey' area legally they can't tax people on it. There is a pretty strong anti MJ sector (like alcohol is better?) so who knows. I wonder if they tax it in Holland, I guess that's the only place where there'd be a test case or precedent.


In Holland, we have, so called, 'coffeeshops' and they sell MJ freely or legally over the counter. And yeah, the owners of the shops pay taxes (and have to keep track what they sell). It's a strange schizophrenic policy but it's out in the open, which in my opinion, is better than to leave it to the black market and criminals.

Btw, our city and our neighbour city, Roosendaal, are the first in Holland to close all of their shops. That's going to happen in 2010 and it has to do with all the drug tourists (and traffic/ parking problems) from Belgium and France, they say, and all the annoyance it gives in the center. I'm ok with it. Not really bothered either way.



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25 Feb 2009, 10:45 am

benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".


Yeah thats what I found funny. I've felt the damages pot does myself and seen others suffer too.
damages?



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25 Feb 2009, 11:36 am

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25 Feb 2009, 12:08 pm

Should they legalize it much in the way that tobacco is legal and allow it's use for manufacturing products like we(The USA) used to before 1937? Yes. Will doing so stimulate the economy? It certainly couldn't hurt.

The Real Reason Hemp is Illegal


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25 Feb 2009, 2:43 pm

benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.



Nope, try again. There are deaths each year from alcohol, nicotine, OTC's, and even a handful from caffeine. How is it BS?. Never been one recorded death from marijuana alone.


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25 Feb 2009, 4:47 pm

bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".


Yeah thats what I found funny. I've felt the damages pot does myself and seen others suffer too.
damages?


Simply, it f***s people up in the head.


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25 Feb 2009, 4:51 pm

history_of_psychiatry wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.



Nope, try again. There are deaths each year from alcohol, nicotine, OTC's, and even a handful from caffeine. How is it BS?. Never been one recorded death from marijuana alone.


Haha, that old one. I feel safer drinking a cup of coffee than I do smoking a joint. I wouldn't say caffene made me suffer bad anxiety and paranoia, or made me go onto harder drugs. If you want to sit around being a dribbling, lifeless zombie, thats up to you.


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25 Feb 2009, 4:53 pm

benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".


Yeah thats what I found funny. I've felt the damages pot does myself and seen others suffer too.
damages?


Simply, it f**** people up in the head.
your not being any more specific.... do you mean it intoxicates people? Alcohol does that too....



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25 Feb 2009, 5:11 pm

bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".


Yeah thats what I found funny. I've felt the damages pot does myself and seen others suffer too.
damages?


Simply, it f**** people up in the head.
your not being any more specific.... do you mean it intoxicates people? Alcohol does that too....


I mean the long term damage.


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25 Feb 2009, 5:22 pm

life causes long term 'damage'.



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25 Feb 2009, 5:43 pm

benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
bonez wrote:
benjimanbreeg wrote:
history_of_psychiatry wrote:
There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal other than it funds the drugwar scam. Pot is less harmful than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and most over the counter meds. I wish they would legalize but unfortunately they probably never will.


Lol, they won't cause your statement is BS.
yeah that's bulls**t, pot is not less harmful than coffee or most over the countermeds, but its definitely less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. The main reason it's still illegal is because of uneducated people who say "Don't try to confuse me with the facts, marijuana is really bad, why do you think the government made it illegal?".


Yeah thats what I found funny. I've felt the damages pot does myself and seen others suffer too.
damages?
it has been proven that there are no long term effects, even in heavy smokers. once a person stops, he returns back to the way he was before....
And don't say lung damage from smoke. People who smoke cigarettes often smoke 1 to 2 packs a day or more ( 20 to 40+ cigarettes), and less than 1 % of people who smoke marijuana smoke more than once a day. And population surveys consistently show that people who started smoking (marijuana) when they are young adults typically report voluntarily ceasing their cannabis use by age 30. Almost half of people who start smoking when theyre kids or teens turn out to be heavy smokers later on in life.

Simply, it f**** people up in the head.
your not being any more specific.... do you mean it intoxicates people? Alcohol does that too....


I mean the long term damage.



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life causes long term 'damage'.


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