Buddha

No offense but, I struggled to find a point besides the drawing the line part.
What does legalising weed have to do with taxes?

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AB517

lmao.

Sorry to say, if you don't ... than stay out of this discussion.

All too often people don't understand and others get stuck with the check.

jaej

If tobacco and alcohol are legal, weed should be too. The fact that you think all addictive substances should be banned is irrelevant. They tried with alcohol once and it was a disaster. Racism is the reason why it's illegal to begin with. If more dangerous substances are legal, why are less dangerous ones legal? ?????????????????????????????

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AB517

yeah, and opera picked her president on issues too.

GX

There is no question that it should be legal!

Morality is a hollow bullshit concept that groups of people use to shove their own personal beliefs on to others and changes from decade to decade if not year to year. One should be able to do whatever one wants as long as you are not hurting other people or property.

As for specific reasons it should be legal, as far as health:
1) It has been proven that it is not physically addictive as are alcohol and tobacco
2) If legal, there would be controls on potency (currently, the stuff out there is moonshine grade) and it would be cheaper thus enabling people to be able to eat it instead of smoking it. The smoking aspect of it is the most "dangerous" part to health, eliminate that and the dangers are no longer there making it a very benign experience. Its illegality makes it expensive and thus not cost effective to eat.

As far as the environment:
It is a very versatile plant that if legal, would greatly benefit the environment and this is why in my opinion that it is illegal. It would hurt too many industries whose profits are vested in destroying the environment.
For example:
1) You can use hemp fiber to make clothes that are stronger than cotton without damaging the topsoil. The cotton plant is very destructive to topsoil. You need to continuously add chemical fertilizers to the topsoil to maintain cotton plantations.
2) You can use hemp fiber to make paper and building materials. This would eliminate the need to cut down trees and deforestation would be kept to a minimum
3) You can use hemp fiber to make many things that plastic is now used for

I do not wish to bore everyone with a complete list but I hope you get my point.

GX

Buddha

Wow, it's weird that i've been pissed off on this forum ten times more than any other.

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WilliamBlue

I think they are talking about the ability to tax marijuana as it is not now taxed. Anyway don't let it bother you, you must consider the source .

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AB517

You guys really do not understand do you.
I’ll let someone better than me explain it to ya. That means anybody here.

It is not at all about collecting taxes.
It is not about using it as a prescription.

Do not mad, he is right. Consider the source.
I am old school.

I though smiles showed joking/sarcasm. Thats the way I meant it.

WilliamBlue

He had a serious question and your answer came off even with all the smiles and junk as a dig on him, maybe you should of explained what you really meant. If you meant to cut him then that's a different thing all together...

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shadowind

perhaps we should use it if its better for production. but i still don't think it should be legal as a drug.

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