Legalization of marijuana is something every good conservative should be for. Keep government out of our personal lives.
California will vote on an initiative this November to legalize marijuana. It might even pass. But it turns out that the pot growers of Humboldt County are having second thoughts about the whole thing:
Recently, “Keep Pot Illegal” bumper stickers have been seen on cars around the county. In chat rooms and on blogs, anonymous writers predict that tobacco companies will crush small farmers and take marijuana production to the Central Valley. With legalization, if residents don’t act, “we’re going to be ruined,” said Anna Hamilton, a radio host on KMUD-FM (91.1) in southern Humboldt County.
….Legalization could take many forms. But the conventional wisdom here is that fully legal weed might fetch no more than a few hundred dollars a pound, as more people grow it and police no longer pull up millions of plants a year. Illegal marijuana “is the government’s best agricultural price-support program ever,” said Gerald Myers, a retired engineer and former volunteer fire chief who moved to the county in 1970. “If they ever want to help the wheat farmers, make wheat illegal.”
The post title made me believe it was referring to protection prison guard jobs.
#19. But it will be so easy to spot kids driving high on pot. Just look for Doritos bags on the dashboard. Instead of sobriety checkpoints, just put up a sign saying free Brownies and cupcakes. Or simply wait at the local Dairy Queen and they will drive to you.
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lexDysia strikes again!
Legalization of marijuana would actually employ more people than it would put out of business. It would also save the state money on enforcement, and increase revenue through taxes of the new legitimate business. It would also increase advertising revenues for publications.
I don’t even smoke the stuff, but I say legalize.
Nothing like good drugs to make a society rife with social injustice a little more tolerable.
Or in the words of that Fabulous Furry Freak Brother, Freewheelin’ Franklin, ‘Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.’
Like #11 said. Just another group enjoying the fruits of their government enforced cartel.
If legalized, most people still wouldn’t grow their own any more than they grow their own tomatoes or zucchini. Certainly, some will, and it will be more than it is now, but most folks will be content to buy at the supermarket or 7-11 like they do with beer.
I really can’t say what will happen to prices, since it depends on the legalization scheme. Retail prices might not change much due to the taxes that will almost certainly be part of the law, but wholesale or grower prices are another thing. I’d think that the Humbolt County growers could make just as much, but it will involve higher volume and a large savings by not having to take measures now used in avoiding detection and arrest. Of course, they would most likely have to pay business and income taxes that they now avoid by being underground.
The prison guard and police unions…those are the ones that will be hurting worst!
Our son was mugged last year, in waiting through the numerous hearings and trial of his attacker, we sat through dozens of cases in circuit/district courts.
I would estimate that 2/3 were for simple marijuana possession.
This is insanity.
The experiment of prohibition has failed. America needs to get over it.
The stated goal of the DEA is not to eliminate illegal drugs, but to keep the price high.
I live for the day when I can order kine bud over the Internet and have it delivered.
I tend to agree..for different reasons..
GovCorp Grown MJ will inevitably be GMO’d
NO THANKS.
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Lust, Crime, Sorrow, Hate, Shame, Misery and Dispair. They’re not just for breakfast any more.
I can’t remember becoming particularly hateful on weed. Ever. And that’s the Real Reason it has been so illegal for so long: Republicans.
If weed is legal, their ability to form and hold a solid mental state of vitriolic hatred is seriously compromised. And without Hatred, Republicans dissolve in water.
I bet a significant number of conservatives do favor legalization.
If I may answer my own question, 20% of conservative Republicans and 36% of moderate Republicans support legalization. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1548/broad-public-support-for-legalizing-medical-marijuana
Wait, how does keeping pot illegal save Steve Jobs?
#31 said, “If weed is legal, their ability to form and hold a solid mental state of vitriolic hatred is seriously compromised. And without Hatred, Republicans dissolve in water.”
If you don’t realize that the Democrats have more than their share of hatred you’ve obviously never listened to Bill Maher or Wanda Sykes, or read Huffington Post. And besides, conservatives are supposed to be grouchy old curmudgeons. Liberals preach peace and love and tolerance, but too often only apply it to people like themselves.
No one looks at Bill Maher or Wanda Sykes as democratic leaders. A significant number of conservatives definitely see Rush and Beck as leaders (or messengers) of their ideology.
Free the weed and leave us be.
Marijuana is already here people, just because it might become legal does not mean more crimes will be committed, in fact the opposite will happen.
Prohibition is the problem, not the prohibited substance.