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i think people are going to see this as a state issue, way to boost the economy.
what pisses me off is how private corperations can run prisons. prohibition = profit
the 99% <3
Yesssssss
Pot is so much easier for young guns to get versus alcohol
when i was 16 you could get a pound of dank way before a 30 rack.
legalization would take away the motive to sell illicit marijuana
secondly fuck prohibition
its only allowing Mexican cartels to profit along with trailer trash stealing power off the grid for grow ops
AMEN
something like 75% of the marijuana in the united states is foreign
marijuana is the "cash cow" of cartels, they make the bigget margin off this to fund other illegal activities
secondly:
i get upset when hiking in national forest lands and the rangers are warning you about coyotes growing marijuana on FEDERAL LAND
One of the most important benefits of these measures is that they make for a more liberal society in the Misesian sense. Marijuana prohibition is public violence, prejudice, and partiality. Legalization and liberalism is private property and public tolerance. As Ludwig von Mises wrote,
The essential teaching of liberalism is that social cooperation and the division of labor can be achieved only in a system of private ownership of the means of production, i.e., within a market society, or capitalism. All the other principles of liberalism democracy, personal freedom of the individual, freedom of speech and of the press, religious tolerance, peace among the nations are consequences of this basic postulate. They can be realized only within a society based on private property. (Omnipotent Government, p. 48)
The key thing, economically speaking, is that more liberalism is good for business, jobs, and prosperity. Legalizing marijuana, along with things like same-sex-marriage laws, may be appalling to some people, but when companies are looking to get started or establishing new operations, those are some of the things that are looked at, just like taxes, schools, crime, etc. States that are competing for the best companies that offer the highest paying jobs are the same states that are liberalizing their policies.
Therefore, it should come to no surprise that a state like Washington legalized marijuana even though it does not have a history of marijuana-reform activism. Washington needs to compete with other states for computer programmers, engineers, and technicians for Washington-based firms like Boeing and Microsoft. Do not be surprised if what happened in Colorado and Washington spreads to other states in coming elections." - Mark Thorton
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
In a 2010 survey, 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month.
To put that in better perspective that's like saying that everyone that lives in NYE LA and Chicago is a pothead.
Just
For
One
Month.
If you don't see how that is a large number your a fool. If that's not enough for you than how about this:
The study (.pdf), released on October 31 by the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness (IMCO), found that Mexican drug cartels could see their revenue drop by as much as 30 percent across the board if current ballot initiatives on marijuana legalization in three states are passed.
Yeah you read that right. If marijuana were legalized in just Colorado Washington and Oregon {which didn't happen in Oregon) profits would dip to fucking 2/3rds of their current revenue. Mexico is a fucking scary place right now since most people are afraid to stand up to them as those that have done so in the past have had their heads mailed to their loved ones. Since the Cartels are basically the unofficial leaders of Mexico don't you think that cutting off all that money might just maybe have some positive effect on the country?
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
In a 2010 survey, 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month.
To put that in better perspective that's like saying that everyone that lives in NYE LA and Chicago is a pothead.
Just
For
One
Month.
If you don't see how that is a large number your a fool. If that's not enough for you than how about this:
The study (.pdf), released on October 31 by the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness (IMCO), found that Mexican drug cartels could see their revenue drop by as much as 30 percent across the board if current ballot initiatives on marijuana legalization in three states are passed.
Yeah you read that right. If marijuana were legalized in just Colorado Washington and Oregon {which didn't happen in Oregon) profits would dip to fucking 2/3rds of their current revenue. Mexico is a fucking scary place right now since most people are afraid to stand up to them as those that have done so in the past have had their heads mailed to their loved ones. Since the Cartels are basically the unofficial leaders of Mexico don't you think that cutting off all that money might just maybe have some positive effect on the country?
