"Hemp or Victory" was put out by the Department of Agriculture, not the military, in 1942. It was never classified.
Marijuana: Big Business(MSNBS news alert)
by sf 22 Replies latest jw friends
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fodeja
I quit smoking because for me it was an expensive habit and I wanted to start studying with the witnesses again.
Which only goes to show, again, that bad association spoils useful habits.
f.
p.s.. Disclaimer: no, I don't think smoking weed is necessarily a "useful habit". Although, compared to a JW bible study...;-)
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Satanus
fodeja
While i was attending the pentacostal type churches, they would sing, chant or speak in tongues for periods of time in oder to get into a 'spiritual' state. Was that singing, chanting and speaking in tongues useful? Millions of churchlings say it is. If it is, then smoking weed can be as well.
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sf
""Hemp or Victory" was put out by the Department of Agriculture, not the military, in 1942. It was never classified."
I stand corrected. Should have been in the search engine before I hit submit. Duh on me.
sKally
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bigboi
fodeja:
No need for the disclaimer, dude. I think you hit the nail right on the head! I missed out on a lot of true inspiration, if you know what I mean!
ONE....
bigboi
"it's like the one thing we all have in common is that we
got played by a cult and a bunch of old men and no matter what it will
always be a part of us no matter how much we distance ourselves from it"~ Ghostquote -
jelly
I agree with you all,
They should treat drugs just like they do tobacco. Legalize it and then with the tax revenue fight it through TV adds and drug treatment programs.
The decriminalization (sp?) of drugs would solve a number of America's social ills, in my opinion.
Jelly
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Bendrr
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Just legalize it already!
The whole war on pot originated during the Great Depression. The southwestern states wanted a way to get the mexicans out. Since they used pot, that was a good way to start. During Prohibition, pot was still legal and grew just about anywhere it wanted to. It was not unheard of to find "smoke shops" selling pot for tokin' while you couldn't even get a beer. It all boiled down to money and the BATF or whatever it was back then caved to political pressure. BAM! Pot became illegal and we saw films like "Reefer Madness" to "educate" the public about this deadly new drug.
(note: I do not smoke pot because I do not like how it feels)
Imagine if you will the legalization of pot. A pack of joints-like a pack of cigarettes-sells for an appropriate price. A good chunk of that price, just like a pack of cigarettes, is taxes. The manufacturer gets a profit and employs well-paid employees. Quality controls are in place so no one gets a pack of skunk-week or lacies or stems and seeds.
Added revenue to the federal and state coffers. Laws are altered to treat pot-smokers behind the wheel the same as drunk drivers. Child-protective services treat pot-smoking parents the same as alcohol-consuming parents.
In the end, you do end up with small pot farmers struggling to survive as big business runs the show. Write the laws to enable local suppliers to operate under reasonable controls. No government subsidies whatsoever!
License sellers of pot products, license businesses to sell pot for consumption on the premises-they should be like responsible bars and provide transportation for customers too impaired to drive home-let the market set prices and watch the illegal pushers go out of business.
This can be done.
mike.I may not like what you have to say, but many men gave their lives for your right to say it.
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Abaddon
"I mean you have to assume that a good percentage of users will becaome addicts and quite a few won't function properly and become non-productive citizens."
This arguement is used as a reason to not legalise drugs.
However, it falls down; the fact that drugs are illegal does NOTHING to stop people accessing drugs. We will always have people who will abuse recreational substances, be it alcohol or whatever. Did alcoholism go down during Prohibition? I think not.
All it means is that over a million people in the USA are in jail for non-violent drug related crime. All it means is that criminal gangs fight over the lucrative illegal trade. All it means is that police time is spent enforcing laws that restrict what you do with the inside of your head, rather than enforcing crimes with a victim. All it means is that multi-million dollar crime empires are established to supply these drugs.
I live in Holland. Less young people use cannabis regulary than in England, although here it is decriminalised, and in England it is still an illegal drug.
Making drugs illegal causes more damage to soceity than creating a framework for their lawful supply and use.
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
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Michael3000
LEGALIZE IT!!!
Abaddon, you THE MAN. You always give the best arguments for legalization.
Cheers!