Legalization Of Pot

[~ katem]

I want it! Larry Campbell wants it! What do you want?

( talking strictly marijuana, not cocaine or heroine )

( and only for recreational use..same rules as booze : can't smoke at work, while driving, etc. )


Campbell claims there are many financial advantages for the government if our famous BC BUD could be legally grown in greenhouses; were talking over $2 billion a year in taxes.

Is pot a gateway drug? Well Larry also wants 10 % of casino revenue donated to drug-abuse prevention; educate the children !

~He wants it legalized and sold much like alcohol and tobacco is.

~Cops can use their time more productively.

~7-11 Sales will sky-rocket !!



I have to write a 90 second editorial for my Broadcast Journalism class. I feel strongly about this topic; how you you feel ?

Do you think the advantages out-weigh the disadvantages?



Is marijuana " dangerous " ?

[~ katem]

Bzzump

[dapimpstress]

im bout it.

[sh4un]

this should be in the chronicle
and im not for it

its fine the way it is
legalizing it will not help us stoners
it will destroy our dealers.

are bags will have tax on em!!!
look how much smokes cost now...
its still will be illegal 2 grow

legalization would KILL our economy as we know it

try gettin into the states wen its legal

for the record i smoke pot everyday
i have a bong collection

im not just saying its bad 2 disagree with stoners
i am a stoner and this would fuckin suck!!!

[sh4un]

and hey
your not allowed 2 be drunk in public
there will be similar laws against weed

so think of it
usually cops just take ur weed and peace
if ur cot with the new legal laws
it go on your record and everything

STONED IN PUBLIC
i cood go on for ever about how this is the worst idea for BC

[~ katem]

Originally Posted by sh4un

and hey
your not allowed 2 be drunk in public
there will be similar laws against weed

so think of it
usually cops just take ur weed and peace
if ur cot with the new legal laws
it go on your record and everything

STONED IN PUBLIC
i cood go on for ever about how this is the worst idea for BC

^^isn't most of vancouver STONED anyways?? you make no sense.


and about taxing drug-dealers bags' :

FUCK BUYING. GROW your OWN.

[~ katem]

"I think we should legalize it, we should tax it to the max and take all the money that we get from it and put it straight into health care." "That way you don't have to worry about grow ops," he says. If you want to grow yourself a little bit of marijuana, you grow it. Who really cares, quite frankly?"


- LARRY CAMPBELL

[wum]

i'd say alcohol abuse is much worse than stoners

[Snap]

legalizing bud would be da shit!

[cheebus420]

"Legalizing will destroy our dealers"

Well no kidding, you'll completely remove the criminal element from it. What do you think prohibition did? Created the organized crime syndicate. Al Capone became very wealthy and powerful thanks to the open market.

It's a very very good thing.

[~ katem]

Originally Posted by cheebus420

"Legalizing will destroy our dealers"

Well no kidding, you'll completely remove the criminal element from it. What do you think prohibition did? Created the organized crime syndicate. Al Capone became very wealthy and powerful thanks to the open market.

It's a very very good thing.

Good call !

And just think what it would do for Vancouver Tourism.

[onefour]

I love pot, alot. But i dont think it should be legalized. Drugs are drugs for a reason, and its not like its hard to come by now at all anyways, and to all my friedns who are pot dealers, why would u want your personal buisness taxed or even taken away? lol.

why give the governemt everything, keep some thigns strictly for the poeple! fuck yea! BLACK MARKET FOR LIFE lol

[wum]

i agree with the legalization but not the taxation. it would certainly give cops and courts more time to deal with real crimes

[onefour]

i have a question to ask, how many of you know dealers and people who have grow ops? i know quite a few and let me tell you how much criminal activity theyhave to deal with besides the selling drugs aspect? NONE, i have never seen the cops, anyone try to hurt them or anything? so the whole removing teh criminal aspect of this i dont see, whens the last time you seen someone toting a gun around try to jack somebodys bud?

[wum]

Originally Posted by onefour

i have a question to ask, how many of you know dealers and people who have grow ops? i know quite a few and let me tell you how much criminal activity theyhave to deal with besides the selling drugs aspect? NONE, i have never seen the cops, anyone try to hurt them or anything? so the whole removing teh criminal aspect of this i dont see, whens the last time you seen someone toting a gun around try to jack somebodys bud?

the difference is that they'll be able to grow weed on a much larger scale and out in the open, thus lowering the price i.e. corporations

[onefour]

Originally Posted by wum

the difference is that they'll be able to grow weed on a much larger scale and out in the open, thus lowering the price i.e. corporations

i dont agree with that so much, i think that they would tax the shit out of it for 1 so it would be more expensive and i think that they would also weaken it too :)

[Pennywise]

im smoking a joint as i read/type this

[onefour]

Originally Posted by Pennywise

im smoking a joint as i read/type this

thats cool i like your opinion! :p

[Aspectre]

I say that they make it like every other bloody tree out there.
Not Legal.
Not Illegal.

[wum]

Best Bacon Ever!
Raise pigs fed with weed
(+2, -12) [vote for,
against]

Raise pigs and feed them mostly marijuiana loaded with THC. You need the THC to get absorbed into their fat cells for later. Promote fat cell growth (absorbing THC along the way) by giving them high-fat items when they get the munchies, like cheesies, french fries, burgers, cheesecake, etc.


When the pigs are eventually processed into bacon, the meat will be laden with THC. While you're eating it and the THC hits your brain, you'll be convinced that it is THE BEST BACON EVER!!!! :-)

(this was an idea that came up in a conversation with a bunch of coworkers, so it's more of a group idea, not just mine. i wish i were this smart all on my own :-)

cameron, Sep 11 2002

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Best_20Bacon_20Ever!

[decypher]

Originally Posted by onefour

i have a question to ask, how many of you know dealers and people who have grow ops? i know quite a few and let me tell you how much criminal activity theyhave to deal with besides the selling drugs aspect? NONE, i have never seen the cops, anyone try to hurt them or anything? so the whole removing teh criminal aspect of this i dont see, whens the last time you seen someone toting a gun around try to jack somebodys bud?

Yeh thats common belief, but grow ops still attract violence as a lot of people want to jack them for profit or put smaller boys out of business. This whole thing is complicated and a lot of stoners have this uptopian image of it.

If it is legalized you can be fined, where is now it's not worth to write someone up for having bud on them. What larry campbell said about everyone growing personal is great. All the older stoners who are a main purchasing market for dealers will just grow their own to save money. I can't see this changing the younger market as a lot of kids will not be able to grow, unless you have cool parents heh. Either way there is a market for taxed marijuana and it can make some wonderful revenue. Doesen't change much accept switch around the market, and make it easier for you to be fined small amounts.

[e_BoY]

At first i thought this would be dope but after some thought i think it would actually make things worse. The way it is in Vancouver now is weed is almost to the point where its legal even though its not. Cops dont give a fuck when your blazing erbs and its so easy just to blast doobies in public here. With the legalization of pot their going to police that shit with mad restrictions. Anything to make money. Start ticketing people etc... Like i said it's already to the point where its legal here and I have no complaints. We all know the whole reason behind legalizing it is to make as much cash from it as they can and that means their going to do a bunch of gay shit to milk as much coin fomr it as they can.

[decypher]

^Yeh but still, think of the money that could be pumped into social services. Still wouldn't affect my smoking. Just be more careful so you don't get ticketed.

[neoh]

fuck no.
for business reasons.

[(val)Liam]

I remember reading a letter to the editor by a BC Marijuana Party member that changed my mind on the subject. He said that if the crime element was taken out of marijuana, so would a lot of the gateway drug elements because people that wanted to smoke marijuana wouldn't have to associate with dealers that sell a variety of drugs other than marijuana.