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Sat Jun 9, 2012, 02:47 PM

29. The question now is why does weed remain illegal?

Short answer: Cops and moms.

The law enforcement/forced treatment complex has powerful institutional interests in maintaining the status quo.

Moms worry about their kids getting high.

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112 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why Is Weed Illegal? [View all]	xchrom	Jun 2012	OP
I also heard the distilleries as an industry lobbied Congress to criminalize pot.	no_hypocrisy	Jun 2012	#1
Not sure. But it would be a huge export product for Hawaii and the west coast.	geckosfeet	Jun 2012	#2
Six to ten months?	JTFrog	Jun 2012	#7
Last time I used it was using it for the nausea from chemo.	geckosfeet	Jun 2012	#108
I use miniscule amounts but not everybody else does.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#17
"superweed" is a myth	Occulus	Jun 2012	#98
William Randolph Hearst?	maddiemom	Jun 2012	#3
Loggers and the Cotton Farmers didn't want competition.	YellowRubberDuckie	Jun 2012	#100
According to the book about the	Bohunk68	Jun 2012	#107
Kind of an interesting PS.	maddiemom	Jun 2012	#112
Interesting article -	TBF	Jun 2012	#4
Anti-Hispanic; Anti-African American; Anti-Jazz and personal freedom.	byeya	Jun 2012	#9
A recent book on Mexican attitudes toward marijuana is enlightening.	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#23
thanks for that recommendation	waddirum	Jun 2012	#40
Anything can be commodisized.	randome	Jun 2012	#36
We have a winner! nt	MrScorpio	Jun 2012	#46
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$	obxhead	Jun 2012	#5
it will be legalized	cojoel	Jun 2012	#11
I doubt it in our lifetime. 50 year away.	Logical	Jun 2012	#16
How can we afford to pay for cannabis prohibition if WE'RE BROKE WE'RE BROKE etc.	K8-EEE	Jun 2012	#28
Sooner than that, I think	pokerfan	Jun 2012	#35
Thanks for the graphs. That is good news. But....	Logical	Jun 2012	#43
Yeah, the special interest $$$	pokerfan	Jun 2012	#106
On the ballot this year in Colorado and Washington.	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#24
I think it passes in Colorado	IndyPragmatist123	Jun 2012	#109
I once thought the same, but	obxhead	Jun 2012	#33
because merck, eli lilly or any other large pharma company didn't create it.	spanone	Jun 2012	#6
Right.	JTFrog	Jun 2012	#8
The synthetic can be patented...	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2012	#21
The cotton lobby was behind it becoming illegal - they funded "Reefer Madness".	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#10
With assistance from the booze industry, right?	MH1	Jun 2012	#12
I've heard yes and no on that. The cotton industry knew hemp was superior.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#13
I've also heard DuPont had a large hand in it.	obxhead	Jun 2012	#37
Not true.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#51
Doesn't exposure to salt water outright destroy nylon rope?	Occulus	Jun 2012	#72
With all due respect, your reply is incorrect	wovenpaint	Jun 2012	#86
Rope was only one of many, many uses	RainDog	Jun 2012	#87
Yep, it's not a coincidence	wovenpaint	Jun 2012	#89
Everything comes down to money.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#111
And, after prohibition, 10,000 federal workers needed jobs.	Festivito	Jun 2012	#18
Cannabis and THC are part of the Schedule I entry for Marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#110
Stupidity and money.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#14
Even heroin was legal once	treestar	Jun 2012	#15
A whole economy based on keeping it outlawed.	lonestarnot	Jun 2012	#19
because we still have oil	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#61
WELL....	NewEngland4Obama	Jun 2012	#20
Well...	SammyWinstonJack	Jun 2012	#41
that looks like a republican in deep thought.	spanone	Jun 2012	#48
Stupid question of the day!	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#22
And why is that?	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#25
HUH??? Marijuana has benevolent medical uses.....does cocaine?	K8-EEE	Jun 2012	#26
It was used as a local anesthetic for eye surgery	Electric Monk	Jun 2012	#30
Indeed it was the original local anaesthetic	kenny blankenship	Jun 2012	#32
Quite. Virtually every recreational drug was originally medical.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#54
Actually cocaine is used not-infrequently as a topical immediate painkiller.	Chan790	Jun 2012	#31
Stupid answer of the day.	Incitatus	Jun 2012	#38
Why are drugs illegal?	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#47
Why don't you tell us why drugs are illegal?	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#52
Who's this "we" you keep referring to?	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#62
"we" who aren't making an attempt at a threadjack.	Occulus	Jun 2012	#69
Whoa dood, that is so like awesome, it's amazing awesome!!	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#81
Its almost as entertaing as watching the Nature Channel	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#90
!	Occulus	Jun 2012	#94
...	RainDog	Jun 2012	#97
Which only shows how apt your username is.	Occulus	Jun 2012	#56
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#57
And THIS thread is about cannabis,	Occulus	Jun 2012	#63
Whoa dood, that is so wicked awesome!!	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#64
HURR DURRR	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#68
It's spelled "overdoses". Why dont you ask your emergency room which drug causes the most damage?	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#70
Whoa dood, I misspelled a wrod!!	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#75
Your well-crafted debating and logic skills remind me of someone, can't think who..	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#79
I was thinking sduderstadt or Mr. Benchley	Occulus	Jun 2012	#93
Code name Hard Hat... Hard Hat!	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#96
I certainly don't know, but you guys are on to something, perhaps all 4 are in fact 1.	Dragonfli	Jun 2012	#101
Metasmoke. I think I'll close this with a	Occulus	Jun 2012	#104
Keep diggin, mac.	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#58
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#60
What?	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#66
Whoa dood, have you ever been in prison?	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#74
What the sam hell flippin fuck are you on about?	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#76
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#78
So, you Think the Texas law against consensual gay sex was right, then?	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#80
Whoa dood, I don't live in Texas. Are you really that awesomely stoned?	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#83
I think you should answer the question, since you have made the argument that THE LAW is THE LAW	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#88
why are you being such a douchebag to everyone in this thread? n/t	dionysus	Jun 2012	#103
He's trying to get one of us to flip out on him so he can send an alert	Occulus	Jun 2012	#82
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#85
Guess I was wrong!	Occulus	Jun 2012	#99
Actually, Marijuana causes none of the negative social and/or economic problems as cocaine	Taitertots	Jun 2012	#55
You're so wrong, it's hard to know where to start.	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#59
You could start by reading my post, bub	Taitertots	Jun 2012	#65
Whoa dood, I did read your screed.	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#67
The only one in this thread who sounds like an uninformed goof	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#73
Did you actually read it this time?	Taitertots	Jun 2012	#91
70 million Americans smoke pot recreationally.	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#71
Whoa dood, that is so like awesome, it's awesomerific!!	Major Hogwash	Jun 2012	#77
Awww, what happened, major? You were doing so well until my question scared you.	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2012	#95
The fact that frickin' INDUSTRIAL HEMP is illegal tells you the real reason	K8-EEE	Jun 2012	#27
and it grows like a 'weed' and it's uses are remarkable	spanone	Jun 2012	#49
The question now is why does weed remain illegal?	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#29
Moms should worry less about their kids getting high.	Chan790	Jun 2012	#34
Its been a disaster for my family personally. My daughter especially	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#42
So do Dads.	randome	Jun 2012	#39
But the polls suggest it's a bigger issue for women.	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#45
I'm a mom,	Blue_In_AK	Jun 2012	#84
Because the government is corrupt!	Fozzledick	Jun 2012	#44
Because the people who organize the marijuana trade could otherwise organize a revolution	Taitertots	Jun 2012	#50
Money, and maybe some face.	Iggo	Jun 2012	#53
Because anybody can grow it which cuts out big pharma.	craigmatic	Jun 2012	#92
It's illegal because of a few interest groups that	Jamaal510	Jun 2012	#102
this, too ^	Occulus	Jun 2012	#105

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