Reply #158: This is all speculation anyway.

[Occulus]

The fact is, the vast majority of people who want it can get it already and will continue to do so from sources they already know. Making it legal will only allow those sources to grow it openly.

You're forgetting that growing cannabis isn't exactly rocket science. If you know what you're doing, it's fairly easy to grow good stuff yourself, and it's not at all hard to learn. We have tobacco companies instead of home tobacco gardens because tobacco is actually quite hard to grow (and you have to cure it under specific conditions before you can use it).

As I mentioned before, this is a weed, an herb, and a hardy one at that. I really don't think the tobacco companies will jump on the bandwagon as much as you seem to believe they will, and if they do, I don't think they'll make much money doing it, especially since their names are already somewhat tarnished.

I've known plenty of people who smoke cannabis and not tobacco; the two don't necessarily go hand-in-hand. I know they wouldn't buy cannabis from a tobacco company, and I suspect most others who smoke cannabis and not tobacco feel the same way.