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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:49 PM Original message |
It's time to legalize cannabis and tax the farmers and buyers. |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. but they can't legalize it! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. It does seem that the home growers and those who peddle it for profit |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
79. Gee, once upon a time |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. The last group of growers that I used to know wouldn't even vote |
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JDwho (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
52. "drug dealers"? In 2008 the dealers are the pharmacies. |
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O.M.B.inOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Certainly industrial hemp has enormous ecological and economic benefits. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Industrial hemp de-natures the recreational stuff and makes it pointless, |
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O.M.B.inOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Cash crop, paper, oil, edible seeds, building material, weed control, cordage... pointless? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "...except as hemp" which isn't pointless at all, or I wouldn't have a |
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O.M.B.inOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
45. Ah. The industrial hemp genes "pollute" the marijuana crop and cancel those properties? Didn't know. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You left out nitrogen binder/soil builder. nt |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. That can go either way. It depends upon the dominant gene. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. "America's first marijuana law was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Virginia in 1619" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. wow -- i didn't know that about the Mormons. Stoners! who'da thunk it? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
47. I suspect they used mushrooms and acid, too.. that explains the 'magic underwear'... |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Some of the best and most creative minds in history have been Stoner's. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. I so wanna smoke John Doolittle out...... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
78. double wow -- did not know about the Sobrius-Morpheus dicotomy! |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
60. Durring the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln made a personal plea to Mother Ann of the Shakers. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's worked wonders for my daughter. |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. amen...legalize it |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I totally agree |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. The hypocrisy of legal alcohol is outrageous and NOT lost on Young Americans. nt |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's an all purpose plant, it is. |
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Beststash (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. I actually thought that it would have |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. The baby boomers became parents and large parts of their brains just quit working. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Seriously, seven response, all positive and no recs?? What has happened to DU? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. If we can get Obama and a large majority, common sense things like this will pass easily |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. that's simply not true |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. End The Drug War |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. and all other drugs - cuts the criminals and the police out of the action, then we |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Cannabis has been used as an excuse for the militarization of the police... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Excellent point |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. A lot of politicians, police and other "leaders"... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's a nice idea.. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It actually doesn't happen because Americans are making so much money, |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. As I pointed out already,.. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. One problem is people are living longer |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Although Obama is technically a "boomer".. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. He was on record once saying he supported decriminalization |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. No the *real* scourge is alcohol |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Obama and Clinton support moving toward treatment for simple possession |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I can remember when Jimmy Carter tried legalizing.. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. that could change pretty quick when the economic bombs begin to fall... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I read on another thread today that W. Virginia's crop is half a billion |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. and they'd probably rather have those jail cells filled with criminals who are actually dangerous... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. well...DUH! |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. The war on drugs |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. The "war on drugs" is as phony as the "war on terror." Fascism, and profits |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I'll probable be dead of old age |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. I can testify to its efficacy for migraine; don't know how I'd survive |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Good luck taxing something that most people can grow with little effort. n/t |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
67. To grow high quality pot, it takes a LOT OF EFFORT |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
37. Not understanding why there would be huge profits from pot farming |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The hemp would be worthwhile. It is a versatile plant. |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. not sure about that... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Hemp can be used to produce a lot of products currently produced with fossil fuels. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Because they don't have enough acreage to grow their own tobacco and corn |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
48. What's with all the "legalize it then tax it" crap? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Is the farmer who grows and sells them taxed? |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Income tax? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. dupe delete |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
49. Taxing it? Is that your incentive to the govt to legalize it? If it's legal, I'd rather grow my own |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. That kind of sounds like a bribe to me. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Actually, by making it a taxable business, we will be cut out of any discussion what so ever. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. That's a bad example. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. That's interesting. I've never heard about this. Question? Did the DEA ever talk any other |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Not that I know of. I think this happened back in the 80's. Reagan Era. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. In my opinion, there is no better drug for the treatment |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
54. this thread is a very small piece of the us population |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. it's the FEAR |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. Dems should do it quick, early on |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
63. Key words of the post: "reduced their need for pharmaceuticals" |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Yes! |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. Agreed. Thankfully Obama wants to decriminalize it... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Does he really? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Apparently that is not so.. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
74. With the economy tanking, I think that marijuana growers and users |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Someone in my neighborhood |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. If the nation goes into a depression and growing a plant for money becomes |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Rob a store and they won't take all your worldly possessions.. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Like I said, because white suburbia is becoming a new mecca for |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Someone in my neighborhood |
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