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Strictly Business: Legal pot industry sure to be robust
The Columbian ^ | July 13, 2014 | Gordon Oliver, business editor

Posted on 07/14/2014 1:57:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: nickcarraway
You are claiming that the nationwide drop in violent crime since the early 90s in the entire United States has been caused by California allowing a tiny amount of legalized marijuana since the late 1990s?

I am claiming no such thing. The point is that marijuana laws have dramatically loosened in the last 20 years in the US and crime has plunged. It shoots in the butt the theory that loosening pot laws will lead to more crime.

BTW, CA collects $100M in taxes from $1B in medical mj sales. It's a booming business. So yes, there is defacto legal pot in CA.

21 posted on 07/14/2014 1:05:26 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: nickcarraway

You con’t pay a dime for me, so leave me alone.


22 posted on 07/14/2014 1:13:16 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie

The question is why you won’t ;leave me alone. Stop imposing your big government and stealing my money with dependency programs.


23 posted on 07/14/2014 2:01:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Ken H
The point is that marijuana laws have dramatically loosened in the last 20 years in the US and crime has plunged.

The point is marijuana law have dramatically loosened in the last 20 years in the U.S. and the size of government has grown exponentially. But that was your point all along.

24 posted on 07/14/2014 2:03:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
The point is marijuana law have dramatically loosened in the last 20 years in the U.S. and the size of government has grown exponentially. But that was your point all along.

No it wasn't and it's dishonest to say so. You originally said "If you thought the Zetas were bad..." I countered with a few facts about crime and marijuana laws.

No one said or implied a thing about the size of government until you introduced it. Now if you want to go that route, let's talk about the fraudulent New Deal Commerce Clause, which allowed fedgov to expand into every corner of our lives, including the EPA, fedgov control of health care and the War on Drugs.

So do you support the New Deal Commerce Clause, or do you support the Tenth Amendment?

25 posted on 07/14/2014 2:34:38 PM PDT by Ken H
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I countered with a few facts about crime and marijuana laws.

No, you responded with a couple of totally misleading claims that no one would support you on. Worse than global warming.

26 posted on 07/14/2014 2:43:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Why are you supporting a Government so big it can lock you up for smoking a plant?


27 posted on 07/14/2014 3:10:01 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: nickcarraway
The only misleading claims were your characterizations of my arguments.

You did not address the question about the fraudulent New Deal Commerce Clause that your Drug War depends on, nor how it tramples the Tenth Amendment. Don't be timid now, let's hear your thoughts.

28 posted on 07/14/2014 3:49:14 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: nickcarraway
The only misleading claims were your characterizations of my arguments.

You did not address the question about the fraudulent New Deal Commerce Clause that your Drug War depends on, nor how it tramples the Tenth Amendment. Don't be timid now, let's hear your thoughts.

29 posted on 07/14/2014 3:49:14 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

-just damn-


30 posted on 07/14/2014 3:50:09 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: ConservingFreedom

Alcohol integrates well with Western Civilization. Pot not.


31 posted on 07/14/2014 4:36:26 PM PDT by samtheman
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I am not pro-legalization, because I think wide-spread pot use is bad for people and society.

Is wide-spread alcohol use bad for people and society?

Alcohol integrates well with Western Civilization. Pot not.

Evidence?

32 posted on 07/14/2014 4:38:23 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

You asked me what I think. That’s what I think. The evidence that it is what I think is that I typed it out.

I’m not arguing, just saying what I think.


33 posted on 07/14/2014 4:47:30 PM PDT by samtheman
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You asked me what I think.

No, nobody asked you that.

34 posted on 07/14/2014 5:17:09 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Well, anyway, that’s what I think.


35 posted on 07/14/2014 6:51:37 PM PDT by samtheman
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