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Pot farmers way of life threatened
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| October 14, 2012
| Joe Mozingo
Posted on 10/14/2012 2:31:55 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
In the past,planting day was a time of great expectations, maybe for a vacation in Hawaii or Mexico during the rainy months or a new motor home to make deliveries around the country. Geez. I don't know what to say. But hey! Things are tough all over. (Old Cheech and Chong saying).
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:36:37 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Dude! Where's my Obama "foam"?)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Oh please! Pardon me while I DON’T cry! :^P
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:37:54 PM PDT
by
kimchi lover
("I can see November from Wisconsin")
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Damn, that free market economy is a bitch.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:37:59 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(MIf you are a white conservative, you MUST be a racist. ;-))
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I guess we’re supposed to get all sentimental or something.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:38:30 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Its not difficult to grow marijuana, in as much as it is a weed.
Only the risk of getting busted can justify the high price.
Once that risk is entirely lifted, the price will be a lot closer to zero than even the $800.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
It is just as the proponents of legalization have foretold: Make it legal and the incredible profit margins just.... go away. The market will take care of it.
Same thing happened at the end of Prohibition.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:39:55 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: Cincinatus' Wife
When did it become legal to grow pot? Did I miss something?
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:40:30 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Excuse me but I have no sorrow for them.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:41:40 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eatl my dog!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Meanwhile Mexican drug gangs are making it harder for honest mafia hit men to compete in the open market.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:42:32 PM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The right thing is not always the popular thing)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:43:39 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
AW, I am just crushed that the free market is causing you to lose your butt. Maybe the choome brother in the white hut will bail you out. /S
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:44:34 PM PDT
by
mongo141
(Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The pot bubble is popping.....meanwhile stock in Frito Lay is looking hot.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:55:07 PM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(Why do cops have more lenient ROEs when facing us than troops in combat facing suicidal islamists?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
He suspects plenty of people will still want high-quality,organically grown cannabis Oh, well. Who'd've thought that organic pot was GOOD for you?
Millions of greenie hippies, that's who.
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:56:23 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Repeat Offender
I suppose they could always switch to cocaine...
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posted on
10/14/2012 2:57:49 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife; FlingWingFlyer
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posted on
10/14/2012 3:00:56 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Pot kept things afloat as the logging and fishing industries declined.The economy went to pot.
Then things got bad.
To: Cicero
If it’s so easy to grow, why don’t users just grow a few plants for their own use.
Of course I have no idea how many plants would be needed to grow enough of the stuff for personal use.......guess that depends on how much of the day they are “mellow”.
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posted on
10/14/2012 3:05:43 PM PDT
by
basil
(Second Amendment Sisters.org)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration marijuana smuggled into the U.S. accounts for 60 percent of profits of the Mexican cartels.
If marijuana is legalized it should be regulated, licensed and taxed like tobacco and alcoholic beverages. It should be processed and packaged like cigarettes and sold by licensed merchants. Like homemade wine, people should be allowed to grow limited quantities for their own consumption. But eventually the quality and price of the commercial products would be the choice of most consumers.
Law enforcement could focus their time and energy on hard narcotics and serious crime and U.S. prisons wouldn't be quite as crowded.
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posted on
10/14/2012 3:18:04 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Hunton Peck
LOL! I’m surprised these Northern California’s almost but didn’t quite say that environmentalism is why they are dying. They live in a beautiful coastal forest, but cannot harvest fish or timber.
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posted on
10/14/2012 3:24:00 PM PDT
by
tbw2
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