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Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy?
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| 3.13.09
| Alison Stateman
Posted on 03/13/2009 9:53:06 AM PDT by Melinda
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More brilliant thought intended to bypass the struggle and bring our society down to the lowest common denominator.
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:53:07 AM PDT
by
Melinda
To: Melinda
No offense, but marijuana just ain’t that much of a profitable plant. If it’s legalized, anyone could plant it and the price would be 75 cents an ounce.
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:55:56 AM PDT
by
Professor_Leonide
(I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
To: Melinda
“Can Marijuana Help Rescue California’s Economy? “
Well, it will increase the sale of munchie foods
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:56:10 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Melinda
No but it will make them feel better while they go bankrupt and belly up.
To: Professor_Leonide
Ahhh....yes, grasshopper
But if I could by some supremo herb for a modest price, I might not want to fool with the gardening side of things.
I'd spend my time making McGuyver kinds of smoking devices.....
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:57:19 AM PDT
by
jrg
To: Professor_Leonide
And the crime syndicates would have to find honest work. No, the mob has bought off the politicians to make sure their profit is protected.
Now, if you could raise industrial hemp, you could make some money!
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:57:35 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
To: jrg
by = buy
I'm a dumbass
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:57:49 AM PDT
by
jrg
To: Melinda
One thing.
They figure on 14 Billion.
Making it legal would lead to anybody growing it. A lot for their own use. That would drive the price down quite a bit.
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:58:36 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
To: Melinda
Oh Yes, pot could help California's economy, but it could also increase it's addiction and death rate - not to mention a host of other ills. Especially on the young.
The real question is how much further can California slide without disappearing into the abyss of the San Andres sin fault can it go?
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posted on
03/13/2009 9:59:27 AM PDT
by
sr4402
To: Melinda
was society at the lowest common denominator prior to pot being illegal? Do you also wish for alcohol to become illegal since it wreaks more havoc on society than pot does. And again I am not a pot user. I just see the hypocrisy of alcohol being legal and marijuana illegal. Add to that that hemp, at least, has more benefits to society than alcohol does and hemp is illegal too.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:00:12 AM PDT
by
MAD-AS-HELL
(Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
To: Professor_Leonide
No offense, but marijuana just aint that much of a profitable plant. If its legalized, anyone could plant it and the price would be 75 cents an ounce. I don't know about that. People seem to have no problem paying for fruits & vegetables they could instead grown in their backyards.
Plus, growing marijuana isn't that easy, especially when you account for quality.
And I'm sure California's prison & court budgets could use a breather from locking up people for low-level drug use & possession.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:00:25 AM PDT
by
gdani
(You people don't understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me)
To: Melinda
you cud get 50x more money selling crack, so we shud just go with that./.
To: sr4402
Oh Yes, pot could help California's economy, but it could also increase it's addiction and death rate - not to mention a host of other ills. You must be under the impression there's a whole lot of people out there who'd like to smoke pot but don't because it's illegal.
Truth is, people who really want to smoke it already do.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:03:22 AM PDT
by
gdani
(You people don't understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me)
To: gdani
Not to beat a dead horse, but only a small percentage of society even tries marijuana once, much less a daily smoker. So, it might actually be a good idea to temporarily legalize marijuana - that’s how it was in the past.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:03:36 AM PDT
by
Professor_Leonide
(I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
To: Melinda
Marijuana, cocane, crack, and meth should all be legalized for one week before the next congressional and presidential elections.
Guess who will be too high to vote!
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:05:05 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(14. Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians.)
To: sr4402
The real question is how much further can California slide without disappearing into the abyss of the San Andres sin fault can it go?As Californians circle the drain, they can be sure their elected leaders will reach out one last time to........................ pull the flush handle again.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:08:49 AM PDT
by
umgud
(I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
To: gdani
It is like a science/art and if you follow the process its almost easy,,, from what I’ve been told. Start-up money is the biggest obstacle.
Quality starts with the seeds from what I’ve been told.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:09:23 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
The plastered bovine is out of that barn already.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:09:41 AM PDT
by
Melinda
To: Melinda
Well, if they treat it like they have cigarettes, legalizing it will cause the cost to go up so much most people will quit.
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:11:32 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: nuconvert
“Well, it will increase the sale of munchie foods”
Tenfold no foubt. LOL
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posted on
03/13/2009 10:12:15 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
("the imposition of socialist tyranny will produce the enslavement of conscience, " Alan Keyes 09)
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