Posted on 09/28/2019 2:00:10 PM PDT by NobleFree
Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement officer is joining several other top state Democratic officials in backing the legalization of marijuana for recreational use by adults.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a Friday statement on Twitter that he changed his mind after months of internal research and discussions with law enforcement colleagues.
Shapiro’s announcement comes two days after Gov. Tom Wolf made a similar announcement that he supports it. [...]
(Excerpt) Read more at lehighvalleylive.com ...
A lot of money in legalizing. Heavy taxes on legal pot, anywhere from 20-40%.
Marijuana use causes brain damage, psychosis and schizophrenia.
$80/quarter ounce? They can go pound sand, the greedy bastard politicians!
I call BS - let's see some evidence.
And even if all your claims were true, in the Land of the Free the most we can justly do is require accurate product labeling and leave adults free to choose their risks. Otherwise we'd have banned harmful substances like alcohol and tobacco.
so?
late to the party
Why buy from the state when you can get it at half the cost?
Oh, hell. It’s another one of “those threads”.
libertarians, man. bunch of stoners.
The current rash of let’s kill vaping is being deceptive about it’s connection to marijuana. They are hiding that it’s an additive that stretches the quantity of the liquid in THC infused vaping oil that is causing the illnesses. In my humble opinion, legalizing recreational pot is a left wing wet dream that is being helped along by hiding the facts.
Bingo
Thanks for your deep and informative insights.
[I believe that states that have legalized have seen an explosion in the black market.]
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“Colorado already has posted some big numbers: More than $6 billion in total sales of cannabis since the birth of the new industry — over $6.5 billion at the end of May, according to just-released monthly data from the state.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/12/colorado-passes-1-billion-in-marijuana-state-revenue.html
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The black market must HUGE in Colorado!
Do you have any evidence in support of your belief?
Why buy from the state when you can get it at half the cost?
In legalizing states, legal pot revenues are in the billions. And even if NO legal pot were being bought, this would mean at worst a maintenance of the black market, NOT an "explosion."
Huh!!? Grow your own. They don’t call it weed for nothing. You can grow enough for personal use in a walk-in closet.
so?
Make of it what you will.
More significantly....
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: "From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage." - Alexander Fraser Tytler (later Lord Alexander Fraser Woodhouslee), in "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic," published 1776
It's all a part of the plan. Get these fools hooked on pot to enslave them. Idiots.
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