Posted on 07/02/2018 8:04:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Everybody growing dope would cause the bottom to fall out of the price. Not much employment in that.
It would put the cartels out of business, however.
Legalizing pot isn’t about freedom or feeding the economy. It’s about tax revenue. The government makes more off cigarettes than the manufacturer and the retailer. Same with gasoline. I expect the same with weed.
“Utah border town of De Beque, CO”? Someone didn’t look at a map.
Just plain no
what the H is wrong with people and their nutty ideas....
not all of us are going to get stoned like some freepers....
if this is a business model, then the model is to INCREASE BUSINESS and trick more people into "trying" this drug....
what is the matter with people?
Well, they do work for High Times.
Weed causes unemployment. For every person employed hawking weed I bet ten drop out of productivity. Unless you want more couch potatoes, dont legalize weed.
Some business increase share by increasing brand and quality. Not that I smoke dope. I can see where the market would focus on clean quality products vs Mexican crime attached back allies. JMHO.
Wait, getting stoned is the solution to everything as long as the government gets a cut? So the government has become the drug pusher, oblivious to the ramifications of such a policy? That was always the policy, now it is in plain view, no longer will the state try to hide it. For the love of money is the root to all evil. I Timothy.
The writer is high. It is a Class 1 drug for a reason. People are purposely or ignorantly misleading the issue.
It hasn’t worked yet in spite of all the profits staying in private hands rather than being gorges on by government.
If it’s going to be pricey and taxed, the illegal market will continue to thrive and since it’s legal they’ll be less likely to be caught.
he Town of De Beque is a Statutory Town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. 30 miles = border town.
Take a trip and never leave the farm.
Not surprised about Trinidad, Colorado- always was cutting edge, one of the first places and soon after the most popular place to go for a sex change. The people there have never been afraid to get involved in something new and they welcomed that for their economy for many years.
My aunt was a nurse in a hospital about 2 hours away and she began to hear rumors of what was going on in Trinidad after the first surgery. At first people in Trinidad and Dr. Biber tried to keep it a secret what they were doing there. Word traveled fast in the medical community though so my aunt was talking about it long before it became common knowledge. I was a sheltered ranch kid and was shocked when she was telling us about it.
That doesn't have anything really to do with this, but the sex change thing is all I can think of to this day when I hear anything about Trinidad.
Oh don’t you know that pot IS THE cure for everything. It’s the cure for drug addiction. It’s the cure for cartels. It’s the cure for border crime. It’s the cure for cancer. It saves trees. It does everything. There is NOTHING wrong with pot.
“Weed causes unemployment.”
______
Colorado is tied for 5th lowest unemployment rate in the nation¹, and had the second highest gdp growth in 2017, behind Washington state.²
¹ https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
² http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/states-top-real-gdp-growth-2017.html
And I think Colorado is always rated as the healthiest state in the union.
Pretty sure they’re talking about Cannabis Ruderalis. AKA Hemp. Good crop for multiple reasons.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.