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- mrMunchies, on 11/13/2009, -7/+326This is just like the prohibition against alcohol. A lot of tax payer's money gets wasted while criminals make a profit off of selling it. If the government was smart they would legalize it, this way they could make money off of it.
- zinc6471, on 11/13/2009, -7/+236i hope cannabis is legalized in my lifetime.
- ldsan, on 11/14/2009, -4/+218pro marijuana comment
- PunkRampant, on 11/14/2009, -1/+97comment which points out an innacuracy in your argument, yet still clarifying that I'm pro-marijuana so that nobody diggs me down
- AlaskanDad, on 11/13/2009, -11/+96I would rather see tax monies spent on Health Care rather than a War on Drugs, a War for Oil or the Opium War of Afghanistan. I almost forgot Bankster Bonus Bucks, and Welfare for Wallstreet. It is time to end prohibition of Canabbis :)
- LetsGoToClass, on 11/13/2009, -4/+80It's hard to get a politician to admit marijuana should be legal -- too much of a taboo for some of these old bitches. However, tell them how it'll make them richer and they'll pile on top of it like a fumbled football.
- McBrewski, on 11/14/2009, -5/+73Have you ever paid taxes? Have you ever paid taxes... ON WEED?!?!?
- flyingsquirle, on 11/13/2009, -7/+75If only...
- Gnodyknok, on 11/14/2009, -3/+68This is how we do it. Get Obama to come out 100% against legalizing it. Fox news will hold rallies to get it legalized, he flips we win!
- joshmoney, on 11/14/2009, -3/+61pro marijuana comment reply
- joshmoney, on 11/14/2009, -2/+60You mean you want it legalized before he was born?
- OptionalPirate, on 11/14/2009, -1/+47comment agreeing with the aforementioned statements while adding that I'm really really high at the moment
- j0phus, on 11/14/2009, -1/+44non-sequitur
- jmritchie, on 11/13/2009, -5/+44How many recorded fatalities were the result of marijuana use? Zero, I believe....
- s8nzsj, on 11/14/2009, -4/+40"a joint is equal to 20 cigerettes in terms of lung cancer risk." -- your an idiot.
- tek69, on 11/14/2009, -1/+36useless meme that adds nothing to the discussion.
- michaelpinto, on 11/13/2009, -3/+35Marijuana is already taxed now, if said consumers are serious about this then there's nothing to stop them from doing so now:
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6670
"In twenty US states, those who possess cannabis or other illegal drugs are legally required to purchase and affix state-issued stamps onto his or her contraband. The total cost of the tax is generally determined by the quantity of contraband possessed. Unlike typical criminal statutes prohibiting the possession and sale of controlled substances, drug tax stamp laws primarily assess financial penalties on the defendant for noncompliance. On occasion, criminal sanctions may also be imposed."
And here are what the tax stamps look like:
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6668 - Daerion, on 11/14/2009, -1/+32Insult directed at paulyoung's barely readable comment.
- seeyouinteatime, on 11/14/2009, -1/+30semi-related meme
- ISellSigals, on 11/13/2009, -7/+35Free the weed.
- paulyoung1980, on 11/14/2009, -2/+30Making drugs illegal is intended to achieve two things:
1. Make people scared of purchasing drugs, for fear of getting caught:
2. Reducing the availability and accessibility of drugs
In reality
1. Peer pressure, curiosity, and then ultimately addiction are far greater forces than the fear of punishment
2. Anyone who really wants drugs, can get drugs, and plenty of them
Making drugs illegal simply provides an easy and enticing source of income for the thugs and low lifes of our world - tek69, on 11/14/2009, -1/+29That is political genius right there.
- Nerfdude, on 11/14/2009, -2/+29yeah, you're right.
killed by doing something stupid while high? sure.
killed BY MARIJUANA? never happened. - Vaiper, on 11/14/2009, -1/+28How is that ironic?
- RSTHN62, on 11/14/2009, -2/+29anti-marijuana reply that ends by stating indifference to being buried.
- sentinel106, on 11/14/2009, -3/+29The awful irony is that back in the days of your (great/)grandparents it was legal.
- PlasticHotDog, on 11/14/2009, -0/+26Unfortunately if you don't talk cash nobody will listen.
- Upon66, on 11/14/2009, -1/+26I have never smoked marijuana, nor do I plan on it in my lifetime, but hell save the country some money and legalize it!
- j0phus, on 11/14/2009, -1/+26Yes, lets legalize crack. Lets legalize everything. I can decide for myself what I wish to stick in my body. We could free mexico from their cartels this way, we could reduce prison populations for non-violent offenders, and we can reduce all the budgets of every single police agency.
Are you telling me that if I would rather grow something natural without manufactured chemicals to control my anxiety and then smoke again before bed so I don't have to take an ambien that I should not be allowed to do that? In the privacy of my own home? - TrancePhreak, on 11/14/2009, -2/+27The first thing I do when I'm in an accident is let everyone know I'm on a controlled substance......
- Shadic, on 11/14/2009, -0/+23Discussion of goats.
- cspyr0, on 11/14/2009, -2/+23Surely it's more than zero. There's probably a recorded traffic fatality due to a rabid monkey running in front of someone's car. An accident due to marijuana is more likely than that (perhaps a ridiculous argument, but you get my point).
- NightC, on 11/14/2009, -2/+23As one of those effected by marijuana possession arrest, I can tell you that it put a massive burden on my life, including wiping out my life savings, forcing me to change my major, and preventing me from getting certain jobs.
All so some fat pigs can get overtime and get more of their buddies cake-walk jobs. - protodon, on 11/14/2009, -0/+20comment too far down to be noticed
- Eikon89, on 11/14/2009, -1/+21"If the government was smart"
You have a lot to learn, my friend. - kinerry, on 11/14/2009, -4/+24Um...wtf are you talking about?
a) you can't cannibalize sales of something if it's already on the market
b) doctors and cops don't go to work drunk on a mass scale, even if they did, how would legal vs illegal make a difference? the market usually shrinks when this stuff becomes legal. if people are making mistakes high, they are already doing it and legalization will make no difference.
c) wow, all those tobacco farms and moonshine distills are really eating into profits! - Jektal, on 11/14/2009, -1/+20Or are you planning on ending zinc6471's life sometime soon?
- ldsan, on 11/14/2009, -0/+19next day follow up comment summarizing my feelings on everything between my first comment and this one, and my feelings are that this is a ldsan comment sangwich.
- jeremy1967, on 11/14/2009, -1/+19"Noone else wants it legalized"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/06/majority- ...
"52 percent in favor of legalization. Only 37 percent opposed."
Go back under your rock, LightSpeed4. That way reality won't be able to taint you preconceived notions of what people actually believe. Thankfully, people who think like you are rapidly becoming more and more irrelevant. - SolidSnak, on 11/14/2009, -2/+20inappropriate ascii art which gets buried to oblivion.
- diblasio, on 11/14/2009, -0/+17If you believe that then you've been on digg too long.
- pagno, on 11/14/2009, -2/+18Then, Mr. I-blame-liberals-for-everything, explain Bush's massive expansion of government, mostly, its surveillance and emergency powers? Its ok, as long as it "keeps us free", right? How free are you?
- Eikon89, on 11/14/2009, -2/+18"a joint is equal to 20 cigerettes in terms of lung cancer risk"
This is where I stopped reading. - appleseed1234, on 11/14/2009, -7/+23They also left out the countless billions that would be saved simply by ending the drug war. Could mitigate your faulty logic.
- Daerion, on 11/14/2009, -1/+17And because these people will find other ways to make money illegaly we shouldn't try to take away one of their current major sources of income?
- Ihosvany, on 11/14/2009, -1/+16i wonder how accurate this is
- ubermensch00, on 11/14/2009, -1/+16@LightSpeed
Who's feeding who propaganda? I think you grew up watching too many DARE commercials. I've never even heard any such statement from anyone in the scientific community.
And really, I don't see how that can be possible anyway when I have asthma and marijuana actually calms attacks. - legolas1218, on 11/14/2009, -3/+18I love infograhics
- one1plus1one, on 11/14/2009, -2/+17Marijuana contains THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) which is very much a drug.
Coca Cola and Coffee contain caffeine (also a drug -- and likely to be America's "favorite" drug).
So saying "Marijuana" is the drug itself, is kind of like saying "Coffee" is the drug... which is not quite right -- rather, they are 2 substances that contain a drug. They are the delivery system for the drug.
So there's no way around it: Marijuana does contain a very potent drug, called THC.
Heck, even nice wholesome, good old fashioned milk contains added Vitamin-D. Technically speaking Vitamin-D is not really a vitamin, but rather a steroidal hormone. - TheAbsintheHare, on 11/14/2009, -0/+15The humor in this, is that after it's legalized, everyone will be complaining about how much they tax it XD
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