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Originally posted by Theresa Anyway, can anyone give me any sound reason that legalizing pot would actually be beneficial to society as a whole?

No one really can..... We just like to smoke it and legalize it for our own benefit....

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Originally posted by Theresa Krypton, they might be able to come up with something to test how much THC has been ingested, but I still wonder at how effective it would be to measure how impaired someone is. I guess they would have to put a limit on it as they have alcohol. Wouldn't it be wiser to wait until such a device is created?

I think that current guidelines are good enough to determine if someone is impaired and driving. Pull them over, you might smell the odor of marijuana smoke coming from the car, or you might be able to tell in the person's demeanor they are intoxicated whereas a field sobriety test is then conducted. Such a device like a THC counter being used like a Breathalyzer really isn't needed.

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Originally posted by Theresa Anyway, can anyone give me any sound reason that legalizing pot would actually be beneficial to society as a whole?

Aside from it being something else the government can tax the shit out of, it will take significant amounts of money away from organized crime, create jobs, and perhaps most importantly it might lead to there actually being fewer and fewer people who are as ignorant about marijuana as you are.



You really, really need to stop. You aren't fooling anyone, and no one here is buying any of the shit that you're selling.

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Taxing it enough will lead to the continuation of the underground (i.e. non-taxed) market.

Tobacco and alcohol both have barriers that make underground markets less likely (tobacco is difficult to process, and people would rather not buy bootleg alcohol because it might be manufactured improperly and poisonous). Marijuana doesn't really have things like that, so you'd have to be more careful with heavy taxes...

AND THEY'D LACE IT WITH METH!!!!!!

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Taxing it enough will lead to the continuation of the underground (i.e. non-taxed) market. Tobacco and alcohol both have barriers that make underground markets less likely (tobacco is difficult to process, and people would rather not buy bootleg alcohol because it might be manufactured improperly and poisonous). Marijuana doesn't really have things like that, so you'd have to be more careful with heavy taxes...

Absolutely agree, and no where in this thread have I said that legalization will be a simple or straightforward process - but I really do see far more upside to its legalization than down, especially when it's illegal status is based almost entirely on people's ignorance.

/captain o.

Edit: And marijuana isn't easy to process in large quantities and still retain quality, so maybe that would resolve the first issue for you...

Growing pot is not an easy thing to do and do well.

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If legalization occurs, maybe the government will offer some kick ass prices, because they know that overtaxing will just make people go back to the dealers they already had for the prices they were already paying.

Wishful thinking, I 'spose.

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Originally posted by RJT Absolutely agree, and no where in this thread have I said that legalization will be a simple or straightforward process - but I really do see far more upside to its legalization than down, especially when it's illegal status is based almost entirely on people's ignorance. /captain o. Edit: And marijuana isn't easy to process in large quantities and still retain quality, so maybe that would resolve the first issue for you... Growing pot is not an easy thing to do and do well.

I honestly doubt people will be going to drug dealers to buy pot when you can buy it in a store. Plus the prices on the street right now are higher than what it would cost to produce + tax.

I'd pay a slightly higher per gram price for quality weed grown in regulated conditions before I'd pay the same price I'm paying now and take a chance on whatever a dealer has.

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I just hope they keep lacing it with other more evil drugs.

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Originally posted by RJT I'd pay a slightly higher per gram price for quality weed grown in regulated conditions before I'd pay the same price I'm paying now and take a chance on whatever a dealer has.

Exactly. Sure some people will still buy from shady black market dealers, but it would definately hurt their buisness a lot.

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