[size=medium]$14,000,000,000+ Projected Revenue if legalized[/size]

[size=large]700,000 simple possession arrests in 2009[/size]

[size=x-large]#1 cash crop in the world[/size]

[size=xx-large]0 deaths[/size]

Let's cut the BS and do the damn thing!

Forced labor is a $31,000,000,000 industry, lets legalize that too.










yeah yeah yeah, not the same thing. but legalizing marijuana simply because of the money is pretty dumb.

Glory Days wrote: Forced labor is a $31,000,000,000 industry, lets legalize that too.

LOL @ the terrible comparison

Trueblue23 wrote:

Glory Days wrote: Forced labor is a $31,000,000,000 industry, lets legalize that too.

LOL @ the terrible comparison

haha i know, i forgot to add the second part before i hit reply.

Legalizing a harmless, $14 billion industry isn't dumb, it's genius.

People who smoke Marijuana should be drilled by moving automobiles.

0 deaths is a crock of BS. In the real drug world, people are being killed over this all the time.

Until it's legalized, you should donate your body to help smuggle it.

LTrain23 wrote: People who smoke Marijuana should be drilled by moving automobiles.

0 deaths is a crock of BS. In the real drug world, people are being killed over this all the time.

Until it's legalized, you should donate your body to help smuggle it.

If it was legal that black market wouldn't exist

Sure, as if this dead horse hasn't been beaten enough, lets take another few wacks at it.

Trueblue23 wrote: [size=medium]$14,000,000,000+ Projected Revenue if legalized[/size]

[size=large]700,000 simple possession arrests in 2009[/size]

[size=x-large]#1 cash crop in the world[/size]

[size=xx-large]0 deaths[/size]

Let's cut the BS and do the damn thing!

No deaths from tobacco either, since it's impossible to overdose on it.

Do you really want to go down that road?

Trueblue23 wrote:

LTrain23 wrote: People who smoke Marijuana should be drilled by moving automobiles.

0 deaths is a crock of BS. In the real drug world, people are being killed over this all the time.

Until it's legalized, you should donate your body to help smuggle it.

If it was legal that black market wouldn't exist

There's a black market for organs, yet organ transplants are legal

NNN wrote:No deaths from tobacco either, since it's impossible to overdose on it.

Do you really want to go down that road?

Tobacco is a legal substance. You can't overdose from twinkies either...and they're also a legal substance.

This argument is pretty easy to make these days. We're talking about an 80 year old policy based on 80 year old ideals backed by 80 year old science...not to mention the corruption involved from paper companies.

It's a substance that's less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes and quite frankly the number of people being incarcerated is ridiculous and costing taxpayers money.

NNN wrote:

Trueblue23 wrote: [size=medium]$14,000,000,000+ Projected Revenue if legalized[/size]

[size=large]700,000 simple possession arrests in 2009[/size]

[size=x-large]#1 cash crop in the world[/size]

[size=xx-large]0 deaths[/size]

Let's cut the BS and do the damn thing!

No deaths from tobacco either, since it's impossible to overdose on it.

Do you really want to go down that road?

If you smoke 10 packs of cigarettes in one day, you'll die.

If you smoke ya smoke the equivalent in marijuana joints, you'll wish ya hadn't.

LTrain23 wrote:

Trueblue23 wrote:

LTrain23 wrote: People who smoke Marijuana should be drilled by moving automobiles.

0 deaths is a crock of BS. In the real drug world, people are being killed over this all the time.

Until it's legalized, you should donate your body to help smuggle it.

If it was legal that black market wouldn't exist

There's a black market for organs, yet organ transplants are legal

same with alcohol, bootlegging still exist.

if pot is legalized, just htink how much buisness taco bell and dennys would do?

Trueblue23 wrote: [size=medium]$14,000,000,000+ Projected Revenue if legalized[/size]

[size=large]700,000 simple possession arrests in 2009[/size]

[size=x-large]#1 cash crop in the world[/size]

[size=xx-large]0 deaths[/size]

Let's cut the BS and do the damn thing!

It was never made illegal because of the lack of tax revenue it would generate, it's size as a world crop nor the number of related deaths.

Con_Alma wrote: nor the number of related deaths.

Just stop, please!

Breaking News: Marijuana death in Arkansas. :huh:

I would like to see a valid statistic link at the ZERO deaths.

Chesapeake wrote:

Con_Alma wrote: nor the number of related deaths.

Just stop, please!

Breaking News: Marijuana death in Arkansas. :huh:

There may have been deaths related to marijuana, there may not have been.

The points made by the OP I don't believe is why the drug was made illegal.

Lets say that I am allowed to grow Marijuana if legalized. I own close to a 100 acres of land on the Ohio river in Meigs county. Now that gives me pretty a nice marketing tool to begin, but let's get to the numbers. If I got 700 pounds of top buds an acre that would be a decent amount per acre. Those are figures from early 1900's so I'm sure my yield would be quite a bit higher than those estimates. So 700 times 100, equals 70,000 pounds of pot. 70,000 pounds times 200 dollars an ounce equals 224,000,000. Yeah that's right 224 million in net sales now if there was a 50 dollar an ounce tax, that would mean I would pay 56 million in excise tax each crop. Then take my income taxes out of my 224 million and that would be 33% or more which is another 75 million. So my total tax contribution would be over 130 Million per crop harvest. I would not have a DAMN problem paying 130 Million in taxes if I was still bringing home 150 Million a year. So lets get this rolling and legalize and tax it.

It probably will never happen, but it is nice to dream. The richy rich don't want some dumb little poor guy to come up in the world.

krazie45 wrote:

NNN wrote:No deaths from tobacco either, since it's impossible to overdose on it.

Do you really want to go down that road?

Tobacco is a legal substance. You can't overdose from twinkies either...and they're also a legal substance.

This argument is pretty easy to make these days. We're talking about an 80 year old policy based on 80 year old ideals backed by 80 year old science...not to mention the corruption involved from paper companies.

It's a substance that's less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes and quite frankly the number of people being incarcerated is ridiculous and costing taxpayers money.

LESS HARMFUL? lol..

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/pot/a/marijuana.htm

Short-term Hazards include:
•Anxiety and paranoia
•Impaired memory
•Difficulty in thinking
•Learning difficulties
•Lack of attention and focus
•Poor driving skills

Long-Term Hazards Include:
•Respiratory problems
•Heightened risk of infections, especially the lungs
•Poor short-term recall
•Inability to shift attention normally
•Inability to understand complex information
•An increased risk of developing lung, head and neck cancers
•Lack of motivation
•Decreased sperm count in men
•Irregular menstruation in women

RelsonGracieBJJ wrote:

krazie45 wrote:

NNN wrote:No deaths from tobacco either, since it's impossible to overdose on it.

Do you really want to go down that road?

Tobacco is a legal substance. You can't overdose from twinkies either...and they're also a legal substance.

This argument is pretty easy to make these days. We're talking about an 80 year old policy based on 80 year old ideals backed by 80 year old science...not to mention the corruption involved from paper companies.

It's a substance that's less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes and quite frankly the number of people being incarcerated is ridiculous and costing taxpayers money.

LESS HARMFUL? lol..

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/pot/a/marijuana.htm

Short-term Hazards include:
•Anxiety and paranoia
•Impaired memory
•Difficulty in thinking
•Learning difficulties
•Lack of attention and focus
•Poor driving skills

Long-Term Hazards Include:
•Respiratory problems
•Heightened risk of infections, especially the lungs
•Poor short-term recall
•Inability to shift attention normally
•Inability to understand complex information
•An increased risk of developing lung, head and neck cancers
•Lack of motivation
•Decreased sperm count in men
•Irregular menstruation in women

The fact is that anyone who has been around both drugs knows that Marijuana is LESS harmful than Alcohol. The only people that don't agree are usually older and have been subject to the years of propaganda thrown at you. ("Reefer Madness" etc.) It was made illegal because of the paper industry and prejudice towards Mexicans.

Then why is Marijuana legal in many other countries and you don't here a lot of problems about it. Except Mexico because of the drug cartels. Legalize it that problem will most likely go away.

The fact that marijuana isn't legal is a crime. Actually, the fact that all drugs aren't legal is a crime.

Smoking pot and getting high has just some minor side affects, happy, hungry, sleepy....

Legalize it I say!!