Re: The argument against marijuana, and other drugs legalization

**Extinct** · 09-08-2009, 12:51 PM

Bump...

**WhiskeySix** · 09-08-2009, 01:42 PM

wait, what were talkin about?

:P

**Extinct** · 09-08-2009, 01:52 PM

Pretty much this thread is for reasons why not to legalize drugs, I am an advocate of legalizing it in such a way to make it beneficial to our society and to try and slap some sense into these naysayers.

Not that it will be of any realistic use but just for the fun of the debate.

**ScratchMonkey** · 10-06-2009, 08:00 PM

The late Bill Hicks suggests that we should make MJ mandatory:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZqYV9KKOZQ[/media]

(language warning)

**Hambergler** · 10-07-2009, 05:16 AM

Love Bill Hicks.

**Extinct** · 10-07-2009, 12:15 PM

Funny stuff.

**ScratchMonkey** · 10-22-2009, 03:53 PM

A blog entry about controlling public consumption of MJ (similar to preventing people from smoking tobacco or drinking in public):

http://blog.crimereports.com/2009/10...ijuana-policy/

**ScratchMonkey** · 12-03-2009, 12:26 AM

Funny blog entry:

What Would Happen if You Bought 25 Bottles of Nyquil?
http://www.violentacres.com/archives...les-of-nyquil/

I increased my walking speed a little and made it outside. I paused for a second, thinking the chase was over, but I was wrong. The manager had tailed me into the parking lot. Frantically, she started waving the cart boys over to her and pointing in my direction. Before I knew it, I had a small army of grocery store employees following me around the parking lot. It was [...] surreal. I felt like I was starring in the deleted scenes of one of those Terminator movies.

**aeroripper** · 12-03-2009, 02:34 AM

Man you'd be totally screwed if you were really sick and needed 25 boxes of Sudafed.

**mp40x** · 12-03-2009, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by ScratchMonkey

Funny blog entry:

What Would Happen if You Bought 25 Bottles of Nyquil?
http://www.violentacres.com/archives...les-of-nyquil/

Yea. Thats funny. Note to self. When purchasing cold medicine: Beware of the bag boy and cashier police. They are always on the prowl and extremely vigilant.

**snooggums** · 12-03-2009, 02:36 PM

Best plan would be to wait until the end of the year and claim you are buying all the Sudafed to claim it on your flexible spending account.

**ScratchMonkey** · 12-03-2009, 10:13 PM

Or that you're giving it as xmas presents to relatives who might catch the flu.

**ScratchMonkey** · 12-17-2009, 12:43 AM

Looks like we might finally get to legalize MJ in California. I signed this petition outside my grocery store a couple weeks ago.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12...fornia-ballot/

"It was very easy," the initiative's main proponent, Richard Lee, told the paper. "People were eager to sign. We heard they were ripping the petitions out of people's hands to do it."

The measure would make it legal for adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana and to grow it in a 25-square-foot area for personal use. Counties and cities would be able to tax and regulate cannabis cultivation and sales.

Supporters say state-run studies have found that taxes on marijuana could raise as much as $1.4 billion in annual revenue.

Polls show that a majority of California voters support legalization. An April Field Poll found that 56 percent of state voters want to legalize and tax pot as a way to help solve the state's fiscal crisis.

**ScratchMonkey** · 12-27-2009, 04:15 AM

It looks like the legalization initiative will make it onto the ballot in 2010:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aKNQlqjXCQ3w

In other news, most Californians want a higher tax on tobacco:

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/0...bloggingstocks

Some commentary on tobacco taxes:

http://www.mackinac.org/4927
http://www.mackinac.org/10005

In the summer of 2000, FBI agents raided a house in Charlotte, N.C., in an action dubbed "Operation Smokescreen." Inside they found cash, weapons (including shotguns, rifles and an AK-47), documents written in Arabic — and cigarettes. Lots of cigarettes.

It appears that the raid was on a house that was used as a base for smuggling smokes. The smuggling operation exploited the tax differential between North Carolina, which has low cigarette taxes at 5 cents a pack, and Michigan, with high taxes at 75 cents (it is now $1.25) a pack.

**ScratchMonkey** · 12-29-2009, 06:03 AM

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD8Jibqt_Xs[/media]

Fans fight at a hockey game over a stick tossed into the crowd. The video ends with "this might be a result of dollar beer night". Imagine how it might have gone down had it been dollar pot night! "Dooood. You dropped your stick."

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