[QUOTE="DeeJayInphinity"][QUOTE="JackMcSexbeard"] And by wearing Nike Shoes your supporting sweatshops in Malaysia, by buying Alpine Electronics your supporting sweatshops in central America when purchasing fruit of the loom underwear your supporting oppressive working conditions in Guatemalian Factories which produce the elastic waste bands, by purchasing sugar your supporting Brazilian landowners who force laborers to work under extreme physical duress with little pay, by purcahseing products made in China your helping to boost Americas dependence on Chinese goods and helping their government and economy and thus the continued exploitation of human rights and control of Tibet, by paying your taxes your supporting your governments war's and proxy wars. Usually Marijuana purchased is Marijuana grown locally, of course this isnt always true but its rare for it to be otherwise. Besides I dont believe Pot is as big a cash crop os Cocaine or Opium.
JackMcSexbeard
Yeah it again depends on where you live. Back in Mexico, nobody cares if you grow weed and nobody is there to stop/fine you. you can find other isolated areas around the world were you can grow weed in vast amounts, ship it all over the world, sell it, and still make an insane amount of money form it. More money than if you grew it locally because then you have cops chasing your crew, busting up your factories, taking everything, then you have to find more men to do the work, spend money on finding a new location and rebuilding the infrastructure that will get your weed from the new location to your old location, etc. etc. etc.
And marijuana does not make a lot of money? Really? It's fueling multi-million dollar criminal empires here in Chicago and elsewhere in the united states. I dont think I said Marijuana doesnt make alot of money, it does. However it does not make the amount of money that Coacaine or Opium does in relation to supporting civil wars/ terrorism. You say that its supproting Criminal empires in Chicago (hey I live here too!) but thats not FARC or the Taliban. ALOT of the weed being sold is grown locally and in North America, recently Marijuana trade comming in from Canada has increased 129%.
If you dont want it too fund these local criminal gangs and orgainizations than make it legal. Again prohibition encourages criminality becasue there is more money to be made. Look at history and you'll see the prohibiton of Alcohol, were both Chicagoans so we know all the stories about Al Capone and various gangsters, they didnt make their money from arcotics, gambling or prostitution. It was the sale of illegal alcohol. The repealling of the prohibiton marked the end of the chaos of the twenties and was better at stamoing out the Mafia in Chicago than any police task force set up to stop it. The same can be done with Pot I believe.
Exactly, i dont see why it shouldn't be legal. for one, prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana. The government has tried to use criminal penalties to prevent marijuana use for over 75 years and yet: marijuana is now used by over 25 million people annually. On top of that, marijuana's legalization would simplify the development of hemp as a valuable and diverse agricultural crop in the United States, including its development as a new bio-fuel to reduce carbon emissions. Its beneficial and actually can be controlled, but why is ciggarettes legal? they kill more than all drugs, suicides, car accidents and homocides combined! ...The government can make money...thats why..
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