Bill to End Federal Mairjuana Prohibition

it will leave the states the power to regulate and control it like alcohol, so it'll be taxed and sold anywhere? I wonder if package stores would be able to sell it then too, like lotto, booze, tobacco...
 
i think people are going to see this as a state issue, way to boost the economy.

what pisses me off is how private corperations can run prisons. prohibition = profit

the 99%
 
I think it'll be like cigarettes, a mix of both state and federal power. Federal gives it the ok for the nation, like they did alcohol in the 1920's, and then states simply tax what they would like based on revenue, health concerns, political opinions of the area, etc.

And I agree with you, prison systems in America are becoming more and more fucked daily
 
For me I see this as the first legitimate case where we actually have a chance of getting this through Congress. Not only will it stimulate the economy by allowing the federal government to tax and regulate it much like alcohol and tobacco but it would also make it harder to obtain for children which is why a lot of people are against it. The fact of the matter is as a high school senior it is easier for me to obtain weed from a drug dealer that I call whenever I want for however much I need than it is for me to walk into a liquor store and buy a 1/5th.

Along with it stimulating the economy through the sale of the actual drug it would also legalize the use of hemp which is longer, stronger, and more absorbent and insulative than cotton fiber. It would sitmulate the fields of medicne where it is already being used for many breakthroughs in such conditions as the nausea from cancer AIDS and gloucama who know what it can be engineered to do since it is a 100% natural plant that seems to have all of these miracle qualities in it's purest form.

Finally it would stimulate Taco Bell because there'll be a lot of happy hungry sleepy individuals lining up for some Cool Ranch Doritos Tacos.

So to sum everything up in two words: LEGALIZE IT!
 
Yesssssss

Pot is so much easier for young guns to get versus alcohol

when i was 16 you could get a pound of dank way before a 30 rack.

legalization would take away the motive to sell illicit marijuana

secondly fuck prohibition

its only allowing Mexican cartels to profit along with trailer trash stealing power off the grid for grow ops
 
ive been preachin this one for years. if we start producing and selling marijuana inside the states for the masses, the cartels will have no one to sell their product to, in turn make them go out of business. Therefore, getting rid of the black market crime problem that marijuana currently has. im excited to see what the next 5 years holds for the legalization of marijuana federally.
 
AMEN

something like 75% of the marijuana in the united states is foreign

marijuana is the "cash cow" of cartels, they make the bigget margin off this to fund other illegal activities

secondly:

i get upset when hiking in national forest lands and the rangers are warning you about coyotes growing marijuana on FEDERAL LAND
 
To everyone saying that Marijuana legalization will be an economic success because of increased tax revenue: New taxes shouldn't exactly be deemed as an "economic success"... Marijuana legalization will be an economic success because of the tax burden that it will relieve. See this article: http://mises.org/daily/5427

 
Related: "A major benefit would be a reduction in the size of government. Marijuana prohibition results in hundreds of thousands of people being arrested, tying up police, jails, courts, and prisons. When the city of Philadelphia decided to make marijuana prohibition a low priority and treat it like public intoxication ($200 fine), they ended up saving $2 million in the first year.One of the most important benefits of these measures is that they make for a more liberal society in the Misesian sense. Marijuana prohibition is public violence, prejudice, and partiality. Legalization and liberalism is private property and public tolerance. As Ludwig von Mises wrote,

The essential teaching of liberalism is that social cooperation and the division of labor can be achieved only in a system of private ownership of the means of production, i.e., within a market society, or capitalism. All the other principles of liberalism democracy, personal freedom of the individual, freedom of speech and of the press, religious tolerance, peace among the nations are consequences of this basic postulate. They can be realized only within a society based on private property. (Omnipotent Government[/i], p. 48)

The key thing, economically speaking, is that more liberalism is good for business, jobs, and prosperity. Legalizing marijuana, along with things like same-sex-marriage laws, may be appalling to some people, but when companies are looking to get started or establishing new operations, those are some of the things that are looked at, just like taxes, schools, crime, etc. States that are competing for the best companies that offer the highest paying jobs are the same states that are liberalizing their policies.

Therefore, it should come to no surprise that a state like Washington legalized marijuana even though it does not have a history of marijuana-reform activism. Washington needs to compete with other states for computer programmers, engineers, and technicians for Washington-based firms like Boeing and Microsoft. Do not be surprised if what happened in Colorado and Washington spreads to other states in coming elections." - Mark Thorton
 
The Harper government set minimum sentencing on growth and distribution. He hardened the laws on cannabis. Canada is more liberal than the US on these issues so its going nowhere.
 
Ludwig would be a libertarian. Hes austrian. Liberalism is in the wrong context. Hes not for liberalism. Libertarianism yes
 
Haha seriously.

The kids who smoke are going to do it regardless of whether it's legal. It's not like legalizing it is going to allow you to light up a blunt while walking down the sidewalk or smoke while driving your car. It will be regulated just like alcohol. The only thing that will change is it will become more expensive and you'll buy it in stores instead of from Jamal downtown.
 
Don't get me wrong you can still probably get it but definitely not as easy for kids to get their hands on it. Regulation would probably mean that you need to be 21 to buy it so unless you go to high school with 21 year olds I think that it would get at least slightly more difficult to get.
 
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This. I'd give this bill less than a 1% chance of passing. Still a step in the right direction. My home state of Maine's senator is backing this bill, and Maine will vote on November wether to legalize use of Marijuana (same bill Colorado and Washington passed)
 
I live in Colorado. Marijuana is not a big deal. Legalize it, people who smoke now will smoke regardless . They are not criminals. Quit funding the black market.
 
The argument should be focused around civil liberties. Whether you smoke marijuana or not, are you for freedom?

Or just compare the effects of alcohol and marijuana..it just boggles my mind which one is legal.

Will continue to do both regardless..
 
This. In my AP government class at a private school, every single kid raised their hand when the teacher asked if we knew where to buy drugs that day. I doubt 5 could have gotten alcohol in 24 hours.
 
I thought this at first too but then I discovered its a lot cheaper (about ten bucks a gram) which is cheaper than Utah prices at least
 
just like the mafia completely went away when alcohol prohibition ended, right?

The fact that anyone believes that cartels who make thousands of dollars per day (or even per hour) will just throw in the towel because its harder to sell is ridiculous.
 
i really cant say that marijuana should be illegal but i dont think there should be a money argument around it. money shouldnt decide whether something is deemed inappropriate or even dangerous for a society as a whole.

like you could also legalize and tax murders, would relieve prisons of having to deal with murderers and create direct revenue.

obviously an extreme example, but money is in certain places not a really good argument.
 
Every comment saying it wont happen = downvotes everywhere

Hahahahah seriously though, don't get your hopes too high kids
 
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

In a 2010 survey, 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month.

To put that in better perspective that's like saying that everyone that lives in NYE LA and Chicago is a pothead.

Just

For

One

Month.

If you don't see how that is a large number your a fool. If that's not enough for you than how about this:

The study (.pdf), released on October 31 by the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness (IMCO), found that Mexican drug cartels could see their revenue drop by as much as 30 percent across the board if current ballot initiatives on marijuana legalization in three states are passed.

Yeah you read that right. If marijuana were legalized in just Colorado Washington and Oregon {which didn't happen in Oregon) profits would dip to fucking 2/3rds of their current revenue. Mexico is a fucking scary place right now since most people are afraid to stand up to them as those that have done so in the past have had their heads mailed to their loved ones. Since the Cartels are basically the unofficial leaders of Mexico don't you think that cutting off all that money might just maybe have some positive effect on the country?
 
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

In a 2010 survey, 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month.

To put that in better perspective that's like saying that everyone that lives in NYE LA and Chicago is a pothead.

Just

For

One

Month.

If you don't see how that is a large number your a fool. If that's not enough for you than how about this:

The study (.pdf), released on October 31 by the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness (IMCO), found that Mexican drug cartels could see their revenue drop by as much as 30 percent across the board if current ballot initiatives on marijuana legalization in three states are passed.

Yeah you read that right. If marijuana were legalized in just Colorado Washington and Oregon {which didn't happen in Oregon) profits would dip to fucking 2/3rds of their current revenue. Mexico is a fucking scary place right now since most people are afraid to stand up to them as those that have done so in the past have had their heads mailed to their loved ones. Since the Cartels are basically the unofficial leaders of Mexico don't you think that cutting off all that money might just maybe have some positive effect on the country?
 
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