Legalization process: How close are we?

[beachguy in thongs]

So, I'm not sure. I heard about these Doctors being on the governments back because they wanted 10 g to do research. I'm just wondering how close we, actually, are to legalizing it for everybody. This is what I heard.

Eleven states have passed medical marijuana laws; no state ballot initiative put before voters has ever failed to pass.

No, wrong thing.

http://www.maps.org/mmj/

[Reefer Rogue]

Closer than ever before.

[jmudmbphan]

closer than ever before, but still a long time away

[flamingskullballs]

i read the section on psychadelics instead...im sorry...

[beachguy in thongs]

As you are the Cannabapatrol...looking into things no one knows of...

[robert42]

closer then before

maybe when the realsie i am jesus it will change

[ArtRollins]

No revolution, no evolution.

Not until the oil is gone and the people are riotiing will they remember there is an alternative to fossil fuels, synthetic chemicals, fabrics, medicines, and foodstuffs.

Until the rulers change, the status quo is just fine. You have no money and suck up to their legal system, they have the money, land and power and make you suck up to their programs. How do you effect change? Only one way my friend, and it is like Big Bob told us, Stand Up! Stand up for your rights.

[passit420]

i guess 10 - 12 years. i hope 4 years. thats til the monkey leaves office.

[beachguy in thongs]

Only one way my friend, and it is like Big Bob told us, Stand Up! Stand up for your rights.

Big BobBong? j/k

I'm gonna make my first-ever album, all about Cannabis.

[ArtRollins]

i guess 10 - 12 years. i hope 4 years. thats til the monkey leaves office.
It is not your monkey boy who holds those laws in place. it is the BIG government, the UN, the one that holds all the balls.

Now, if I could just find who the Founding Fathers of the UN were ,or that founding Document signed by elected officials of some government, SOMEWHERE, that might be a reason why any of your other governments follow the UN laws... but, you will not find that, sorry to say. When you finally get to the truth, the truth is so ugly you will turn your head. Specially if you are a United States citizen under the Patriot act. Good luck brother.

[passit420]

u think the US follows UN orders. look at the war in iraq. the UN is just as corrupt as any other governing body. Our generation needs to reform the world and make it right again.

[beachguy in thongs]

In an article about Denver's decision to end the prohibition on pot, on All Saints' Day, I found this promising quote.
"A few years from now, this vote may well be seen as the proverbial 'tipping point,' the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition in the U.S.," said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C.

[STDzRus]

I have been wondering these things as well.

Also look inside the entertainment industry, alot of "stars" are coming around saying they smoke pot, they have no problem with pot smokers, blah blah blah. We are hearing about it LESS AND LESS on the legal front everyday, and more on the glorified side.

Is this brainwashing for the next generation to get them hooked on a soon to be taxed product?

[beachguy in thongs]

I don't think they'll be able to tax it. They just have to keep their hands off of it. Besides, after all these years of prohibition, forget the government getting anything good out of legalization. They can't tax what you grow. It'd still be an underground dealing process.

[STDzRus]

To think that they WON'T tax it is aburd. Of course they will tax it, they will control it, it will be legal, and if anybody wants to make business, they will tax it.

Soon you will see shops selling bud, or distrubitors growing WITHIN the U.S. and the government taxing it.

It would be so easy to tax, with a slow process of legalization that is. But to think that they won't tax it is just absurd.

They tax everything.

[BlackLabelXmas]

Yes I agree with STD, it is a completely irrational theory to suppose that the government won't tax it if/when it is legalized. Of course smart people like you and I are going to grow, but for those who don't have the time/patience/skill to grow there will be weed shops and the weed that they grow/sell will most definetely be taxed. The government controls everything, I wouldnt be suprised if weed is MORE expensive when it's legalized.

[STDzRus]

Alcohol isn't bootlegged anymore because it costs more than buying alcohol from a company. Look how it was sold after the prohibition was raised and when it fell.

Tobacco is still smuggled throughout all parts of the world even though it's legal. You can get it for cheaper.

Marijuana, the same, the same shall happen.

[DazedandConfused]

As you are the Cannabapatrol...looking into things no one knows of...

I think canna-PA-trol sounds better. rather than canna-BA-PA-trol.

[maskedpantsman]

I'd say at least 50 years.
Our economy will have to change so much to accept hemp back that it'll be a LONG time.

[flamingskullballs]

talking about pot being legalized makes me horny...

[beachguy in thongs]

LOL- FlamingSkullBalls, that's okay, as long as you don't become FlamerSkullBalls.

50 years, LOL, thanks for the hope.

We'd have to go through at least six presidents.

[Rarrr]

Our government (Australian) has recently decided that our laws towards marijuana are too lax so it looks like things are just about to get worse where I am. FUCK!!!!

[beachguy in thongs]

I think canna-PA-trol sounds better. rather than canna-BA-PA-trol.

The "Ba" is like the "Bah" in "Bah Humbug".

[beachguy in thongs]

Our government (Australian) has recently decided that our laws towards marijuana are too lax so it looks like things are just about to get worse where I am. FUCK!!!!


What's the situation in Australia? How often do you vote for a new leader?

If I could get a one-on-one with him, that'd be great. Well, if I could even get a one-on-one with a judge in my city, that'd be cool.