Do you think we'll experience 100% LEGAL WEED in our lifetime?

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Originally Posted by expandingeye

I have to say alot of you are really really lame for just saying no.

Especially if your pretty old, great job contributing to the decrim/legal movement. Thats exactly the fucking problem, you all act like you would want something done but dont do jack shit. Well I wasnt born that long ago and I plan to actually try as much as i can to change stuff.
You guys act like you want them to win, look at how politicians cant hide from lies as much anymore, everything media is too integrated with the internet.

What happened to the sixties movement, oh weed and lsd was easy to get so everyone just said fuck it. well the mainstream america is slowly evolving and old people are dying. Lets stop this stupid fucking attitude of just agreeing with this bullshit.

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How do you plan to do this? There are people fighting it, most go about it in the wrong way. Ever been to a legalization rally? Even as a fellow toker, I had a hard time taking it seriously.

The real fight is in the court rooms. In labs conducting studies capturing the positives of marijuana. Lobbyists in the government. Venturists dedicated to the movement raising the necessary capital to fight this war. Sociologists conducting studies to study the effects of prohibition of marijuana. Economicists arguing the benefits of legalization. Much of the marijuana movement is focused on making money off the target market (us) rather than actually fighting for legalization.

One of the things that the mainstream of this movement hurts more than helps. The myth perpetuated that the government is evil just because marijuana is illegal is ridiculous. That image is what hurts the legalization the most. Rather than attacking the government, the focus should be on the benefits. This perception must be broken in order for the movement to be taken seriously.

In order to do something about it, you got to be smart, and get as well educated as you can. That's what the marijuana movement needs. Hippies chanting "LEGALIZE IT" and smoke a blunt are of abundance. Educated and well-funded people fighting this war is scarce. We got to stop dreaming. People got to start planning and taking real action to change laws, and public perception about marijuana. If you truly want to legalize it, you have be serious in the right way, not the wrong way.

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Originally Posted by Sir Bliss

Canada's looking strong these days. A lot stronger than the U.S. They'll have it decriminalized way before us, that's for sure.

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It was almost decriminalized back on 03, but it wasn't brought up again because of strong pressure from the American gov't. :mad:

i sure hope it does i would love to be able to smoke in peace :jointsmile:

that would be so nice if it was legal like that i need some canna non filters please lmao the government would tax the shit out of it raise the prices and probally even lower the thc content as well if that ever happened i can see alot of potheads quitting cause the fun of smoking is the risk of getting caught just like alchohol i loved drinking at 15 i hit 21 and drinking sux now

100% Decriminalization is what everyone should be pushing for. The government loves to have the debate in the air over medical marijuana because it is easier to debate that and distract people from the more important issue of civil liberty. They cannot win that debate and do not want to have it.
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Nope, not going to happen.

I think there are more important issues around then whether weed will be legal and as such, no I do not see weed being anywhere near legal in the near future. Sorry, but that's just what I feel.

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Originally Posted by GanjaMan7

Prices would actually drop dramatically. Marijuana is one of the most versatile plants on the planet. It is extremely easy to cultivate. Many places in South American where marijuana laws are slack or ignored, weed can go for a few bucks per pound. One con of legalization would be that the government would ban the cultivation of marijuana by citizens, in order to make a profit. They did this with tobacco too. But hey, that would still be much better than the insane laws we have in place now.

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What about home brewing beer? I am allowed to produce 250 gallons of Finished beer in america, free of taxes and the like as long as i dont sell it to anyone. If i hand it out, that is ok, but i cant make any money off the deal.

Oh yeah, and it is able to be done by anyone (with the right equipment aka... Home GROWING).

Im going to say yes, so that i can win the bet :thumbsup: :cool:

It wasnt too long ago that the liberal party in canada almost decriminalized marijuana what happened the american political goons threatened to close the border until the american elite change there stance it will never happen

Vote for Ron Paul and you will. That means get up and make it happen!

Not only that, but among many other great things, he will release all non-violent offenders from prison! That means someone you know could get out of prison because YOU voted for Ron Paul.

He is a great man. I advise you look into him.

By voting for RON PAUL, you vote to de-criminalize if not legalize MJ and release all non violent offenders from fuck me in the ass prison.

Also might add........if anyone else besides Ron Paul is elected, we'll all be in prison for just writing these posts in here!

Join the Revolution! :hippy:

Ron Paul - Only candidate I don't think is a complete douche. If you haven't heard of him or aren't planning to help him in any way please go to Ron Paul 2008 — Hope for America just once!

Canada - Haha the U.S. knows the kind of trouble there would be if pot was o.k. in Canada. I mean, imagine how many Americans would all of a sudden be going to Canada. I'd probably move... or at least move up north where i could go to Canada every day or something. Plus all the smuggling which is even going on now. There would be probably be a lot more smuggling problems for U.S. if it was legal/decrim in Canada. Prob why U.S. pressured Can. or w.e. I hope Canada does it soon ! :rastasmoke:

Oh yea people were saying big companies and shit would take over and we wouldn't have the variation we have now and etc etc I always thought that if weed was legalized then everyone would just go crazy and that free market shit would kick in. I mean look at all the diff kinds of cigs you can buy. Think of all the diff. genetics and things that could be discovered if weed was acceptable in the first place. We would have scientists figuring that plant out all day. That's how I imagined it anyway

Economics - I had an economics prof. who used to talk about pot a lot. He said it would be better for the government to have it where they could tax and regulate it. Makes sense to me. My worry is if they make it where they have control you know the gov. will be doing some sort of shady shit to fuck with us and make that dollar. Imagine how much money could be diverted from the war on drugs (marijuana part) and used for some real shit like schools or something. What if we had Iraq war money too? Damn that'd be a lot right?

Anyway, just some thoughts I had after reading all the posts. I know it will happen in my lifetime! Be positive people, hasn't weed taught you anything? :hippy: