Religious Use Defense Fails, Even With "ID Card"

[jsn9333]

good point, i might also add prisons, too, as a for profit high growth industry with a vested interest in cannabis prohibition.

I agree with the notion that oil, timber, medicine lobbies benefit from cannabis being illegal. But how do prisons earn a profit from cannabis being illegal? Certainly prisons grow because of cannabis laws being enforced, but prison growth does not make the government more money, rather it takes away money from the government because it has to feed and house all those people.

Maybe they get profit because they get get free workers to make license plates... but that's about all I can think of.

[boaz]

^ yes it takes away money from the gov't but makes money for the owners of the prison, in a private "for profit" prison. i'm not saying this is the ONY reason, or even a big one really, i mean how many people are really locked up for weed in comparison to all other crimes, but i'm just saying it is one more factor. (one more cow) :rastasmoke:

[boaz]

^ i didn't mean to sound rude if i did (there was really no need for me to shout in CAPS) :stoned: i prolly wasn't clear i was talking about the private for profit industry, or as i am trying to coin, The Prison Profiteers but i can't get the media to bite . . . yet. :jointsmile: peace out bros and sista's i am on the road again as Willy says. :smokin: see you on the other side.

[jsn9333]

^ i didn't mean to sound rude if i did (there was really no need for me to shout in CAPS) :stoned: i prolly wasn't clear i was talking about the private for profit industry, or as i am trying to coin, The Prison Profiteers but i can't get the media to bite . . . yet. :jointsmile: peace out bros and sista's i am on the road again as Willy says. :smokin: see you on the other side.

No problem, I didn't take offense... though from what I hear it is a good idea to avoid caps if possible. Anyway, yeah, I found your post insightful. I, for one, did not know there even existed private prisons for profit. Very interested.

While perhaps the number of people in jail for weed is low, I'm sure it is not so small as to count for nothing. Every dollar counts in a corporation is trying to make a profit or impress stockholders. Also, drug offense in general (weed plus other drugs) make up a huge percentage of the profit these guys would be making. I'm all about not just legalizing weed, but legalizing harder drugs too... not because I want to use those drugs, but because I think we as a society should help addicts, not put them in jail.

[boaz]

^ Thank you, I guess I first heard about the private prison industry while reading about how Hillary Clinton is a large shareholder in some large prison company. I can't remember the name off hand. I don't know if that was just internets rumor or not but I guess it would all be on the SEC filing site. I might have to do a quick search tommorow at work. :smokin:

Best of luck with Law School. I keep promising myself I will get my JD someday, too.

[jsn9333]

Best of luck with Law School. I keep promising myself I will get my JD someday, too.

Thanks. And yeah, do the J.D. thing. I love it, it is a very interesting program. Just lay down a few thousand for the Kaplan LSAT preparation course nearest you. Work your ass off on it for a few months... then you should be able to get a high enough LSAT score to get into a good school.