*How* Cannabis Can Save The Economy!

[EvIL bLuE YoShI]

A governmental cannabis program would earn the U.S. and in turn Canadian(They are only waiting for the U.S. to legalize first) to earn tens-of-billions of dollars in new revenue. It can also be easily controlled, by using the same methods the Canadian government uses to control it's alcohol distribution.

Canada prohibits the sale of liquor and beer in super-markets, convenience stores and many of the other places you can usually find them in the U.S. You can only pretty much only buy beer from "The Beer Store" and Liquor from "LCBO" both under the strict regulation by the Canadian government. This method could easily be used to control the distribution of Cannabis to consumers who would much rather have the easy access to it, keeping street sales illegal, just as it is Illegal to sell alcohol on the street.

Banning the sale of seeds(though I believe they should be sold to medical-patients), and growing only female plants(No seeds) would keep underground operations from even being able to produce illegally grown cannabis driving up the prices, making them unable to compete with the cheaper prices of the legal, therefore detering consumers even more from illegal purchases.

Not to mention the jobs created to run the government owned crop fields as growing the plant takes much care to grow a crop, and other jobs involved in the regulation, packaging, delivering and distributing and selling. It can be done. Science has already shown the harmlessness of marijuana on the body and mind. There are also stats from Denmark showing that the percentage of children smoking marijuana is MUCH lower than in the U.S.


It's not only a start, it's a jumpstart. The profit from this NEW revenue can help build on what we want to do, including the whole "Green Revolution" and help fund the other programs that they want to start to create other jobs which in turn cause them to bring in it's NEW income...a chain reaction, this program would be the easiest and cheapest to start and fund the harder and more expensive programs.

EvIL bLuE YoShI Reviewed by EvIL bLuE YoShI on 11-30-2008. *How* Cannabis Can Save The Economy! A governmental cannabis program would earn the U.S. and in turn Canadian(They are only waiting for the U.S. to legalize first) to earn tens-of-billions of dollars in new revenue. It can also be easily controlled, by using the same methods the Canadian government uses to control it's alcohol distribution. Canada prohibits the sale of liquor and beer in super-markets, convenience stores and many of the other places you can usually find them in the U.S. You can only pretty much only buy beer Rating: 5

[DaBudhaStank]

Preachin to the choir, brother. hahahaha.

Bailouts? International Debt? Gone. The sheer billions of dollars that would be made is really astounding when you think about. I would GLADLY pay the government for weed if it was good quality at a not-too-high price. The sheer volume of people that would do the same would be amazing, because, pot heads hate spending money, but we LOVE spending money on weed.

[EvIL bLuE YoShI]

Ya, I know. I'm going around to forums posting this. Took me a little bit to write. We just need more intellectual, plans where we have to give a little to make it sound logical. It'd be hard for someone against legalization to argue these points, I believe.

[nwodreciffo]

if only our dreams would come true. You could buy weed just as easy as cigarettes

[EvIL bLuE YoShI]

If anyone has any websites I should post this on, let me know. I've only posted this on 3 others.

[issachar]

banning the sale of seeds wouldn't stop people from growing, just sayin'

also, imagine the selection that could be available if you could buy cannabis at a store

[EvIL bLuE YoShI]

Or please copy/paste my Original Post anywhere you feel you'll get the word across...other forums, myspace blog or pass it along through e-mail.

[AbrandnewL]

The way your describing it seems too good to be true. Imagine what the big corporations would do to the plant to make it more addicting and harmful.. I have never smoked tobacco but I can imagine it was much healthier hundreds of years ago when the native americans used to grow it. But now that it is a big industry it is loaded with chemicals. They put freakin' fiberglass in dipping tobacco for god sakes! All im saying is, legalization would be very bittersweet.

[eltone]

It sounds great but I do not think government workers would be as passionate about growing good bud as individuals. Also liquor stores buy different kinds of liquor from different producers, so I am all for a federal/state run Cannabis Store but NOT a federal/state run Cannabis farm. Just look at the crappy weed the last 5 surviving patients get from the U.S. government IND program. Google Irv Rosenfeld who's been getting 11 ounces of government weed a month for 22 years now. This makes him the oldest survivng cannabis patient and he is in great shape thanks to marijuana. I wonder why McCaffrey doesn't think this sends the "wrong message" to the youth, good lord I am tired of that old worn out argument. But you are so right Cannabis could save our economy. All we have to do is rid the political scene of people like Sen Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep Mark Souder (R-Ind) who are still in the "Reefer Madness" mode. :thumbsup::stoned:

[JohnnyZ]

They put freakin' fiberglass in dipping tobacco for god sakes!

They put fiberglass into chew for a reason. It creates microscopic cuts on your gum line so the nicotine can be absorbed faster into your bloodstream. I'm not justifying the shit the put in cigarettes though, it's a crime against humanity.