Quote Originally Posted by seattlegreens
Ummm... if you want to call the current prohibition the free market, you can use what ever words you and jackmillions want.
The fact is the government is much more involved in stopping marijuana from being sold that with beer.

The government allows the sale of beer.
The government does not allow the sale of marijuana.

People here somehow believe that police putting you in jail for using weed is more free than them allowing us to drink beer...

Ask a college professor if he thinks illegal items would be more expensive if they became legal.
Ask a college professor if he believes you are less free in a society that does not put you in jail for what you consume.
It's pretty obvious to anybody that is educated... even in the slightest.


Ask your college professors if there is a difference between free market and "illegal free market".
No one is arguing the facts that pot is illegal.
Please dont confuse the two.
There is an "illegal free market" and a "legal free market".
The grey area is when you become a patient. It is legal to obtain your meds any way possible including the black market. But it is not legal to do so if you are not a patient.

Now lets get into the market system since we now seperated the legality out of the mix.
A TRUE free market is a market that is governed by supply and demand, not a market that asks the government to interfere with supply and demand.

Now that it is broken down like this, I hope you see there is a free market system and depending on whether you are a patient permitted or not will depend on whether you partake in this free market system legally or not.....
simple as that.
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