Quote Originally Posted by senorx12562
Cannabis has been grown, bought, and sold for as long as there have been people, and I have been participating in that market in one way or another for about 40 years, and not once has the thought entered my head that "boy, I sure wish the government would get involved in this market. We really need regulating." Many posters on this site act as if is this is all new with the advent of "medical" marijuana. Trust me, it is not. As a matter of policy, ALL DRUGS, and most particularly cannabis, should be totally unregulated, except by the market itself, AND AVAILABLE TO ANY ADULT WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION AND WITHOUT LIMITATION. Deaths from acetaminophen number close to 1000 per year, and yet a 10 year old can walk into the grocery and buy 10 bottles of tylenol. There is absolutely no justification for treating cannabis any differently.
Well, during the past 40 years (I was around during Woodstock as well), it wasn't exactly a free market until recently. It was an underground market. Nonetheless, people were free to OD as they wished, which they did often...but probably not as fatally as other drugs.

It wasn't until the dispensaries started signing up anyone with the $$ to play and started CREATING a larger need for "medical" marijuana that the illusion was created that there was a need for more dispensaries. (i, e. "supply") Once the neon pot leaves hit and the roadside signs went up the 'secret' game we had going was exposed and the changes came down the sewer pipe for all.

I like yer unregulated scenario, senor, especially in the marijuana world. Such legality and prevelance would squish this cureent >greed-based< model flat and would seperate out, much as we had previously/before july 20th 2009, those who are in this to help others and interested in moving things forward at a reasonable pace, and those who are only in this for themselves.
Generally, whether it is mm, or tomatoes, or any good, I suspect people nowadays prefer to shop at centers - much more convenient, there are more choices, etc. And the centers certainly took advantage once it became more of a free market....just like any commodity. Regulation is inevitable for the "public good" at these scales, especially when trying to legalize it. Not saying regulation is always effective, (probably mostly ineffective) but, even though it appears the general public distrusts government, they still look to government to help provide assurances - a kind of damned if you do and damned if you don't situation if you are in government.
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