HOw will the legal bud in the future be different?

[flamingskullballs]

it shouldnt be legalized....it should be decriminalized....

that would make it so it can be grown and used within the country, but not brought across that countrys borders...

and then it cannot be taxed

[MyAntiDrugIsAmy]

everyone means decriminalization, it's not legal in holland either, but that's basically what we're shooting for

[ermitonto]

I don't see what the problem with legalization would be. I think one of the main reasons it isn't legalized is precisely because it would be so difficult to tax. Unlike tobacco, pretty much anybody can grow it pretty much anywhere very easily, and certainly nobody can tax you for growing some plants in your backyard. Plus, most pot smokers are pretty wary about what the cigarette companies would do to it, and I think most of them would prefer to grow it themselves or get it off a friend who does. Just imagine how much easier and larger homegrown crops could be if it were legal.

[OzzyOz]

the US government would attempt to control the THC percentage. I doubt they'd let you smoke anything over 20% if it were legal. It'd come in a variety of flavors, strains, and thc percentages. THe good stuff ( high thc ) for alot more, and poor quality stuff ( low thc ) for less. All the profits go to the government, yay???

[ermitonto]

Why would the government do something like that? Assuming they actually did some responsible research on the subject (which they would have to if it is ever to be legalized), they would realize that banning high-THC percentages would be pointless. If I have 10% or 30% THC in my weed doesn't matter. If I want to get to a certain level of stonedness, I'll smoke as much weed as it takes to get me there. Plus, it's not like they're going to visit everybody's backyard and test the THC percentage of everybody's crops. If it's ever going to be legalized, it will be because they realize that telling other people what they can and can't put into their bodies is a pointless waste of money, and that putting barriers on what people can consume only tempts people to go for the forbidden fruit. I don't think they'd spend all that money just to get rid of weed with 20% THC.

[ILoveYouMaryJane]

i was reading some thing about coffee shops in amsterdam and they said most of the bud they sell is grown with a bunch of chemicals and fertilizers and stuff,but if you ask for something organically grown it wont have that stuff in it, i think it would be even worse here, but there are tobacco companies that make cigarettes with no additives. im guessing its gonna be alot like tobacco

[ermitonto]

Chemicals and fertilizers aren't bad per se (everything is made out of chemicals, and there are plenty of organic fertilizers), but you're right that tobacco companies put a lot of unhealthy shit into their products. However, since that is one of the chief concerns I hear from pot smokers regarding legalization, I think there would certainly be a huge demand for organic weed, and millions of people (like me) would be willing to grow it themselves.. Most pot smokers, unlike most tobacco smokers, really care deeply about their health and care what's in the stuff they're smoking. For sure the tobacco companies would try to harness the market as their own and add all sorts of crap to their weed, but I think many of the existing local networks would continue to operate, just above-ground. How many local, organic weed growers are going to just give up when the tobacco companies start growing it?

[kimchibanana]

Why would the government do something like that? Assuming they actually did some responsible research on the subject (which they would have to if it is ever to be legalized), they would realize that banning high-THC percentages would be pointless. If I have 10% or 30% THC in my weed doesn't matter. If I want to get to a certain level of stonedness, I'll smoke as much weed as it takes to get me there. Plus, it's not like they're going to visit everybody's backyard and test the THC percentage of everybody's crops. If it's ever going to be legalized, it will be because they realize that telling other people what they can and can't put into their bodies is a pointless waste of money, and that putting barriers on what people can consume only tempts people to go for the forbidden fruit. I don't think they'd spend all that money just to get rid of weed with 20% THC.

200 proof is illegal in california and im guessing some other states what about that?