Marijuana U.S.A.!!

Mr. Shaman

Mr. Shaman

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August 18, 2016 - "Licensed retail facilities in Washington state have sold over $1 billion in marijuana flowers and cannabis-infused products since regulators began first permitting such sales two years ago.

Data compiled by the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board reports that legal sales have now yielded over $275 million in tax revenue.

Last month, state-licensed marijuana sales in Washington totaled $121 million - the highest monthly total yet reported by the Board.

In Colorado, retail sales of cannabis have totaled over $1.1 billion in the past 18 months.

In Oregon, where retail marijuana outlets began operating in January, regulators are estimating that marijuana sales will yield $43 million in new tax revenue by year's end."

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leave it to liberals and conservatives to find a way to make massive amounts of tax dollars off a weed that grows in a ditch. the founders would be shaking their heads at this idiocy.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
leave it to liberals and conservatives to find a way to make massive amounts of tax dollars off a weed that grows in a ditch. the founders would be shaking their heads at this idiocy.
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The founders did it big time with a different weed called Tobacco.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
leave it to liberals and conservatives to find a way to make massive amounts of tax dollars off a weed that grows in a ditch. the founders would be shaking their heads at this idiocy.
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The Founding Fathers never met Harry Ansliger....or, had a deep-seated hatred o' Mexicans.



 
Jarod said:
The founders did it big time with a different weed called Tobacco.
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Exactly! And isn't capitalism supposed to be the conservative way? If people want weed, let us buy it and tax it like everything else. And wow, cut the prison population by the people who haven't harmed anyone
 
Zake said:
Exactly! And isn't capitalism supposed to be the conservative way? If people want weed, let us buy it and tax it like everything else. And wow, cut the prison population by the people who haven't harmed anyone
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should it continue to be illegal possession and manufacture for a private individual to grow in his backyard for his/her own personal usage?
 
SmarterthanYou said:
it took amending the constitution to make alcohol illegal, and then another to make it legal, all so it could be trafficked in interstate commerce. see the difference now?
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I don't get your point. There is no Constitutional amendment regarding pot at all. How does that make it different? They misused the Constitution to make it illegal, then fixed it by legalizing it again. They never did anything with pot.

I'm not trying to be snarky, I actually don't see your point. It seems to me your point would logically lead to that weed should just be legal
 
Zake said:
I don't get your point. There is no Constitutional amendment regarding pot at all. How does that make it different? They misused the Constitution to make it illegal, then fixed it by legalizing it again. They never did anything with pot.
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are you not familiar with the Controlled Substances Act?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act

Zake said:
I'm not trying to be snarky, I actually don't see your point. It seems to me your point would logically lead to that weed should just be legal
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I don't believe it should be legal because that would then be giving the federal government credibility in their faulty assumption that they could prohibit it. It needs to be decriminalized and treated like any other weed, out of the federal governments jurisdiction......unless of course some business decides to mass produce and sell on the market.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
are you not familiar with the Controlled Substances Act?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act


I don't believe it should be legal because that would then be giving the federal government credibility in their faulty assumption that they could prohibit it. It needs to be decriminalized and treated like any other weed, out of the federal governments jurisdiction......unless of course some business decides to mass produce and sell on the market.
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The Federal government could make it legal with the commerce clause by prohibiting States from restricting the sale of pot across State lines
 
Zake said:
The Federal government could make it legal with the commerce clause by prohibiting States from restricting the sale of pot across State lines
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that still doesn't authorize them to prohibit simple possession by an individual who doesn't sell across state lines, right?
 
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