Let's all talk about our experiences smoking weed. That'll be farging great.

[Seabiscuit36]

what better time.  Money is needed, it'll be the new booze

[phattymatty]

if corporations for their hands on weed, do you know how horrible it will become to smoke?

i'd take illegal and natural over legal and filled with shtein.

[Diomedes]

Imagine the ad campaigns, the brands they'll dream up, the different flavorings.  What a nightmare.

[mussa]

isn't jersey taking this to the state today for legal medical marijuana?

If the Fed's make marijuana legal, how long do you think it would take for farms/growers to get up and running? I don't think it will all be garbage pot. Hell you'll always have the dank, it won't disappear.

[rjs246]

if corporations for their hands on weed, do you know how horrible it will become to smoke?

i'd take illegal and natural over legal and filled with shtein.

Given the massive backlash against tobacco companies for doing that I'm not sure that you're right about this. Plus, making 1/3 of the US population into criminals for smoking pot is ludicrous. The reduction in marijuana-distribution-related crime alone is enough to justify its legalization. Add in the reduction in wasted government money and the tax the country can collect on the production of a new cash crop and there is no logical sense in keeping it illegal.

I doubt the quality or safety of the product would be decreased and, as with alcohol or cigarettes, I'm willing to pay a tax to have the illegal-drug risk/stigma removed from usage.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Plus, just like with tobacco and cigarettes (and produce), you will be able to pay more to get "all-natural" or "organic" shtein.

[Diomedes]

you're willing to pay 50 bucks an ounce tax, rjs? 

imagine what that figure would rise to over the years if it gets established as the base? 

farg that...assuming it wouldn't get me put in jail, I'd actually go to the trouble to grow my own rather than pay that much tax

[rjs246]

you're willing to pay 50 bucks an ounce tax, rjs? 

imagine what that figure would rise to over the years if it gets established as the base? 

farg that...assuming it wouldn't get me put in jail, I'd actually go to the trouble to grow my own rather than pay that much tax

If anything, the tax will go down over time. They can propose massive taxes on it now because it is treated as a federally illegal drug. But whatever. The answer is yes, I would be willing to pay it. I'd rather not, but if the country can make some scratch off of legalizing the herb why would anyone complain?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I would start smoking weed again if legal and would be glad to pay "sin" taxes on it.

The reason I don't smoke now is that the career and legal ramifications aren't worth the high.  Throw those out the window, and I'll be higher than a kite twice a month at least.

[General_Failure]

you're willing to pay 50 bucks an ounce tax, rjs? 

imagine what that figure would rise to over the years if it gets established as the base? 

farg that...assuming it wouldn't get me put in jail, I'd actually go to the trouble to grow my own rather than pay that much tax

You'll need a special $500,000 license to grow your own.

[Diomedes]

so if I grow my own for my own consumption, I'm still a criminal

typical

[rjs246]

More like baby-steps.

[General_Failure]

Do you know anyone that grows their own tobacco?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They all got beaten down by evil tobacco corporations.

But actually, yes, I do.  NC represent.

[General_Failure]

Okay, so the guy in tobacco country grows some. Is it legal for you to do so?