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03-07-2005, 09:35 AM
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Re: supply and demand and illegal drugs, IMO- simple version
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(most people's ideas on drugs are based soley on rumors) [/ QUOTE ] Uh, I think more people smoke (have smoked) pot than you realize. 
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03-07-2005, 10:26 AM
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Re: supply and demand and illegal drugs, IMO- simple version
so? firstly, a certain percent of those peopel only experienced tainted weed. secondly, just because they've treid it, doesn't mean they know much about the drug, other than what its like to get high once.
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03-07-2005, 10:53 AM
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Re: supply and demand and illegal drugs, IMO- simple version
The legalization of marijuana would also undermine its tendency to influence users to try other illicit substances. Because marijuana use is far more prevalent than other forms of illegal drug use, nonusers have a much better chance of coming into contact with those using the drug, therby becoming tempted to try it themselves. Those who do try the drug realize that the government hype against it is mostly propaganda, and the obvious question comes to mind. If most everything I've been told about marijuana is untrue, then have parents, teachers, and government agencies been lying to me about other drugs?
After maybe a year of smoking marijuana and noticing no ill effects, the casual pot smoker, having broken the law hundreds of times to get stoned already, begins to branch out. His mistrust of authority has led him to question everything they say. He no longer cares about breaking the law regarding drugs, and desires to experience what effects other drugs have firsthand. The criminalization of marijuana has broken the trust between him and the authorities regarding drug use; the result is an eager mind ready to ingest most anything.
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03-07-2005, 10:58 AM
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Re: supply and demand and illegal drugs, IMO- simple version
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I think its silly and somewhat shortsighted to state most people's ideas on drugs are based in rumor. [/ QUOTE ] Agreed, and this is why: www.erowid.org/
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#16
03-07-2005, 11:34 AM
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the real reason weed might be legal....
Marijuana cultivation is big business. Marijuana production is one of canadas largest industries. It is BC’s second largest industry in terms of revenue, second only to softwood lumber. In Ontario it is the second largest agricultural crop in term of revenue, next to beef. We already export more weed to the US than we did beef before the Canadian beef ban. the full legalization of weed will have a huge affect in terms of value added to GDP as long as the US doesn’t slow border crossings to a crawl. The only down side is I doubt ill be able to grab an once for a 150 anymore [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Maybe ill grow my own [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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#17
03-07-2005, 01:51 PM
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Re: Canada may legalize pot! sweet....
good thing they have all that gun control in canada. it sure works. oh, and i do have a heart, i dont want to take anything away from the sacrafice made by the mounties. i honor their lives and hope the best for their families. i just wanted to point out the absurdity of thinking that if you have tight controls on guns the criminals wont have them.
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03-07-2005, 01:58 PM
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Re: Canada may legalize pot! sweet....
I'm joining this thread a little late, but I just wanted to say, Go Canada! I wish the U.S. would decriminalize pot as well, and it's not because I want to smoke it.
I haven't used the stuff in 2 and a half years. It's because I want to make our streets safer.
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