On The Legalization of Cannabis

Remember that if cannabis was legalized, anyone could produce it, within their own homes, cheaply, and without fear of arrest. Anyone producing it commercially would only be able to mark up the price in accordance with the convenience of getting it instantly. Any more, and people would turn to producing it themselves. It would be nowhere near today's street value.

Or, if the government decided that only they and those they commissioned could produce it, then street value would decrease, as a reaction to the price of government sanctioned cannabis. The benefit of the illegal act would shift from acquiring a banned substance, to acquiring it for cheap. The government would then be forced to lower their prices to combat the cartel competition.

The invisible hand, gentlemen. Cannabis has a high street value because it is illegal. The risk of producing it isn't money, but prosecution. If it is legalized, in any way, the overinflated price will drop accordingly.

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Originally Posted by thehoodedsmack

Remember that if cannabis was legalized, anyone could produce it, within their own homes, cheaply, and without fear of arrest. Anyone producing it commercially would only be able to mark up the price in accordance with the convenience of getting it instantly. Any more, and people would turn to producing it themselves. It would be nowhere near today's street value.

Or, if the government decided that only they and those they commissioned could produce it, then street value would decrease, as a reaction to the price of government sanctioned cannabis. The benefit of the illegal act would shift from acquiring a banned substance, to acquiring it for cheap. The government would then be forced to lower their prices to combat the cartel competition.

The invisible hand, gentlemen. Cannabis has a high street value because it is illegal. The risk of producing it isn't money, but prosecution. If it is legalized, in any way, the overinflated price will drop accordingly.

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Exactly what i was going to say, Good post +1

Which in the end is why you'll never see a federal law unbanning marijuana unless it's for cheap: no control.

I don't think we'd legalize it's production for everyone. I think it would be a federally registered process. And here's why: laced weed. I know several people who have bought a dub from their grower buddy, only to have a really bad experience because that guy put something else on the stuff. I think in the US it would be more like the tobacco industry where corporations would grow, market, and sell the product. That's why I said earlier that it would make the drug less "hip", because now it would be tied to greedy ass corporations. It wouldn't be some massive piece of legislation that would free up the use of cannabis. Instead, it would be doing the trhingh that most pot smokers want the least, which would be making it a commercial by product, as well as its sale now giving a large profit to a country that most demonize, especially those inside the US.

BTW, pot dealers are greedy anyways. Why else would they put shotshell traps and hang fish hooks from trees in national forests?

This made me so physically sick, I just had to post it.



Basically the cops bust into a house, shoot the owners dogs in front of his children, and arrest him. Why? for a small amount of cannabis, a pipe with some resin in it, and a grinder. Which one of you opposed to legalization thinks this is right?

Also, the parents were charged with "child endangerment" for having marijuana with children in the home.

Marifuckingjuana = child endangerment
Storming a house and firing guns in the vicinity of children != child endangerment

That's fucked up.

Wow, that is fucking sick.
That is fucked up beyond recognition.

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Originally Posted by =sw=warlord

Wow, that is fucking sick.
That is fucked up beyond recognition.

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Sort of strays off topic, but I dare any politician to say that this wouldn't affect a gamer the same way as a person who doesn't. I had to pause it 3 times just to get through the whole thing, I felt so sick to my stomach.

Keeping with the topic, this is absolutely absurd. I personally don't smoke, but the law has gone way too far for something so minuscule. Hell, even Salvia(a hallucinogen) is legal, and can cause actual harm to people with mental conditions like schizophrenia, of which usually goes undiagnosed until symptoms occur later in life. Especially in "3 Strike" states, people are sent away for life for petty possession. The government is making too much money off of this as-is, and is too stubborn to admit they're wrong, so nationwide legalization in the US would really surprise me.

Lets not bring in extreme gross over-reactions and class them as the norm.

Lets not sensationalise things people.