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NEWS: 18/02/10 'Cannabis easier to buy than pizza'

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heythatsmybike said:
It's like the tobacco plant, if you get caught growing one you'll be hell of a lot of trouble. More so than being done with a dope plant. They see it as you pinching money right out of their pockets. Would be same deal i imagine, if pot was legalised
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Thats so fucking stupid, I don't smoke, but any smoker should be allowed to grow their own tobacco plants, rather then being overcharged just so the government can get their "fair" share
 
^ the argument is that the tax is to fund the health facilities that would be required if people were sold cannabis in shops.

I know this can apply just as easily to any number of other products currently available for purchase that also carry risks, but that's what I've heard.

Besides, I can't see weed costing more per ounce than it does currently. It's already overpriced...
 
chemi said:
^ the argument is that the tax is to fund the health facilities that would be required if people were sold cannabis in shops.

I know this can apply just as easily to any number of other products currently available for purchase that also carry risks, but that's what I've heard.

Besides, I can't see weed costing more per ounce than it does currently. It's already overpriced...
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If it were legalised, i would think it would be sold in a simular fashion to how tobacco is. It's alike in the way of growing and processing a plant probably easier really, if you understand how tobacco is processed. It would be taxed, but still cheaper than what we pay now. I personally would pay like $50-100 for a pack of tailored joints! That'd be kick arse
 
I think the article is appropiate, and the saying is used to just get peoples attention. He makes a good point, and the jurno whilst trying to cram all this into his 5cm slot on the bottom of page 20 needs a title to get attention.

Also some people are too stupid to read an article headlining "legalise MJ?" they'd just skim it, while an article titled pizza>pot get's people attention, and makes some people rage.

This is a fact my anti THC gf stated, need to check it validity.

That pyscosis (that could be related to THC) in Amsterdam is 10x higher then the rest of the world, manly due to its popularity. Do we want this? ... I will hunt for the source of this, it might be BS, but food for though about all you PRO THC people. (i'm not anti-THC, just not 100% pro THC)
 
Sykik said:
That pyscosis (that could be related to THC) in Amsterdam is 10x higher then the rest of the world, manly due to its popularity. Do we want this? ... I will hunt for the source of this, it might be BS, but food for though about all you PRO THC people. (i'm not anti-THC, just not 100% pro THC)
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I was under the impression that the majority of people in the Netherlands don't use Cannabis as they are "over it" and see it as more of a tourist thing.
 
Hmmm this might be true, apparently it's a statistic in a pysch text book. I'll have more info tonight. Till then, i'll derail the topic less :)
 
If you regulate and control the availability of cannabis you do exactly that, take control of it and remove it from the unregulated illicit drug market. There is an argument to say that government can produce cannabis and sell the taxed product cheaper than the black market without giving it away at a ludicrously cheap price. The taxes go back into government coffers, ideally into the social and health related initiatives that government would provide to help deal with cannabis related harm.
The benefits, firstly you would not have an enormous amount of money spent on policing and the subsequent issue of police corruption, with no black market you effectively cut out organised crime. In addition to this, licensed growers just like licensed tobacco growers would have a set quota of how much and what varieties they would grow. Research would focus on ideal cannabis strains of regulated THC strengths, ideally controlling the unknown variables of the current illicit cannabis market and the multitude of varieties and strains currently available through the blossoming illegal horticultural cannabis industry. Effectively capping strength and varieties of cannabis.

Ideally there would be a provision for home growers to grow a certain amount of cannabis for personal use and you could only buy so much at a set time from licensed vendors. The difference between the control and regulation of cannabis and for example, the sale and promotion of alcohol would be significant. Whereas with alcohol we are bombarded on a daily basis with unbridled advertising, ideally there would be strict regulations regarding the promotion and sale of cannabis. No big breasted, hot looking women on prime time television promoting cannabis or football teams being sponsored by cannabis companies.
And yes, there will be individuals who experience problems associated with the use and abuse of cannabis. There will always be issues associated with the use of cannabis regardless of the law. The question is how would you rather purchase cannabis; through a regulated market or an uncontrolled market of organised crime?
 
i seen a news topic like this a few years ago , seems like re circulating crap. Of course pizza is easier to buy than weed
 
yer how many times have you rung the pizza shop placed an order gone to pick it up at agreed time, only to find said pizza shop closed?? we do have lots a weed floating around, but all my contacts have been friends of friends of friends, standard media slant i guess.. THINK OF THE OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN!!!!!
 
The day marijuana is legalized is the day I harvest all my plants, dry them, roll them and go town hall maccas and give out free joints.
 
UN statistics say that 20% of the world's population smokes/have smoked cannabis in its various forms....
 
givemeword said:
The day marijuana is legalized is the day I harvest all my plants, dry them, roll them and go town hall maccas and give out free joints.
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I was in that maccas 48 hours ago. You should definitely NOT wait until it is legalised to do this. You should definitely tell us all before you go and we'll come.

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