Is America a Police state
Re: Is America a Police state
I don't know, but isn't legally produced marijuana much more expensive than the illegal and readily available street varieties due to the high taxes and regulatory costs of the former? If so, are we really driving any gangs or cartels out of business, or is legalization just letting higher-income people partake with new legal protection...while the war on illegal (ie non-taxed) pot rages on and now exclusively affects the less affluent tokers?OrangeDragon wrote: One of the reason I'm for legalization of drugs is to take away a major funding source for those organizations.
Re: Is America a Police state
Seems you guy haven't been, most of the now legal medical marijuana 'clubs' are run by 'former' gangs who now drive big Cadillac 4x4's. Seems like they are only called gang members when they don't have money now they are very rich business menSoi Dog wrote:I don't know, but isn't legally produced marijuana much more expensive than the illegal and readily available street varieties due to the high taxes and regulatory costs of the former? If so, are we really driving any gangs or cartels out of business, or is legalization just letting higher-income people partake with new legal protection...while the war on illegal (ie non-taxed) pot rages on and now exclusively affects the less affluent tokers?OrangeDragon wrote: One of the reason I'm for legalization of drugs is to take away a major funding source for those organizations.
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jimi hendrix
jimi hendrix
Re: Is America a Police state
Your posts are practically unreadable.beaker wrote: Seems you guy haven't been, most of the now legal medical marijuana 'clubs' are run by 'former' gangs who now drive big Cadillac 4x4's. Seems like they are only called gang members when they don't have money now they are very rich business men
I have met some very square and average and entrepreneurial Americans who have absolutely NO gang affiliations whatsoever who left good paying careers elsewhere to start small-scale marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, as they saw a unique opportunity in a newly legal business. Your claim of "most" being gang members is nonsense.
Re: Is America a Police state
those are the new breed I'm talking about the guys in California , Oakland, Fresno, Santa Barbara, who where there in the beginning when the feds were conducting raids etc . I was there and one of the first to have a medical card
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jimi hendrix
jimi hendrix
Re: Is America a Police state
Serious question. Is English your second language?beaker wrote:those are the new breed I'm talking about the guys in california who where there in the beginning when the feds were conducting raids etc . I was there and one of the first to have a medical card
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Not sure, but his fondness for pot helps explain a lot of his posts.0to60 wrote:Serious question. Is English your second language?beaker wrote:those are the new breed I'm talking about the guys in california who where there in the beginning when the feds were conducting raids etc . I was there and one of the first to have a medical card
Re: Is America a Police state
I'd say alcohol, Clinton smoked pot and he was the best president since Lincoln.
Re: Is America a Police state
And if it is not my first language that somehow makes me less knowledgeable or not as good as youSatiated Parrot wrote:Not sure, but his fondness for pot helps explain a lot of his posts.0to60 wrote:Serious question. Is English your second language?beaker wrote:those are the new breed I'm talking about the guys in california who where there in the beginning when the feds were conducting raids etc . I was there and one of the first to have a medical card
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jimi hendrix
jimi hendrix
Re: Is America a Police state
Not at all. Just that some of your posts are a little mixed up. I was just curious. Are you Mexican?
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