Why won't we legalized marajuana?

[Anonymous]

In our society, it seems, no matter how bad the vice, someone is ready to package it, market it, and make a buck. I believe much of the reason why we can't have sane gun control is, money. There are people who make a lot of money from gun sales and they are not going to give up that income without a fight.

So why aren't there corporations marketing pot to Americans? I know that cigarettes have had a tough regulatory time. But they still exist.

We poison our water to get gas, radiate our environment to get nuclear energy, sell weapons of massacre for a buck... why not pot?

I don't think pot actually IS the insidious, damaging drug that many may claim. I've never known a violent pot smoker.

Why are we so uptight about marajuana?

[Anonymous]

Not to mention its a huge drain on our taxes and police work arresting and detaining people who are obviously only using it for personal use.
I asked a friend who is an officer though, he said he really feels that it's a gateway drug and has almost never arrested someone for pot that didn't have something worse going on (possession of a worse drug or gun or some sort of prior history of arrest for something more serious)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our society, it seems, no matter how bad the vice, someone is ready to package it, market it, and make a buck. I believe much of the reason why we can't have sane gun control is, money. There are people who make a lot of money from gun sales and they are not going to give up that income without a fight.

So why aren't there corporations marketing pot to Americans? I know that cigarettes have had a tough regulatory time. But they still exist.

We poison our water to get gas, radiate our environment to get nuclear energy, sell weapons of massacre for a buck... why not pot?

I don't think pot actually IS the insidious, damaging drug that many may claim. I've never known a violent pot smoker.

Why are we so uptight about marajuana?

I assume you're a pothead? Well, your post is the best rejoinder to your question. There are so many grammatical and spelling errors in this post. So either you're high now, or you were so high during high school and college, basic spelling and grammar really didn't sink in. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[Anonymous]

You answered yourself. Money.

Police and prison unions/companies lobby against marijuana.

Guess who else? Criminals. Drug cartels bribe/work to keep them illegal, because they'll lose their business.

There's a lot of money to be made to keep people in jail and to keep it illegal.

[Anonymous]

I've never used any illegal drug, never smoked a cigarette, didn't taste alcohol until I was 21, and don't drink now. But I agree with OP. It is not rational for alcohol and tobacco to legal while marijuana is not.

[Anonymous]

Big Alcohol and Big PhRMA. These two will fight it hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You answered yourself. Money.

Police and prison unions/companies lobby against marijuana.

Guess who else? Criminals. Drug cartels bribe/work to keep them illegal, because they'll lose their business.

There's a lot of money to be made to keep people in jail and to keep it illegal.

Actually a lot of police don't like marijuana laws. It's a lot of arrests for no particular good. To the extent that they like marijuana arrests, it's because they can use it to haul in people doing other bad things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our society, it seems, no matter how bad the vice, someone is ready to package it, market it, and make a buck. I believe much of the reason why we can't have sane gun control is, money. There are people who make a lot of money from gun sales and they are not going to give up that income without a fight.

So why aren't there corporations marketing pot to Americans? I know that cigarettes have had a tough regulatory time. But they still exist.

We poison our water to get gas, radiate our environment to get nuclear energy, sell weapons of massacre for a buck... why not pot?

I don't think pot actually IS the insidious, damaging drug that many may claim. I've never known a violent pot smoker.

Why are we so uptight about marajuana?

I assume you're a pothead? Well, your post is the best rejoinder to your question. There are so many grammatical and spelling errors in this post. So either you're high now, or you were so high during high school and college, basic spelling and grammar really didn't sink in. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Why would you assume the poster is a pothead? I have never smoked it in my life but I feel the same way. It's not remotely as dangerous as cigarettes or alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our society, it seems, no matter how bad the vice, someone is ready to package it, market it, and make a buck. I believe much of the reason why we can't have sane gun control is, money. There are people who make a lot of money from gun sales and they are not going to give up that income without a fight.

So why aren't there corporations marketing pot to Americans? I know that cigarettes have had a tough regulatory time. But they still exist.

We poison our water to get gas, radiate our environment to get nuclear energy, sell weapons of massacre for a buck... why not pot?

I don't think pot actually IS the insidious, damaging drug that many may claim. I've never known a violent pot smoker.

Why are we so uptight about marajuana?

I assume you're a pothead? Well, your post is the best rejoinder to your question. There are so many grammatical and spelling errors in this post. So either you're high now, or you were so high during high school and college, basic spelling and grammar really didn't sink in. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Why would you assume the poster is a pothead? I have never smoked it in my life but I feel the same way. It's not remotely as dangerous as cigarettes or alcohol.

Not, the PP, but probably because it's loopy writing. True marijuana abuse is rare, but it does occur, and this is how I imagine they write (don't know, though, I've only ever talked to them). This is how my friends sound when they're high.

OP, quite apart from your main point: you do know that nuclear power doesn't radiate anything unless there's been a terrible accident, right? I oppose it since waste storage is such a PITA, but I grew up next to a nuke plant and I'm just fine.

[Anonymous]

Aside from the guns for a buck, the rest are reasonable beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Yes and also my degree in physics and five nuclear engineer buddies from the navy gives me a pretty reasonable. Understanding of the risks. Your experience is only one plant.

[Anonymous]

Not to mention its a huge drain on our taxes and police work arresting and detaining people who are obviously only using it for personal use.
I asked a friend who is an officer though, he said he really feels that it's a gateway drug and has almost never arrested someone for pot that didn't have something worse going on (possession of a worse drug or gun or some sort of prior history of arrest for something more serious)

I think your friend's opinion is not a common one among law enforcement officers. I am married to a Federal Law Enforcement Agent and both of my brothers are detective on their local police forces. All three of them are fairly conservative. But all three believe that marijuana should absolutely be legal. My brothers do their best to avoid arresting people for possession of personal use amounts of marijuana. I've seen them turn and walk the other way at a park to avoid having to confront someone about smoking a joint.

[Anonymous]

Anyone with a pot card for their "Medicine" legit or not, will likely be able to tell you all of the details of how criminalizing pot is about the paper industry (hemp paper was the default until DuPont patented wood pulp processing- it takes 5 acres of trees to process the same amount of paper you can make with 1 paper of hemp- an effortlessly fast growing weed). I also think it's classification at a controlled substance akin to opiates was politically motivated to aid in creating the war on drugs to distract from valid dead end wars and a host of many larger political and societal ills.

I am fairly confident it will be legalized in our lifetime. There is a lot of money to made there. I am sure this is part of the issue more than any deemed threat to society. Booze is far worse on all accounts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our society, it seems, no matter how bad the vice, someone is ready to package it, market it, and make a buck. I believe much of the reason why we can't have sane gun control is, money. There are people who make a lot of money from gun sales and they are not going to give up that income without a fight.

So why aren't there corporations marketing pot to Americans? I know that cigarettes have had a tough regulatory time. But they still exist.

We poison our water to get gas, radiate our environment to get nuclear energy, sell weapons of massacre for a buck... why not pot?

I don't think pot actually IS the insidious, damaging drug that many may claim. I've never known a violent pot smoker.

Why are we so uptight about marajuana?

I assume you're a pothead? Well, your post is the best rejoinder to your question. There are so many grammatical and spelling errors in this post. So either you're high now, or you were so high during high school and college, basic spelling and grammar really didn't sink in. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Damn PP. You stole my point(s).

[Anonymous]

How enamored are y'all with the Kennedys? How did they make their money?