Weed will be legalized in the next 4 years, guaranteed. US economy depends on it! :)

[Focus]

So, from all the research I have done and from what I have read after much research and talking to some folks in very HIGH places...if you have been following certain voting trends and new bills being introduced into law on a near constant basis regarding this matter in many states including the last major election where decrim laws were passed in 2 more US states, I predict weed will be legalized at least partially COUNTRY WIDE by 2012. It will be a HUGE source of tax revenue, decrease the crime rate, create more jobs, is a great source of "green energy" in the form of bio-fuels and a clothing & food source. It is coming...the world is changing. People are going to be part of a very explosive growth market and there is alot of money to be made if you prepare early enough.


Not to mention the fun part of it all, smoking a big fat joint!

[TheLegendaryJP]

I agree the time is coming. Not a smoker myself but I am not naive either.

[fab]

Tons of people have been using it for decades, and it's still not legal. No reason to believe the situation will change.

[stuff]

if you smoke it for years, then you are not normal anymore. I have seen it.

[Focus]

Tons of people have been using it for decades, and it's still not legal. No reason to believe the situation will change.

Well, I could give you dozens of reasons, most prominent one being change of power in the highest office of decision making..and someone who has vowed to do such already in several interviews where he committed to do such. Add to that the fact that it IS currently legal for medical use in over a dozen US States and decriminalized in many others. We are in a depression, the economy is in the shitter. There are hundreds of millions of potential tax revenue dollars being lost, millions of peaceful innocent people currently in jail and taxing the prison system's resources country wide...I can go on, and on. Trust me when I tell you, it is coming.......

if you smoke it for years, then you are not normal anymore. I have seen it.

I will leave it at this... "normal"

Not even worth debating this one, I guess I have to consider the source. lol

[Justin Hulsey]

Man I can only hope that it does!

Focus, what do you suggest for early preparation to make money?

[Focus]

Domains are a good place to start.....imo

[Raider]

Scientific studies have shown that most heroin or cocaine addicts start their drug use with marijuana first.... One study showed 62% of adults who first tried marijuana before age 15 were likely to move onto cocaine use. Where as only 1 percent or less of adults who never tried marijuana used heroin or cocaine.

When your State legislature passes laws, case studies hold a lot weight in the decision making process..... I wont even get into the health issues and how it will burden our health system, a system that is already taxed as it is.

if you smoke it for years, then you are not normal anymore. I have seen it.

Agree, but it's not just you who has seen it, Thousands of other DNF members have witnessed the same, everytime Focus posts.

Tons of people have been using it for decades, and it's still not legal. No reason to believe the situation will change.

Actually Fab, Polling data has shown that more people are growing in favor of legalization, One poll showed nearly 1/3 in favor.

[jasdon11]

As Raider says, most smack-heads and coke users get started on weed - but actually, I'd go further - they actually start with cigarettes and alchohol; weed is just a stepping stone, not the catalyst.

Alchohol is a very dangerous drug, but it's a huge revenue earner so that makes it ok in the eyes of legislators.

Same with cigarettes, for the time being. Once the revenue from cigarettes becomes less than the cost of treating users from the effects, they will be all but made illegal.

Legalizing weed would be the wrong decision IMO. I'm not saying I'm against people using it, but maybe in an 'Amsterdam' kind of way.

BTW, TryCannabis.com TryMarijuana.com and HydroponicCannabis.com are all for sale - PM me for details

[Stian]

If weed was legalized, people wouldn't have to call their local drug dealer to get a fix. That local drug dealer also sells coke, meth and ecstacy, hence why weed smokers start doing harder drugs.

[Raider]

It will be a HUGE source of tax revenue, decrease the crime rate, create more jobs, is a great source of "green energy" in the form of bio-fuels and a clothing & food source.

You must be referring to hemp, Where did you get the idea that Hemp and Marijauna are the same?

LMAO.

[PRED]

lol
yeah, think you've been toking too much big bud

you mean hemp!
and its becuase of marijuana and peoples mixed up perception that held up hemp's acceptance for so many years. in fact the ignoramus' in charge in the US and the UK have caused untold damage and waste for donkeys years.
im talking about successive governments being uneducated.
as far as the public, some idiots still wander into hemp fields and try to smoke it lol, even though it would take a lorry load. im not averse to a woodbine of the jamaican variety myself once in a blue moon, only in 'the dam', when in rome and all that , but don't confuse the two for god's sake!

[draggar]

IMO - Legalize it and regulate & tax it like tobacco and alcohol - this is a serious cash cow our government is sitting on. IMO it could bring in billions.

Punish the abusers, too (like alcohol etc..).

[afloat.com]

IMO long term heavy use can create psychological problems the same as any psychotic drug including (and most significantly) alcohol, however the benefits to chronic pain sufferers and more importantly the freeing up of police and court/prison resources have to outweigh the negatives which in most cases probably would occur if it was legalised or not.

Cannabis is fine in moderation.

[south]

IMO - Legalize it and regulate & tax it like tobacco and alcohol - this is a serious cash cow our government is sitting on. IMO it could bring in billions.

Punish the abusers, too (like alcohol etc..).

Yes, rather than have the taxpayers spending fortunes on jails, courts, legal fees, etc, this is a much better option. Alcohol prohibition didn't work either.
It should be regulated in a manner similar to alcohol. At the very least, it should be decriminalized. And I don't buy the "gateway" BS. I know better.

[Donald Aquilano]

What a waste of a thread. Its not going to be legalized no matter how much focus wants it to be.

[draggar]

IMO long term heavy use can create psychological problems the same as any psychotic drug including (and most significantly) alcohol, however the benefits to chronic pain sufferers and more importantly the freeing up of police and court/prison resources have to outweigh the negatives which in most cases probably would occur if it was legalised or not.

Cannabis is fine in moderation.

That is exactly my wife's stance (and she has two prosthetic hips along with the severe arthritis that goes along with it). I'm sure she would be lighting up to help w/ the pain as soon as it was legal.

I just think (with my asthma) I couldn't deal with the second hand smoke and the stench (I lived next door to some potheads in college).

[acronym007]

What a sad day that will be if it happens. A bunch of drug addict zombies walking around.

Step 1: Light drugs - excuse - bad day at work I need it
Step 2: Heavy drugs - excuse - light drugs don't work any longer need more
Step 2a: Women prostitute themselves for next fix, men ignore their families & sell their kids for next fix. Is this extreme or fact? Check the stats, check out what human trafficking is based on, drug use, addition.
Step 2b: Society pays for it, children pay for it, addiction programs, welfare, widows, useless man "zoned" out for the day, etc...

9 out of 10 people start light. How sad for my fellow country men and women to need a drug to function or for entertainment purposes. In some countries they still spend money on food & clothes, here we're trying to find a way to waste our money on a recreational drug for fun. WOW, really?

I will stand in the gap and say it I hate drugs, all drugs. I hate anything that harms children and women and makes men lazy & unproductive members of society.

I mean nothing personal to you Focus, I like you but I have seen drugs and alcohol ruin too many lives to want to see it legal or not speak against it's use. You may be right though, it is possible the government might seek anyway to get a buck but it will never make it right IMHO.

[mjnels]

its already legal at my residence.

and the thing about "marijuana leading to cocaine and heroin use"..... well, thats kind of like saying "most internet users started off using the computer" or "most nascar drivers started off by learning to drive a car around town."

its like duh, gotta crawl before you walk...

[draggar]

It's funny how people always claim that pot is a "gateway" drug and people always go to heavier stuff after pot.

I knew MANY pot smokers in college, so did my wife (two different colleges). None went on to heavier drugs.

Yet - a higher percentage of people who partied and got drunk every weekend did go onto heavier drugs.

If you've read on Mac history, many potheads helped develop the mac products - they don't look like a bunch of zombies.

There are things that are legal in this country that are far more of a burden and far less healthy (even deadly) that people do every day. Alcohol, tobacco, fast food ()heck, this one is barely even regulated and causes more problems than all the others!), etc..

If people are educated properly and use things in moderation - we wouldn't have many of the issues we have today but due to the US being a gluttonous nation (and I live in the US) in general, we should be treating the problem, not the symptoms.