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Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Yucky24.
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Date: March 11, 2014 06:51PM
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/10/Colorado-Falls-Short-of-Projected-Marijuana-Sales
I fail to see the logic behind legalizing weed. It's been proven to cause cancer and lower IQ and correlates with all sorts of terrible social ills.
It also doesn't reduce organized crime activity since they'll just smuggle other illegal drugs.
Now the supposed tax revenue benefits of weed legalization have been shown to be a grossly exaggerated lie pushed by the pro-drug lobby.
God knows how much productivity we'll ultimately lose when you combine all of the side effects caused by creating a society full of potheads.
I fail to see the logic behind legalizing weed. It's been proven to cause cancer and lower IQ and correlates with all sorts of terrible social ills.
It also doesn't reduce organized crime activity since they'll just smuggle other illegal drugs.
Now the supposed tax revenue benefits of weed legalization have been shown to be a grossly exaggerated lie pushed by the pro-drug lobby.
God knows how much productivity we'll ultimately lose when you combine all of the side effects caused by creating a society full of potheads.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: March 11, 2014 06:53PM
It's a slippery slope anyway. People demand legalization of marijuana, then someone will demand that meth be legalized, then cocaine, then MDMA, etc.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Stabitha
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Date: March 11, 2014 06:56PM
Maybe theyre all too high to add it up correctly?
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Pot made 2million in taxes in CO
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Date: March 11, 2014 07:21PM
Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those things...so naturally you are for outlawing alcohol as well, right?
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
pot users are not criminals
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Date: March 11, 2014 07:24PM
Pot and alcohol are not good for you...but people who want to partake in them should NOT GO TO JAIL!!
Not locking people up for smoking weed saves the tax payers millions.
And Colorado made 2 million in tax revenue off of marijuana in just the 1st couple months!!
Not locking people up for smoking weed saves the tax payers millions.
And Colorado made 2 million in tax revenue off of marijuana in just the 1st couple months!!
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: March 11, 2014 07:24PM
Pot made 2million in taxes in CO Wrote:
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> Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those
> things...so naturally you are for outlawing
> alcohol as well, right?
Looks like we have a marijuana advocate on our hands. If you like Colorado so much, move there.
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> Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those
> things...so naturally you are for outlawing
> alcohol as well, right?
Looks like we have a marijuana advocate on our hands. If you like Colorado so much, move there.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Republicans always lose out
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Date: March 11, 2014 07:33PM
You conservatives always want to deny people's rights. Same thing with gay marriage. "If you want gay marriage, move to a state that allows it"...how bout we just stop denying people rights regardless of where they live?
And i got news for you...older people like you will eventually die off and marijuana and gay marriage will be allowed in every state.
Young people support human rights more than your generation.
eesh Wrote:
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> Pot made 2million in taxes in CO Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those
> > things...so naturally you are for outlawing
> > alcohol as well, right?
>
>
>
>
> Looks like we have a marijuana advocate on our
> hands. If you like Colorado so much, move there.
And i got news for you...older people like you will eventually die off and marijuana and gay marriage will be allowed in every state.
Young people support human rights more than your generation.
eesh Wrote:
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> Pot made 2million in taxes in CO Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those
> > things...so naturally you are for outlawing
> > alcohol as well, right?
>
>
>
>
> Looks like we have a marijuana advocate on our
> hands. If you like Colorado so much, move there.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
eLester
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Date: March 11, 2014 07:35PM
On the backside, they need to start cutting back on costs of marijuana with regards to law enforcement and prison. Perhaps, they should have early release for marijuana-related charges.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
King Tutt
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Date: March 11, 2014 07:43PM
1up...
Republicans always lose out Wrote:
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> You conservatives always want to deny people's
> rights. Same thing with gay marriage. "If you
> want gay marriage, move to a state that allows
> it"...how bout we just stop denying people rights
> regardless of where they live?
>
> And i got news for you...older people like you
> will eventually die off and marijuana and gay
> marriage will be allowed in every state.
>
> Young people support human rights more than your
> generation.
>
>
>
> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Pot made 2million in taxes in CO Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those
> > > things...so naturally you are for outlawing
> > > alcohol as well, right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Looks like we have a marijuana advocate on our
> > hands. If you like Colorado so much, move there.
Stay tuned for my new album "Tune in" available on iTunes this summer
Republicans always lose out Wrote:
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> You conservatives always want to deny people's
> rights. Same thing with gay marriage. "If you
> want gay marriage, move to a state that allows
> it"...how bout we just stop denying people rights
> regardless of where they live?
>
> And i got news for you...older people like you
> will eventually die off and marijuana and gay
> marriage will be allowed in every state.
>
> Young people support human rights more than your
> generation.
>
>
>
> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Pot made 2million in taxes in CO Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Booze is DEFINITELY responsible for all those
> > > things...so naturally you are for outlawing
> > > alcohol as well, right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Looks like we have a marijuana advocate on our
> > hands. If you like Colorado so much, move there.
Stay tuned for my new album "Tune in" available on iTunes this summer
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:01PM
It isn't a question of whether pot is good for you. It is a question of whether the cost of using the criminal justice system to prevent people from using pot is on the whole worse for society than any damage that pot causes.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Priapus
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:05PM
I'd add something, but right now, I'm high as a motherfucker
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Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:07PM
There is truth to marijuana being a gateway drug. You start off with marijuana when you are young, then you move on to cocaine, then meth, and then at 40 you wonder why you look 60 and have half your teeth missing.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
The Warden
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:10PM
How we are going to keep our prisons full without illegal marijuana? 1 out of six federal prisoners is in on Marijuana charges. Some of those are in one simple possession, which was a third strike. Prison is big business.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Dr. Mary Jane
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:17PM
eesh Wrote:
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> There is truth to marijuana being a gateway drug.
> You start off with marijuana when you are young,
> then you move on to cocaine, then meth, and then
> at 40 you wonder why you look 60 and have half
> your teeth missing.
The the most common gateway drug is alcohol. And it is not even close.
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> There is truth to marijuana being a gateway drug.
> You start off with marijuana when you are young,
> then you move on to cocaine, then meth, and then
> at 40 you wonder why you look 60 and have half
> your teeth missing.
The the most common gateway drug is alcohol. And it is not even close.
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
mr.reality
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:21PM
Obamacare numbers don't add up either but we keep limping that train wreck down the rail?
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: March 11, 2014 08:31PM
Come on, weed ain't no big thang.Friggin Tylenol is 10 times more lethal.
Cannabis agrees with some, others not, but why should the folks that don't enjoy it want to cock block for those that do?
I don't know of anyone who ever died from pot, or anyone who even crashed a car when marijuana was the sole intoxicant.
You gun lovers should have every right to bear arms, the admirers of she males should go about their business unmolested, and I should be able to smoke a spliff without any drama .
Cannabis agrees with some, others not, but why should the folks that don't enjoy it want to cock block for those that do?
I don't know of anyone who ever died from pot, or anyone who even crashed a car when marijuana was the sole intoxicant.
You gun lovers should have every right to bear arms, the admirers of she males should go about their business unmolested, and I should be able to smoke a spliff without any drama .
Re: Pot legalization not the tax revenue booster it was claimed to be
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: March 11, 2014 09:02PM
The government makes a killing off marijuana. The DEA alone rakes in billions. They have already whined and bitched to the Senate (Feinstein) about how terrible legalization in Washington and Colorado is going to be.
The CIA is the biggest cartel worldwide.
States make money from fines. Lawyers make money from clients charged with things as simple as possession. Bondsmen make money from bailouts.
For profit prisons stay full from marijuana-related sentences. These prisons require a 90% "occupancy" rate per contract or taxpayers shell out the difference.
With so many different people who stand to benefit, don't expect national legalization anytime soon, even though legalization is now polled and favored in the majority.
But it's okay for doctors to prescribe amphetamine (speed), opiates and brain chemical altering SSRI's and antidepressants with the flick of a pen.
The CIA is the biggest cartel worldwide.
States make money from fines. Lawyers make money from clients charged with things as simple as possession. Bondsmen make money from bailouts.
For profit prisons stay full from marijuana-related sentences. These prisons require a 90% "occupancy" rate per contract or taxpayers shell out the difference.
With so many different people who stand to benefit, don't expect national legalization anytime soon, even though legalization is now polled and favored in the majority.
But it's okay for doctors to prescribe amphetamine (speed), opiates and brain chemical altering SSRI's and antidepressants with the flick of a pen.