the legalization of pot

uber-tycoon george soros, a few days ago, wrote an editorial in the wall street journal favoring legalizing pot. soros, in fact, donated a million dollars to the pot-prop currently on the california

ballot.

some want to legalize it; some dont, mainly, i feel, out of fear that , soon some big company or companies would take over and dominate the business.

ultria, formerly philip morris, keeps holding and maintaining most of the trademarks for pot based terms. whether it's blunt or other common marijuana terms, they continue to hold those registrations.

some were registered 10 years ago, but they keep re-upping them.

by 2020 or 2025, isnt it going to be legal everywhere?

inbev, owners of budweiser, are one of the largest contributors to fighting the prop. the brewing industry has been fighting legal pot for years. you are only supposed to have one vice, theirs.

for people on chemo, money spent on medicinal pot is money well spent.

we love this recession; we love being in debt. we love the black market.

alcohol is obviously much worse, but the 'highly moral' huge huge alcohol lobby has deep deep pockets.

marijuana, with the public, conjures images to the public of folks walking around in a daze.

how many people have had drilled into them, pot today, heroin tomorrow? i know many many pot smokers who never graduated to heroin.

it's old conservative squares(hey, that's me) who dont make any sense.

the pure economic value of legalizing it would be incredible. soros is saying, "look, we are spending literally billions of dollars to incarcerate people. a big percentage of those incarcerated are, i think, from the marijuana trade. it's undoubtedly a strong demographic to the african-american community.

take a look at how much would be saved from lower incarceration rates; take a look at the increased money inflow from the taxes that would be levied.

republicans keep pushing states' rights. there is an amazing difference between states in the penalties.

in california, possession was a misdemeanor. in texas, it was 30 years. arent those stretches for the same country?

this is one case where leaving legalization would, in my opinion, be a disaster. state by state, the progressive ones will eventually vote marijuana legal. it will never be voted in in alabama.

it should be treated as cigarettes and alcohol. it could be done the right way, with 18 or 21 year old limits, and with driving limits, and workplace limits.

this will also put legion drug growers and traders out of business.

it's going to be a tough thing to pass state by state. that's why, in this case, the fed should supercede the states.