Marijuana may prevent lung cancer...

LaterDays
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edited May 2008 in A Moving Train
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/17/hscout603764.html

Not sure if it's been talked about to death on here or not, but thought it was interesting enough to share. ...

Can someone remind me why it's illegal again?
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  • NYbenben
    NYbenben Posts: 1,020
    smoke it if you got it!!
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  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    LaterDays wrote:
    http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/17/hscout603764.html

    Not sure if it's been talked about to death on here or not, but thought it was interesting enough to share. ...

    Can someone remind me why it's illegal again?

    Honestly and please do not call me crazy or something in regards to me wearing tin-foil....but I believe it is because of pressure from "big-pharma"...because honestly pot works great for many things....would take a hoot off a joint before popping a pill that is for sure.....if it was legal there would be losses in profit.

    However I would hate to see it legal because the government would dictate it, leading to huge taxation. The best case is for decriminalization where you could be fined with possession (like alcohol is dealt with) however never charged with a criminal record.
  • SilverSeed
    SilverSeed Posts: 336
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Honestly and please do not call me crazy or something in regards to me wearing tin-foil....but I believe it is because of pressure from "big-pharma"...because honestly pot works great for many things....would take a hoot off a joint before popping a pill that is for sure.....if it was legal there would be losses in profit.

    However I would hate to see it legal because the government would dictate it, leading to huge taxation. The best case is for decriminalization where you could be fined with possession (like alcohol is dealt with) however never charged with a criminal record.

    I don't know how Canada works, but alcohol is completely legal here...

    Anyway I think pot should be totally legalized AND taxed. Just think of the balance sheet at work:

    Right now we spend billions in the war on drugs on pot alone. So that's a big red (negative) number. Now, legalize it. That red number is now zero. On the other side we now have a huge black POSITIVE number (tax revenue) with which we can pay for education, health care, whatever. And apparently now it helps cancer. What can't pot do?
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  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    SilverSeed wrote:
    I don't know how Canada works, but alcohol is completely legal here...

    Anyway I think pot should be totally legalized AND taxed. Just think of the balance sheet at work:

    Right now we spend billions in the war on drugs on pot alone. So that's a big red (negative) number. Now, legalize it. That red number is now zero. On the other side we now have a huge black POSITIVE number (tax revenue) with which we can pay for education, health care, whatever. And apparently now it helps cancer. What can't pot do?

    If I have open beer in the vehucle I get a fine....if I do not travel from point A to point B with alcohol I can get a ticket....that is what I mean...it is legal but not to the point I can treat it with no thought...if you know what I mean....
  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    SilverSeed wrote:
    I don't know how Canada works, but alcohol is completely legal here...

    Anyway I think pot should be totally legalized AND taxed. Just think of the balance sheet at work:

    Right now we spend billions in the war on drugs on pot alone. So that's a big red (negative) number. Now, legalize it. That red number is now zero. On the other side we now have a huge black POSITIVE number (tax revenue) with which we can pay for education, health care, whatever. And apparently now it helps cancer. What can't pot do?

    Ummmmm there are more drugs out there besides pot, that the war on drugs (as you put it) is fighting. So that negative number would not become zero.
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  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    chromiam wrote:
    Ummmmm there are more drugs out there besides pot, that the war on drugs (as you put it) is fighting. So that negative number would not become zero.

    The money for this "war on drugs" (I fucking hate this slogan...anyway) used to bust marijuana users/dealers could be better allocated.

    I would like to see the amount of money that could be re-located by laxing the rules on marijuana.
  • Clarice
    Clarice Posts: 256
    LaterDays wrote:
    http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/17/hscout603764.html

    Not sure if it's been talked about to death on here or not, but thought it was interesting enough to share. ...

    Can someone remind me why it's illegal again?

    This article confuses me...smoking never helps but only the active ingredient in pot? Can I smoke delta-tetrahydrocannabinol?

    I dont understand too why it´s still illegal.
  • SilverSeed
    SilverSeed Posts: 336
    chromiam wrote:
    Ummmmm there are more drugs out there besides pot, that the war on drugs (as you put it) is fighting. So that negative number would not become zero.

    That's why I specified billions spent just on pot. So yes, that number becomes zero. The point is we go from billions spent fighting a war we can't possibly win, to huge tax revenues from it, while at the same time being able to control and oversee it's distribution. A win-win situation I'd say.

    Oh RockinInCanada, I know what you're saying. I was giving you a hard time... I need my friday beer.
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  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    SilverSeed wrote:

    Oh RockinInCanada, I know what you're saying. I was giving you a hard time... I need my friday beer.

    As do I....however change the beer for a rye and coke....

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