The California Secretary officially certified the Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 for the state’s November ballot. This means Californians will be able end marijuana prohibition on November 2. The Act states persons in California over the age of 21 will be legally to cultivate and possess cannabis. It will also allow economically struggling counties and cities to regulate and sell cannabis reaping millions of dollars a year in tax revenue. It also comes with room for legislation to enact a statewide revenue system. This should be interesting, is it our first step towards ending weed prohibition nationwide, or will it prove all the skeptics of marijuana legalization correct?
Archive for March, 2010
Weed on the Ballot in November.
March 29, 2010
Green paying for our lack of green.
March 25, 2010
Yale Law Professor Steven Duke says Outlawing marijuana is extremely expensive “would raise about $10 billion in taxes per year and would save another $10 billion we now spend on law enforcement and imprisoning marijuana users and distributors.” Boom! Now that’s a cute little green bill that would help pay for the $1 T health bill, $15 billion job creation bill, and the $700 billion stimulus package.
Salvia vs. Weed
March 23, 2010
I’m not sure if you guys have heard of this legal drug one can buy at smoke shops or the internet called “salvia divinorum”. This legal drug is a TRIP! It literally causes slobbery and extreme mental retardation x 30! But one can’t smoke a little weed and destroy a bag of Doritos. Something is twisted; this proves the government is pretty much clueless when it comes to regulating drugs. Check out this video of Weed vs. Salvia. Then YouTube people smoking salvia, it’s crazy!
Potheads the true criminals?
March 16, 2010
Oh okay I get it, it’s way easier to catch and punish a peasant pothead rather than a white collar CEO who treat American companies as their personal checking account. According to Harvard Law professor Lucian Bebchuk the top five officers at major U.S. public companies extracted roughly a half-trillion dollars in pay, stock and perks over the past 10 years, pocketing about 9% of average corporate profits. The public needs to start worrying about the true crooked criminals who have billions upon billions of America’s invested dollars and stop wasting our time and money on harmless potheads. I believe America’s perception is a little twisted, what do you think?
Marijuana Policy Philosophy.
March 8, 2010
A few words of wisdom from some scholars about the erroneous aspects of prohibition.
“When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn’t that exactly what’s been happening with drugs?”
– Milton Friedman quote on Marijuana
“Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.”
– William F. Buckley Jr. quote on Marijuana
I F N love alcohol but……
March 8, 2010
I’m a professional perverted ultimate party boy who loves the hell out of alcohol. I love to get hopped up and make some bad decisions. I’ve probably hooked up with over 300 girls and cant remember half of their names thanks to alcohol. No I really haven’t, I wish though, I usually get way too drunk and make a complete ass of myself losing all what little game I have. As a college student my roommate and I have wetted more beds than a Blue’s Clue’s fan club. But as fun and exhilarating being drunk may be, it is still way more dangerous than marijuana. And I believe a majority of Americans would agree with this sediment. Ask a cop who they would whether deal with, a drunk citizen or a stoned citizen? But alcohol is the taxed and regulated one. Bill Hicks once made me wonder when he asked why there were parking lots at bars.
Safer for the youth.
March 8, 2010
Legalizing weed would reduce sales and use among teenagers. The illegality of marijuana makes it more valuable than if it were legal, providing opportunities for teenagers to make easy money selling it to their friends. If the excessive profits for marijuana sales were ended through legalization there would be less incentive for teens to sell it to one another. It would also reduce their exposure to other more dangerous illegal drugs. Think about it, you don’t go buy cigarettes from a shady drug dealer. And you don’t go to the store to buy your cigarettes and heroin. Its just safer.
Marijuana=Lazy and Amotivational???
March 8, 2010
Weed making you lazy is a horrible homogenized based misconception. If smoking weed makes you lazy than you were lazy before you got high. Joe Rogan put it nicely, all weed does is motivate you to not do things that suck. And weed just makes you enjoy whatever you like doing even more. Whether its reading, fishing, hunting, sports, sewing, working out, church, or just hanging out with family Here’s a list of successful ambitious stoners you might know:
Barry Cooper for Texas Attorney General 2010.
March 8, 2010
If you like your 2nd and 4th amendment along with a little of grass, then Barry Cooper is the man for you. He was the best narcotics cop in Texas before he grew a conscience and realized he was putting people in jail for the wrong reasons. He has since turned pot advocate and embracer of life and liberty. He has some revolutionizing ideas on criminal justice that this country and state could highly benefit from. Check out his biography and ideologies at barrybomb.com.
Stoned while driving better.
March 8, 2010
Being stoned does not affect your driving skills as you might think. If anything you’re a better driver, it can be described as a cross between concentration and paranoia. And in many studies it shows that it makes one drive an average of 5mph slower and follow 5 car links behind the next. Check out this video done by the speed network where this guy performs a driving test not stoned, then performs the test better after he smokes a whole joint by himself.
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