If a Full egalization Bill Ever Passes in Any State....

[hockey4848]

It only works if someone like Obama is in office. Lets say someone like Mccain takes over office who is strongly against MJ, he will just simply cut off all federal aid to that specific state. No more schools, no more nothing. Until they of course switch back to the current ways.

how are states going to get around this?

 

[Perma Baked]

taxcannabis.org

 

[Anjinsan]

once it's taxed...politicians will start blowing the money on bribes, hookers, coke...oh and a revitalization of a school playground here and there. Once the money flows...they will fucking kill anyone that threatens to cut the money stream off.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Once lawmakers (crooks) see the cash (yum!) from one decriminalized environment, the rest will follow. Some will take time or resist it, but it will eventually transpire across all states. I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of super red states hold out for a very long while depending on economics and politics at the time.

 

[ford442]

quote from wikipedia -

Prohibition created a black market that competed with the formal economy, which already was under pressure. Roosevelt was elected based on the New deal, which promised improvement to the economy that was only possible if the formal economy competed successfully against various economic forces, including the effects of prohibition's black market. This influenced his support for ratifying the 21st amendment, which repealed the 18th amendment that had established prohibition.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#cite_note-14
The Twenty-first Amendment explicitly gives States the right to restrict or ban the purchase or sale of alcohol. This led to a patchwork of laws in which alcohol may be legally sold in some but not all towns or counties within a particular state. After repeal of the 18th amendment, some states continued to enforce prohibition laws. Mississippi, which had made alcohol illegal in 1907, was the last state to repeal Prohibition, in 1966. Kansas did not allow sale of liquor "by the drink" (on-premises) until 1987. To the present day, there are still numerous "dry" counties and towns in America that restrict or prohibit liquor sales. Additionally, many tribal governments prohibit alcohol on Indian reservations.

 

[Leothwyn]

Sure, it makes economic sense to have it legal, and it's ridiculous and terrible having so many people in prisons over something so harmless... but, when it gets legalized by some states (I say 'when', not 'if'), I do think that there's a good chance that we'll get a backwards/socially conservative president eventually, and we'll see conflict between feds and states - cutting funding, raids, etc..

 

[sillysilvie74]

that makes alot of sense...but politians and all government is crooked...i believe it is rotten to the core no matter where you livve...i want to vote to legalize it but i do worry about it..maybe i will just stay off the radar and not vote.... like i have been for awhile..i am nervous just posting here...i wonder who will read this?..lol...i know that i will smoke everyday so i started growing because i had god seeds...i would love to not have to spend so much cash on something that i can grow...i am at a toss up on wether to vote or not

 

[sillysilvie74]

why does it say stanger beneath my name?

 

[Leothwyn]

I think it's because of your limited number of posts.

 

[IAm5toned]

It only works if someone like Obama is in office. Lets say someone like Mccain takes over office who is strongly against MJ, he will just simply cut off all federal aid to that specific state. No more schools, no more nothing. Until they of course switch back to the current ways.

how are states going to get around this?

its not that easy... once a bill is passed for a state to recieve funding for a certain program, the federal government cant just revoke its funding, without an ammendment to the original bill that provided the funds in the first place.

 

[ford442]

so, no - they won't do that.. that's like civil war 2 talk... it simply is not a strong moral issue - if we were to make it legal for men over a certain age to rape and kill whoever they wanted then there would be an issue at a national level.. but, no - we just want to puff on a plant - and the ones who stand to lose are not the federal heads of state - the ones who cling to prohibition are the private sector industries such as the drug companies and prison wardens.. it has been proven that states have a right to choose for themselves on this kind of issue - some states have gambling and prostitution - you don't see them kicked out of the US...

 

[Leothwyn]

The feds may threaten funding cuts, and that may be enough - especially with state budgets as they are. Didn't that exact thing happen when they did the national speed limit of 55?

Even if they didn't do that, there are plenty of other things the feds could do to fuck with legalization.

I don't see it going smoothly (if/when we get a really [socially] conservative president), until there is enough nationwide support that politicians are scared to fight it openly.