Maybe Ill just wait till PA legalizes it...........hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaamove to WA
That's exactly what scares me about legalization is the control that will comes with it. When the powers that be realize that the time is right I fear that we will give up certain rights in exchange for "legalization". If I can't grow it legally, its not "legal". If I have to buy a permit to grow it, its not "legal". If I have to register my name with the state to grow it, its not "legal". I would almost be more in support of decriminalization as opposed to legalization. I don't want the government to open cultivation up to big business and cut the small local farmers right out of the economic cycle. That is one advantage to medical states, that small farmers are providing a service and product at a fair price. The money stays in the local community, as opposed to getting plugged into the system for the government to get their greedy dirty mitts all over it.soon enough man. the reason I have faith in federal legalization is... MONEY. Eventually it will be realized that more money can be put in the pockets of the greedy buggers in charge by legalizing it, than by taking "campaign donations" from "interested parties" to keep it illegal. Shit if only pfizer, Phillip Morris et al could realize that even THEY could make more money if it was legal, we would all be better off.
totally agree!That's exactly what scares me about legalization is the control that will comes with it. When the powers that be realize that the time is right I fear that we will give up certain rights in exchange for "legalization". If I can't grow it legally, its not "legal". If I have to buy a permit to grow it, its not "legal". If I have to register my name with the state to grow it, its not "legal". I would almost be more in support of decriminalization as opposed to legalization. I don't want the government to open cultivation up to big business and cut the small local farmers right out of the economic cycle. That is one advantage to medical states, that small farmers are providing a service and product at a fair price. The money stays in the local community, as opposed to getting plugged into the system for the government to get their greedy dirty mitts all over it.
quite, and I fully agree. unfortunately the age we live in, it seems that the generations of people who live through that period of change will see the worst side of legalization. but for the people of future generations, they would benefit from our period of pseudo-legal pot smoking. I mean if you think about it, you cant 'legally' distill your own liquor in some states (ie the one I live in, Washington). But liquor is still legal here, and I dont think anyone is getting busted for making personal moonshine. So we might just have to suck it up and live through the initial period of "it's legal but we dont f*cking like it" just so our sons and daughters can have a more legal situation. Regarding Big Business... big business/organized crime... whats the difference?That's exactly what scares me about legalization is the control that will comes with it. When the powers that be realize that the time is right I fear that we will give up certain rights in exchange for "legalization". If I can't grow it legally, its not "legal". If I have to buy a permit to grow it, its not "legal". If I have to register my name with the state to grow it, its not "legal". I would almost be more in support of decriminalization as opposed to legalization. I don't want the government to open cultivation up to big business and cut the small local farmers right out of the economic cycle. That is one advantage to medical states, that small farmers are providing a service and product at a fair price. The money stays in the local community, as opposed to getting plugged into the system for the government to get their greedy dirty mitts all over it.