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Originally Posted by rubecube
I don't get the decriminalize crowd. We want the same number of people to be smoking pot but we don't want society to benefit from it?
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I used to be for decriminalization, mainly because I didn't want to pay "big money" for legal pot when illegal pot was/is so readily available.
Now, I don't care. When it's BC's largest cash crop, above the timber industry, something has to give. It's obvious legislation is not having the desired effect in terms of combating use, so what the hell. Let's make a few bucks and pump it back into the economy.
My only concern is that, from talking with people, some dudes that grow do it because they simply like growing it. So I don't know how it effects those people but as far as organized crime goes, if you take away the profit then there isn't anything there for them. Much like what happened when prohibition ended back in the day.
Anyways, if it's gonna be legal, and it's gonna be taxed (and we see an increase in price over street value) then it damn well better be good and not some second rate Saskatchewan dirt weed.