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Originally Posted by Shazam
- Violence from widespread ganja use.
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Can you be more specific? How legalized marijuana will increase any kind of violence is beyond me. The only violence currently connected to marijuana is in the illegal trade. If there is no more illegal trade isn't it just common sense that the whole racket will dry up?
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Originally Posted by Shazam
I did watch a program where a bunch of weed growers held a rally wanting it legalized. The only thing I saw were a bunch of dollar signs in their eyes. These aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
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I didn't see the show but I'm pretty confident it wasn't the criminals and the bikers and the dealers at that rally. Those people don't really like to advertise. They sure as hell don't go on TV.
And again, common sense dictates that the people that are really profiting from the sale of weed don't want it to be legalized. Why would they?The mob took a beating when prohibition was repealed.
Anyhow, I think people overestimate the effect legalization would have. Who is actually scared of the law as it is? Everyone who wants to smoke it already does. Those that don't smoke it now aren't going to start toking up because it suddenly it's legal. For all intents and purpose it
is legal if all you want to do is smoke the stuff.