Who is profitting from keeping Hemp illegal?
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Not to mention if it was legalised - the goverment would be adminiting a huge mistake, and ultimatly look stupid. Probably some truth in the fact of why alcohol is not illegal - the powers that be would be adminiting to years and years of profiting from poisoning us. Not something you want to admit to. James Simpson Web Developer imebgo@hotmail.com P S - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated
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Cool scan! :cool: You should allow visitors to add comments on your blog :)
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That is always a first guess, but I can't imagine politicians being willing to risk taking money from drug dealers for fear of negative publicity (not that they wouldn't take it if they knew they would never get caught). Or maybe the drug importers pay off some shell company and that company makes the donations. It is very hard to take. Cannabis is so damned useful, fun and harmless. FYI - The reason we call canvas canvas is because that is the Dutch pronunciation of cannabis!
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I'm no fan of it (being high feels like the early stages of a hangover to me, and that's not a feeling I enjoy!), but I've no objection to it being legalised provided the right safeguards are put in place. Anyone who drives while stoned deserves to be jailed, for example. Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: With a little hope, it'll change... Perhaps. Keep in mind though, we never really liked the concept of convicted felons being reinstated in society. Probably because we've never really made up our minds on just what debt they owe anway, much less how they're gonna pay it back. Also, we prevent people under 21 years of age from voting as well. Just in case it takes us that long to grind them down...
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Shog9 wrote: Also, we prevent people under 21 years of age from voting as well. Huh? I've been voting since I was 18 years old. "Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better."
Oh... right. Was thinking drinking. :-O
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: With a little hope, it'll change... Perhaps. Keep in mind though, we never really liked the concept of convicted felons being reinstated in society. Probably because we've never really made up our minds on just what debt they owe anway, much less how they're gonna pay it back. Also, we prevent people under 21 years of age from voting as well. Just in case it takes us that long to grind them down...
Your sincerity about keeping the soapbox organized and civilized is so obvious. I solute your effort. -- Anonymous, 10/18/03
Shog9 wrote: we prevent people under 21 years of age from voting as well. Huh? That's blatantly illegal! How does any state get away with that? BTW - Around here a convicted felon, after serving his/her time, must petition the court to have rights restored; it isn't automatic. Is that the norm, or is it unique to Arizona? "Your village called -
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: But I have no idea who would have a vested interest in keeping it illegal - other than the usual conservative middle-classes who think that if you smoke a joint on Monday you'll be a crack-addict by Friday. Sigh. It is this issue that makes me think that there may very well be a secret cabal running the show from behind the curtain. I know that hemp oil can do everything petroleum now does. Hemp fiber can do everything cotton does. Processed hemp seeds are the most nutritionally complete single-source food item on the planet. etc, etc, etc. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: If it were legalised, the government would have a new source of income in the taxation that would be levied. This would potentially be an ENORMOUS source of revenue. Not only that, but the govt. would be spending far less of our tax-dollars on elaborate pot-stings and would empty a lot of jails. I heard a stat recently that over 40 million prison years have been levied in the US against marijuana users. Multiply that by the average annual cost of keeping a person in jail for a year and you have an incredible amount of wasted money. Other stats: Annual deaths from alcohol, cigarettes & illegal drugs other than pot: >400,000 Annual deaths from pot: 0
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Terry O`Nolley wrote: Hemp fiber can do everything cotton does. Not to mention the fact that hemp makes the best rope available.:-D "Your village called -
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Shog9 wrote: we prevent people under 21 years of age from voting as well. Huh? That's blatantly illegal! How does any state get away with that? BTW - Around here a convicted felon, after serving his/her time, must petition the court to have rights restored; it isn't automatic. Is that the norm, or is it unique to Arizona? "Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."Roger Wright wrote: Huh? Sorry... what do you call a typo when it's your brain and not your hands that make the mistake? Ah, stupid. Well, i was tired... :-O Roger Wright wrote: BTW - Around here a convicted felon, after serving his/her time, must petition the court to have rights restored; it isn't automatic. Is that the norm, or is it unique to Arizona? AFAIK, in Wisconsin you're fine so long as you've served your time and are off probation, etc.
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We all know that the politcians will bow to public opinion - unless some special interest group is paying them money - in which case they follow the money. So what special interest group is paying our elected officials to keep hemp and marijuana illegal even in the face of overwhelming medical, industrial and economic evidence that it is a beneficial plant? It required a constitutional amendment to outlaw alcohol. It took a single law to outlaw hemp.
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I think it's illegal because it's easier to get more funding for law enforcement agencies to fight the "war on drugs". Also, it makes it easier to mark criminals if everyone involved with drugs can be picked up for some infraction or other. It's nice to be able boost numbers of arrests without having to worry too much if someone was actually a menace to society or just getting baked intheir apartment on weed purchased with money they worked for.
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