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If someone is greatly influenced under Marijuana, a police officer could find out just by observing their actions. Of course that would not be enough to charge them, but it would be enough for the police officer to dub as suspicious and take that person in for a test. This of course is only if they don't possess some portable technology.

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Smoking marijuana can cause cancer.

Smoking cigarettes can cause cancer.

Chewing tobacco can cause cancer.

Going outside can cause cancer.

Smoking pole can cause cancer.

Almost anything can cause cancer.

As far as marijuana is concerned, less chances of cancer from consuming it using other methods besides smoking it.

As far as legality is concerned, it should be legalised and un-taxed. Clueless as to this tax fetish. Laws regulating it's use in public? Yes. Tax it? No.

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I'm thinking there's a good chance Obama will instruct the DEA to give Washington and Colorado an exemption from federal marijuana laws. Now that he's re-elected he doesn't have to worry about the political implications, he is himself a former smoker, and it's within his powers as chief executive. It wouldn't be clearly outside the Single Convention to do so, because the federal laws remain on the books. Besides, the UN has no mechanism of enforcement against America even if they wanted to do something about it, besides writing a strongly worded letter or talking them down in an annual report.

So what's to stop Obama and Federal law enforcement from telling Washington State, okay you guys, you set up your pilot program for comprehensive regulation of marijuana - licensing, production, distribution, sale, all of it - have an exemption, we'll see how it goes for you. Maybe Washington or Colorado's marijuana policy becomes the Romneycare to an eventual federal program - it's happened before.

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As far as marijuana is concerned, less chances of cancer from consuming it using other methods besides smoking it.

As far as legality is concerned, it should be legalised and un-taxed. Clueless as to this tax fetish. Laws regulating it's use in public? Yes. Tax it? No.

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The government realizes that pot is something people can grow right?

How are they gonna know if the ounce that people are carrying around was grown or bought legally from the government?

Something tells me the government bud will be weak. Just a hunch.

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Next up: Crystal Meth.

'No wai.'

'Yeah? Well that's what they said about pot.'

When it comes to sin taxes, Where do you draw the line? Prostitution? Underground gambling including dog fights etc.? Happy pills? Crack cocaine? Whatever.

Certainly gangsters don't want to lose all these markets to the government, but if pot is legalized, where are these guys going to turn for their profits? Likely harder drugs. Like crystal meth.

In the end, it's a person's choice. You're probably not going to switch from weed to crystal meth. But your kids might be pushed into it a bit harder down the road. We'll see.

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Lots of hurdles to get over to make this actually happen. State laws and fedral laws are different. The DEA can at any time come and arrest anyone they want and detain them for any amount of pot they have on them because marijuana is still considered a schedule 1 drug federally.

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The government realizes that pot is something people can grow right?

How are they gonna know if the ounce that people are carrying around was grown or bought legally from the government?

Something tells me the government bud will be weak. Just a hunch.

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If someone is greatly influenced under Marijuana, a police officer could find out just by observing their actions. Of course that would not be enough to charge them, but it would be enough for the police officer to dub as suspicious and take that person in for a test. This of course is only if they don't possess some portable technology.

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