TOMapleLaughs Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Funding and drug education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I meant nobody here between myself and TOML... like I said, I support legalization for taxation dollars as well as finally having an open debate on the harmful effects... but I have a sinking suspicion the biggest change will be to alleviate the guilty conscience of weed smokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 You really don't understand how taxes work, do you? Once the US re-legalized alcohol, they had millions more to give to their education system. It was not till after prohibition that public schools were built in such mass. Home schooling was preferred by a lot of families in 1920's America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hmm, well we have drug education already, but we can fund a lot of things with pot money, i suppose. Hey, that money may help us to solve some of our big problems, like healthcare funding as well, wouldn't you say? I wonder how many other problems pot money can solve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm still trying to figure out how pot ties into education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 It took me two seconds. Legalization = tax dollars. Public schools are run on tax dollars. More money for public schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hmm, well we have drug education already, but we can fund a lot of things with pot money, i suppose. *Better drug education. Heck, better education overall. Hey, that money may help us to solve some of our big problems, like healthcare funding as well, wouldn't you say? Yes I would say. I believe I did on page two in fact. I wonder how many other problems pot money can solve. Probably quite a few. Hence this subjects importance despite your and ilduce's efforts to frame it otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 One post you condemn Harper's love for 'evil' alcohol. The next you praise the US for getting all that money from re-legalizing alcohol. Okay, whatever. One has to wonder if pot is the line, or if in the future they'll legalize and tax crystal meth, crack and heroin. No? Never? If alcohol is 'worse than pot' and they make that legal, then who's to say what the line will be years from now? (Ah who am i kidding? Prescription narcotics are the way to go forward.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Newsflash: Weed smokers don't have a guilty conscience. Nor should they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I meant nobody here between myself and TOML... like I said, I support legalization for taxation dollars as well as finally having an open debate on the harmful effects... but I have a sinking suspicion the biggest change will be to alleviate the guilty conscience of weed smokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Newsflash: Weed smokers don't have a guilty conscience. Nor should they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 It took me two seconds. Legalization = tax dollars. Public schools are run on tax dollars. More money for public schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Lower mainland gang war of 2009: 20 people killed, including teenagers and young women, 40 people injured. Entire area living in state of public fear for months. For weed. Sure, legalize it. Too late though to sweep all those bodies under the rug. All illegal drug users are accountable in this light. Like it or not, you're part of it. But after it's legal, this gangster crap, at least the deaths for pot, will likely stop. Yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Is this guy for real? I want to believe he's trolling but I'm scared he's not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I feel no guilt when I puff.... Im sure majority of puffers out there are the same. I've puffed in front of cops (no not on 420) and they don't care... they got bigger fish to fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Not all and I agree that they shouldn't... but I've seen it. Why wouldn't they be upset? Otherwise law-abiding citizens driven to break the law over something less harmful than other legal practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Can I interject again here guys? If we are spending almost $7 billion all told fighting this tying up court costs jails prison guards law enforcement etc, and we could possibly net almost $7 billion from tourism and taxation. Than we stand to actually make or at least gain a rough $14 billion in cash from this. We keep it out of the hands of genuine criminals and have space in courts and prisons to prosecute and house them and still have $$ left over to fund education and healthcare Its like this, in good laymans terms. Take 2 failing teams in the NHL, Florida and Phoenix who constantly lose money therefore dragging down league wide revenues. move them to hockey mad markets, Seattle and Markham or Quebec. They are now making a boatload of cash This is 2 less drains + 2 more moneymakers ='ling a 4 time increase via no money going and more money coming in. Legalization would be the same thing. I for one don't even care as we've so many more issues facing us than the persecution of a plant and to attempt to vilify someone based on very casual use of said plant is ridiculous when we have MP's facing drunk driving charges and expense scandals. I for one think that general legalization is a good thing, decriminalization of course being just as good but without the cash windfall we could make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 You didn't say upset. You said "guilty conscience". I'm "upset" and I don't even smoke it anymore. Ummm.... that's an argument PRO legalization The people who should feel guilty about that are our politicians/lawmakers who's shortsightedness has allowed a useless drug war rage on uselessly for far too many years and put innocent people's lives in jeopardy because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I feel no guilt when I puff.... Im sure majority of puffers out there are the same. I've puffed in front of cops (no not on 420) and they don't care... they got bigger fish to fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I've just seen too many people get upset and touchy about the subject. I've be-bopped onto threads about gay rights, dead celebrities, overdoses, racism, etc.. and people get passionate... talk bad about Weed? That's like throwing rocks at a hornets nest. There's an emotional connection there.. and it's not all about tax dollars an altruism. People are feeling judged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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