Who is against prop 19?

[dkf]

The alcoholic beverage industry. Per CNBC.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Which is weird, because back when I still smoked pot, I liked to drink beer with it.

:shrug:

[spanone]

15. they see it as competition

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. Yep. They have been pouring mountains of cash into defeating it for months now. nt

[JuniperLea]

3. That makes no sense to me...

A glass of wine, a fat doobie, and thou...

I think it's the bakery industry that should be worried!

Oh, wait... space cakes could be a whole new line item for them!

Every time I see a dark cloud on this issue, I find the silver lining! I attribute these mad creative skilz to The Weed!

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Besides the Prison-Industrial Complex, the only folks I would think need worry

would be, like, Christian Rock Bands and other purveyors of musical suckitude, because stoners won't stand for that crap.

[JuniperLea]

7. I dunno... Have you heard "Trouble?"

I know an Atheist rocker/guitarist who hates Xtians, but loves Trouble... and he's a devout pothead:)

They are pretty heavy... sound sorta like Sabbath.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. No. And I'm sure there are better examples of the genre, I was just making a joke.

I like "Spirit In The Sky" but I never could figure out what a dude with a Jewish-sounding name like Norman Greenbaum was doing singing about Jesus. :shrug:

[JuniperLea]

12. If that strikes you as odd...

You're gonna love the Neil Diamond Christmas Album!



Which can only lead to listening to this:



Because it's just not Christmas without your favorite Cantor!

I do love Neil Diamond, though. I'm a metal head at heart, but I have a lot of other interests.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Deadhead, here.

But I've got a wide range of tastes, myself.

[JuniperLea]

14. You should check out Jackie Greene...

A yound Deadhead with Dylan leanings. I predict big things for him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hgh0UtBf4

[the redcoat]

5. Big Pharma

Big Pharma
Alcoholic bev industry
Textile industry (the male cannabis plant is used for hemp, which, big surprise, was outlawed too even though it contains no thc)
Any congressman getting a kickback (so...any congressman.)

[Duer 157099]

6. Also, some people who think it doesn't go far enough

Just like the health care reform issue.

However, I have decided that I will be voting for it simply on principle: if it were defeated, it most certainly would be misinterpreted! You'd never stop hearing "See?? People DON'T WANT it legalized!"

I'd rather it win and then we work on correcting it.

[JuniperLea]

8. "I'd rather it win and then we work on correcting it."

That's all we can hope for just about everything right now with all the obstruction.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. I think a lot of the "people who don't think it goes far enough" who are against it

are really people who like pot but have an, er, vested financial interest in the status quo.

Prohibition can be very profitable, for a lot of people.

[madinmaryland]

9. I'm surprised the Frito-Lay Corporation is not pouring millions of dollars into this...

Damn, I'm hungry just thinking about this!