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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:16 AM Original message |
Largest Cash Crop in the U.S.? - Marijuana |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can't believe people are still smoking that stuff...... |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I bought a pocket size portable vaporizer |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. It wouldn't even be tenth if it was not prohibitioned |
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sadbear (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1 |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That defies a basic tenet of capitalism: |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Bada bing. If it was legal and the market was flooded with it, I assure you |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The amount of money our society would gain from legalization is enormous. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But then a whole lot of cops, bondsmen and people in the legal profession |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. LOL. Not if they start focusing their attention on real criminals. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No disrepsect but you're living in fantasyland with that idea. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I can assure you the opposite. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What does one thing have to do with the other? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. If you can't see the obvious parallel... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. So you're not even going to try to help me understand? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Prices aren't only set at what the consumer will bear but also what the producer will accept. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. If legalized, there would be a huge surplus of it. Anyone can grow a weed, in any climate, |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hemp can provide many of the same things as corn...and a few more. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That's nice but I didn't say anything about the uses of it, I was talking about the price. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I'm not so sure about that |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. But... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. The price would certainly come down. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Econ 101 |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. If it was legal and the market was flooded with it, I assure you... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. If nothing else we could save quite a lot on the enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration end of |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But then a whole lot of cops, bondsmen and people in the legal profession |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I suggest you roll a doobie and think this through one more time. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I suppose that's the only way to see how it would work. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Good! About time we had some "shared sacrifice". |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Um... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Just wondering where you got the |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Indoor... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There won't be money in it if people can grow their own. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. How much do we import though? |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
27. K&R Hemp products would be very lucrative |
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True Earthling (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. How much of that revenue is going to the Mexican cartels? |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. The USFS and BLM are lying. |
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True Earthling (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. delete |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. A kick to the top for Canadian Liberal :) . |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. Here is what I can tell you |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. Everyone will grow it once it's legal |
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