I think that's a rather short-sighted and somewhat absurd concern. Starting January 16, 1920 when Prohibition got going - who ended up with all the proceeds from the booze sales? That's right - the criminals. As matter of fact it turn the Italian Mafia in the USA to the largest criminal organization the planet has ever seen. So Prohibition ended in 1933 there was not some sort of catastrophic moral breakdown of the whole American society was there? All the violence and the other zillions of problems caused by the Prohibition went away. Sure - BECAUSE of Prohibition the Mafia ended up quite a bit more powerful at the end of it - but imagine if Prohibition was still in effect. The "lead or gold" logic comes into play if it's illegal - that's when there will be payoffs and bribes etc...



>>What is "oro o plomo" ???
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>The choice of the gold or the coffin ( believe it is literally the lead shroud )
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>>>I'm concerned about lawmakers who push for decriminalization or legalization. How many will start getting "oro o plomo" offers?
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>>>>I imagine the people of Mexico are probably happy about this - seeing how 1/3 of their drug cartel's money comes from weed.
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>>>>>Bill lives in the wide-open spaces of Kansas. He should have plenty of room for a new cash crop ;)
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>>>>>>From what I've read they are addressing things like DUI as part of the implementation. As far as the tax revenue is concerned, those two states have already seen that it works just from taxing the medical marijuana sales. I think if a person wanted to make some serious $ this will be the next USA gold rush - happened in 2 states it will happen in more and there are many more states that have set to bring the medical marijuana up this year. tik..tok..tik..tok.
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>>>>>>Oh - William Kuhn - I TOLD YOU SO.
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>>>>>>>I am all for it as long as side effects on others like DUI are controlled.
>>>>>>>Will be interesting if this will be turned into major tax venue or if x homegrown plants per person will be the norm.
>>>>>>>And if Monsanto will create and own special strains ;-)
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>>>>>>>>Another step in a rather long journey. Interesting that out of all the campaigning, debates, etc that the 'war on drugs' never seemed to come up this election....so the conclusion I come too is that neither side wanted to discuss it. I say it's high-time that the topic be brought to the forefront..so now perhaps with these two states doing this it will actually force the topic to be talked about. Personally I think the feds need to step out of the whole thing and just let each individual state deal with it the way they want. The days of the refer-madness-scare tactics are over I'd say.
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>>>>>>>>>http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/11/marijuana_legalization_initati.php