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Posted on 07/25/2006 10:01:22 PM PDT by VOA
ABC News: At San Francisco's Wharf, a Fight for Medical Marijuana Ensues
July 25, 2006 — San Francisco has more cannibus clubs — the dispensaries
of marijuana for the medical treatment of the nasty side effects of
chemotherapy, glaucoma or AIDS — than any other city in the nation.
Yet, that doesn't mean cannabis clubs make welcome neighbors, even in
bluest of the blue San Francisco, a city that prides itself on being
tolerant of almost every lifestyle.
(snip)
But the reality of the program is apparently harsher than the notion.
However accepting San Francisco may consider itself to be, the city
may also be showing standard-issue NIMBYism.
(snip)
Ten years ago, 56 percent of Californian voters supported Proposition
215, legalizing medical use of marijuana. But just try to find a
Californian today who wants a marijuana store in his neighborhood.
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I'm sure, as with many of society's sorts, that you meet a completely different breed of pot head in San Fran.
The same applies to the "urban pioneers" who have been fooled into believing that any inner city, much less SF or Midtown Atlanta is an ideal place to raise a family.
All of this would be resolved if we could look at pot laws like GWB and the RINOs look at immigration law enforcement. It goes something like this, "Yeah, it's illegal and all, but hey, it ain't like y'all's settin' out meanin' to hurt folks.".
We would be far better served if the manpower and funds spent overflying all the houses in the USA thrice a year looking for reefer were spent on the southern border looking for (and arresting, detaining and deporting) trespassers on the American Dream.
Some time back, the residents of Haight-Ashbury forced the kitchens for the homeless out of Golden Gate Park and on to Turk Street, which at the time was definitely not a nice or safe place.
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In the prior article about this issue, among the reasons for even liberal people at this point being fed up with this bunk is these shops have brought more crime and drug dealing to those areas.
Also helps ruin local tourism.
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i might as well ping you to this thread now you ll stumble onto it eventually anyhow and heck i just cant miss the fun of you guys telling the board how its actually really neato that sick patients are having a hard time getting the medicine that works for them cause of the nimby attitude so please share the love i know the thought brings a smile to your faces
Oh.. this is so rich. Thanks for posting this!
On a rare occasion, I smoked some ganga the other day. It just got me all disorientated and ruined a night of sleep.
If California refuses to enforce their own laws, then let them wallow in their own filth.
I don't use drugs except alcohol here and there... But I do support legalization and taxation on all drugs... Adults have the right to do whatever they want in their own home as long as it doesn't threaten or harm another. It would virtually eliminate crime and provide ultra high tax revenues for the government.
Maybe not as much as you think. In Amsterdam, pot goes for around $10/gr. (about $300/oz.). Legal medical marijuana in California goes for $480/oz., without tax.
I daresay street marijuana is cheaper. And trying to collect the tax on millions of home growers would require a government agency 10X the size of the DEA.
If growing tobacco were made illegal in pretty much the world, but possession and sale of it were still legal, the price of tobacco would skyrocket, way past the even $6 a pack or whatever they cost in the states that tax the hell out of tobacco.
Hell, replace tobacco and use tomatoes or lettuce or whatever you want in that analogy. When you restrict the supply, by whatever means, the price goes up, especially if there is a great demand, and especially if the risk of procuring the supply is high.
Legal and regulated, unlike tomatoes and lettuce. And pot would be regulated. You do that, and you start driving up the price right there.
You'd have licensed growers, licensed manufacturers, licensed sellers, federal inspections at every level, manufacturer's provisions for lawsuits, etc., all adding to the price. Then start adding taxes at every level of government.
"In both instances, supplying it is still ridiculously expensive, as it is illegal to grow it in any sort of quantity that would increase supply and reduce price."
You're reaching.
Sure, increased quantity would reduce costs. But what are we talking about? Reducing the cost from $3 per plant to $1 per plant? On a product selling for $300 per ounce?
"the price of tobacco would skyrocket, way past the even $6 a pack or whatever they cost in the states that tax the hell out of tobacco."
In New York, it's over $8 per pack. Now you tell me why that is so. Tobacco is as cheap to grow as marijuana. When I was younger, I remember paying 35 cents per pack, and I thought that was a lot. There's no reason cigarettes should cost $8 per pack. But they do.
So let's not get all cocky talking about legal marijuana being cheap. I gave you the two best examples of legal marijuana, and the legal selling price isn't even close to the actual cost of producing it. It's actually less illegally, and those dealers have more risks.
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