The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal (Patrick Kennedy and Big Pharma team up to fight legalization)

The Nation ^ | July 8, 2014

[Hulka]

“a company that manages several for-profit treatment and detention centers”

Usual gratuitous swat at profit.

All profit is evil, don’t ya’know.

[familyop]

The real reason is that not all people are potheads.

[Ken H]

According to government data, the Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 42.1% since recreational marijuana use was legalized in January. This is compared to the same period last year, a time frame encompassing Jan. 1 through May 31.

Violent crime in general is down almost 2%, and major property crimes are down 11.5% compared to the same period in 2013.

http://mic.com/articles/92449/six-months-after-legalizing-marijuana-two-big-things-have-happened-in-colorado

[bamahead]

All profit is evil, don’t ya’know.

It damn sure is when you are conscripted into spending the money with said company while being forced by the state at the point of a gun to do so.

At the same time, that firm profiting from your coerced patronage is feeding your politician campaign dollars, to ensure he piles on more ridiculous laws to make sure you a return customer to that 'company'.

Coerced Corporatism. Same principle as the Obamacare insurance mandate, only in this case, the state WILL put you in prison for not complying. No mere fine...

[Blue Ink]

I don’t believe those stats. They can be cooked and amortized to give you any result you want.

They macro it up and release the same sort of massaged numbers here in Los Angeles, but on the MICRO level, observable to everyone who lives within three miles of one of these drug dens in Los Angeles, legal pot sales have been a disaster.

What happened in MY neighborhood was legit businesses run off, empty storefronts now stand next to pot stores, and you can’t leave a sweatshirt or ipod in your car because it will be stolen.

It’s ruining everyone’s lives and businesses.

[Hulka]

Interesting but has nothing to do with my post.

[FBD]

Good article, thanks for posting.

The Carrie Nation keg smashers of the Temperance Movement will be by shortly with their bibles and little hatchets to have a word with you. They want to help you get your mind *right*.

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[FBD]

“Usual gratuitous swat at profit. All profit is evil, don’t ya’know.”

When someone is profiting in the incarceration of people for a nonviolent, victimless activity such as indulging in drugs in their own homes, then yes. That would be evil. But Communist China has been doing this for years, haven't they.

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The prison industry in the United States
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289

Re-Education through forced labor
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-education_through_labor

[Hulka]

Comparing communist Chins with the US?