I had a dream last night about investing in a pot business and whether it was right for a conservative.
Then I woke up and read Boehner’s tweet.
As if there was any doubt, I got my answer. Resounding NO.
I knew that already of course. I’m open to medical uses, but there seems to be a very low bar and no oversight.
the State of Maryland approved medical marijuana this year. They are 37 legal dispensaries in the state. As a comparison, there are only 20 Motor Vehicle Administration offices in the state to get license plates.
There simply can’t be that many people in legitimate chronic need of cannabis.
There aren’t. This is the camel’s nose on the way to complete legalization...then taxation. It’s a cash grab. The collateral damage doesn’t matter.
“The State of Maryland approved medical marijuana this year. They are 37 legal dispensaries in the state. As a comparison, there are only 20 Motor Vehicle Administration offices in the state to get license plates. There simply can’t be that many people in legitimate chronic need of cannabis.”
DMV is a very bad comparison since people rarely need to go. A better consideration is the fact that there are nearly as many pharmacies as food stores.
The bottom line is most people need medication as they get older and cannabis is useful for a wide variety of common ailments. It is far less toxic, less addictive and impairs less than many prescription pills that are sold on every corner. It can also be grown nearly for free by poor handicapped people. A free natural plant instead of giving absurd amounts of tax dollars to big pharma for their toxic, addictive pills like we do now. (Follow the money!)
The only reason they hold it back and call it the Devil is big pharma and booze $$$ that would be lost.
Unintentional pun detected?