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Marijuana profits up in smoke under ITS rules [link only]
USA Today [link only]
| November 4, 2014
| Katie Kuntz
Posted on 11/04/2014 1:12:54 PM PST by grundle
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/03/irs-limits-profits-marijuana-businesses/18165033
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cannabis; conservingdependency; potheads
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To: ConservingFreedom
But you also favor the legality of crystal meth and heroin. You cannot honestly say that you do not. And your logic is like the people who advocated for abortion to save the life of the mother. Once they got that, they went on to abortion up to the third trimester. Then, it was abortion on demand and the public pays for it. Similarly, you're using the legalization of cigarettes and alcohol to get pot legal and will support heroin in due time. So it's clear you are promoting vice. You're just using a Fabian Socialist approach.
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:10:02 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: ConservingFreedom
But you also favor the legality of crystal meth and heroin. You cannot honestly say that you do not. And your logic is like the people who advocated for abortion to save the life of the mother. Once they got that, they went on to abortion up to the third trimester. Then, it was abortion on demand and the public pays for it. Similarly, you're using the legalization of cigarettes and alcohol to get pot legal and will support heroin in due time. So it's clear you are promoting vice. You're just using a Fabian Socialist approach.
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:11:54 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
The bible would have warned everybody that prohibiting “things” would never work and would have saved America from a grim adventure.
This is not the same thing as prohibiting “actions.”
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:14:32 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
You wrote: “The bible would have warned everybody that prohibiting things would never work...”. So okay, why didn’t the Bible have a pro-pot or an ant-prohibition warning then? Did God forget to put those chapters into the Bible?
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:43:18 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
Colossians 2:22 speaking of items intended to perish with use.
Biblically speaking a law prohibiting getting zonked out on something would pass muster. A law prohibiting the ownership of something with which one could get zonked out, would not pass muster. Again, the action, not the item with which the action can be carried out.
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:48:19 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
So now you’re saying the Bible is pro-pot?
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:50:45 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
What about heroin? Is the Bible cool on using it too?
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posted on
11/13/2014 11:53:01 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: dhs12345
For 30+ years the schools have had DARE progras to prevent this gateway drug.
Suddenly not so bad anymore- does this mean that DARE goes away?
To: Nailbiter
Now, they’ll be taught that pots actually good for you.
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posted on
11/14/2014 12:27:30 AM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
So now we can waste more money- teaching that which was bad yesterday is good today.
Topsy turvy world we live in
To: Nailbiter
Yeah, and have some tell you the Bible is pro-pot, too.
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posted on
11/14/2014 1:37:01 AM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: Nailbiter
No. Because it may not deter everyone but it will help some. No doubt about it.
Stigma helps. Is it fool proof? No, but it helps.
And following this logic, complete acceptance and tolerance will encourage its use. No doubt about it. Even worse is if people lie about the bad side of pot. Distort and lie. And yes, because it is “medical” people will think that it is safe. The same rationale is used when abuse over the counter meds.
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posted on
11/14/2014 8:04:00 AM PST
by
dhs12345
To: elhombrelibre
And your promoting viceThat never happened ... unless you want to claim that everyone who supports the legality of alcohol and tobacco is thereby "promoting" them.
you're using the legalization of cigarettes and alcohol to get pot legal
No, I'm pointing out that your equating legalization with "promotion" applies just as well to already legal drugs as to currently illegal drugs. Do you claim that everyone who supports the legality of alcohol and tobacco is thereby "promoting" those substances?
and will support heroin in due time. So it's clear you are promoting vice.
Dragging in other illegal drugs doesn't help your argument - it remains true that if supporting legalization of a currently illegal drug is "promoting" it, then supporting continued legality of the currently legal drugs tobacco and alcohol is likewise "promoting" them.
Do you claim that everyone who supports the legality of alcohol and tobacco is thereby "promoting" those substances?
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:00:15 AM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: dhs12345
because it is medical people will think that it is safe. The same rationale is used when abuse over the counter meds. So should we ban those over the counter meds? If not, why should we oppose medical marijuana?
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:02:16 AM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: elhombrelibre
“Everything is permissible if received with thanksgiving” — that ain’t talking about addicts. That is talking about sanity before God. Did you know its heroic name was given by a drug company that was marketing it for ethical use in hospitals, etc.
Are you ready for the next lesson?
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:03:02 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: dhs12345
Stigma can be bent into counterculture cool... hey the squares hate this, let’s indulge.
It is better never to enter into such worldly games. Respecting God with your life covers a multitude of circumstances and doesn’t need anything to be banned.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:05:31 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: ConservingFreedom
Nope. But people are stupid. Especially those who are trying to convince everyone that pot is not harmful.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:14:27 AM PST
by
dhs12345
To: HiTech RedNeck
Lol.
The war on drugs save some lives. Was it perfect? Heck no but it slowed it down.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:15:29 AM PST
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
So should we ban those over the counter meds? If not, why should we oppose medical marijuana? Nope.
If that's your answer to the first question, what's you answer to the second?
But people are stupid. Especially those who are trying to convince everyone that pot is not harmful.
True, but I can't remember the last time I heard anyone claim pot was harmless. Looks like a straw man.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:24:37 AM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: dhs12345
The war on drugs save some lives.And ends others by putting big profits in criminal hands.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:25:31 AM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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