I read everyones posts and its good info, Thank you for your time typing lol. It did not go to waste. I agree with what you guys are saying.
My cents is that marijuana is illegal because it is too easy for the average joe to grow his own. Unlike tobakky or booze, Booze mind you is kinda simple but u can go to the store and buy all kinds and thats taxed. They could not tax average hill billy bob joe with OVER 9000 plants.
There are so many pro's and con's its crazy. The whole world is crazy. Just sitting back and smoking one is the best thing, thinking about the world we live in, Its all a power trip guys. Basically were slaves. Any where you live. Not only the US. Its a one world army. And that army is Ceaser..
Tho i would think if mary jane was legal than marlboro or camel or new port would be making MJ Cigs... Like Marlboro Janes, or Camel Afghans, or New Port Grapes... you know and tax the hell out of it. makes it expensive like booze and cigs. or better yet sell it in the grocery store like an herb, in vacum smell proof bags, idk.. sheeeeeet sonnnn lol
Good work guys, on everything. We are winning over the system.
Thanks to MJ i do not go out drinking or drink alchy at all for that matter.
And i have been at a point in my life where i drank a 5th of vodka a day months in a row. and i learned . i figure that makes me aware and smart as i can solve and identify problems.
Ok, while you are on the right track, you are still a ways off base. It really is just as easy to make your own alcohol, or grow your own tobacco, in fact its growing a plant, just like growing Cannabis. Also think of the thousands of people across this country who brew their own beer at home. It is not illegal or all that hard to do, however making moonshine is illegal. Why? Because the government cannot tax the moonshine (the authorities will claim it is because they cannot ensure the quality of the moonshine, BS). Since they cannot tax the moonshine coming out of the stills in the hills, they want to shut those operations down.
There are actually plenty of people who grow their own tobacco, it really just isn't all that popular or even talked about. But there are plenty of people doing it. However very few of those people are trying to sell their tobacco, and there is a very limited market for black market tobacco products.
Phillip Morris has actually had patents on the names for pre-packed joints for quite some time now, I believe since the 90's. One of the names for their pre-packed joints is Marley's. The tobacco industry has been preparing for the legalization of Cannabis for decades now, yet they are still one of the biggest proponents of keeping Cannabis illegal. They know they will not be in any position to make money off of Cannabis and therefore lobby to keep it illegal.
not to mention the benefits of an alternative fuel source. not only was the first car constructed with the majority of hemp bi-products, but it was designed to run on hemp seed oil by Henry Ford himself. If we used hemp seed oil to replace all fossil fuels, those big major oil companies would lose millions$$$. Hemp was also used to make all paper goods, canvas material, clothing, the strongest ship ropes, and even the first american flag was made from hemp.
If we made paper from hemp, we would save millions of trees yearly. Not only would we help the forests in this manner, but the use of land space and water. The USDA reported in 1916 that an acre of hemp produced as much paper as four acres of trees annually, yet 70% of American forest have been destroyed since 1916. Hemp paper products do not need to be bleached white with Earth damaging chemicals as do paper products made from tree pulp. And on top off all this, hemp paper is stronger, last longer, and can be recycled 8-10 times, vs. paper products which can only be recycled 3-4 times.
The benefits are endless, the use of hemp could save the planet. If you do the research of finding the true reasons why hemp became illegal, you will be angered. It goes back to $$ and greed. The fact that people use it as a recreational drug was just an excuse to ban it from production via "Reefer Madness" (the most blasphemous video filled with incorrect information to change the average person views on marijuana). Its been illegal for over 100 years and it blows my mind that it has not been overturned, it really shows where our politicians heads are... UP THEIR ASS.
Hydro, you too are so damn close to having your facts straight. I will start with the cars. Henry Ford absolutely did build a car that was made of mostly hemp based materials, however it was far from the "first car". The hemp car was his prototype for mass produced vehicles. In fact the engine he put in the vehicle was meant to run off of diesel, made from hemp oil, not unlike the bio-diesel many of us talk about today. Ford actually had hectares of hemp fields in preparation for his mass production of cars. He would provide the cars and the fuel they ran on, a real money making idea.
You are correct that rope, canvas and many other products were made from hemp. So much so that in WWI in America the term "victory garden" was meant to describe hemp producing gardens. The hemp your average citizen grew could be donated to the government to make more materials for the soldiers overseas. But remember WWI started in 1914 and ended in 1918, all less than 100 years ago. So Cannabis was not only not illegal 100 years ago, the US government was actually asking people to grow it only 96 years ago.
Dr. Sticker had it correct it was not until 1937 that the Marihuana Tax Act was enacted. However this still did not make Cannabis illegal. It actually placed a prohibitive tax on the sale of Cannabis. There was also a catch 22 involved in the act, you could not produce Cannabis without the approval of the government, you could not get the approval needed without providing a sample of the Cannabis you were growing. But if you could not grow the plant without the approval and brought a sample in for approvals you could be arrested. However this act was repealed in 1969 (Leary v. United States). However in 1961 was the Convention on Narcotics which created a treaty to prohibit the use of narcotics except under the direct supervision of a licensed person (a doctor). The law that officially made Cannabis illegal in the United States was the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
Ok, enough of the history lesson.
While the money is a huge reason to keep Cannabis illegal, government economists have repeatedly stated that the control and legalization of Cannabis would only create revenue, not be a burden on the economy. So our government (not big conglomerates) does have monetary reasons to legalize Cannabis. However if they were to legalize Cannabis now they would have to admit they were lying to the American public for decades about the dangers and repercussions of Cannabis use. If this lie were to be acknowledged by our government citizens will demand the truth about many of the other lies they have perpetuated. This is not something the US government wants to have happen, mostly because the citizens have lost much faith in the government, a total collapse in faith would likely mean a collapse of the governing system that is in place, a system many people are taking advantage of.
