History will repeat itself: Prohibition, and the re-legalisation of Cannabis | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1122898 United States 11/23/2011 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don;t see it happening, especially when the feds just raided and closed all the pot dispensaries that were state legal, and now you can't own a gun if you have a medical marijuana card. How stupid, a person on weed is the LEAST likely to cause harm and will likely think carefully before doing something rash. But it's ok for someone to be drunk and own a gun?!? How fucking idiotic is the US fed? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 5923597 Australia 11/23/2011 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The fed is against cannabis because it lets people think outside the box...where their scams are crystal clear. That's why. Alcohol numbs people so they legalized it. Bog pharma toxic crooked pills numb and destroy, so they are legal. Cigarettes kill, so they legalized it. Cannabis never killed anyone, just lets them safely and peacefully enjoy themselves, so it's illegal. Upside down world run by criminal elites who feel their life purpose is to destroy their fellow man..real contribution to mankind. What kind of scumbag race kills their own to this degree? The 1%. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1122898 I can understand your reasoning, but I don't agree with you. Cannabis has been crafted beautifully into the perfect money maker. When there was vast fields of it growing, the government couldn't exactly tax it.. it was free. Solution? Drive it underground, and wait for the right time. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 5923597 Australia 11/23/2011 07:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Prohibitionists argued that Prohibition would be more effective if enforcement were increased. However, increased efforts to enforce Prohibition simply resulted in the government spending more money, rather than less. The economic cost of Prohibition became especially pronounced during the Great Depression. According to Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) and Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR) literature, an estimated $861,000,000 was lost in federal tax revenue from untaxed liquor; $40 million dollars was spent annually on Prohibition enforcement.The AAPA also released a pamphlet claiming that $11,000,000,000 was lost in federal liquor-tax revenue and $310,000,000 was spent on Prohibition enforcement from 1920 to 1931.This lack of potential funding during a period of economic strife became a crucial part of the campaign for repeal. source: wiki. If you look at the names behind the opposition to prohibition of alcohol, you'll find some interesting names like Rockefeller, and the Dupont brothers. Dupont was one of the major players in the prohibition of hemp, a fact that many know about of course. But little is known about Duponts massive involvement in the re-legalisation of alcohol. |
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