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Would Legalizing Marijuana Increase Consumption?

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A panel of advocates debate the potential effects of marijuana legalization on consumption rates of the drug. Cannabis activist Richard Lee argues that legalization decreases marijuana use, while RAND's Beau Kilmer points out a common misconception related to that argument.
Could Legalizing Marijuana Curb Mexican Drug Violence?

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Beau Kilmer and Richard Lee debate the potential effects marijuana legalization in California could have on Mexican drug cartels. Kilmer cites that California only accounts for a small percentage of the cartels' revenue, while Lee counters that legalization in California could lead to legalization nationwide.
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already in use

Posted: 07.26.11, 04:37 PM

CANNABIS is just a plant ,, treat it like TOMATOES.. HUMANS have had their HUMAN rights to use , grow & posses this natural plant , TAKEN AWAY by authorities who have MORAL & RACIST ISSUES on their agenda. AMERICA is in the hands of greedy powerful prison building & drug pharma groups with NO GOOD intentions. PROHIBITION is an extremely pervasive EVIL that continues to do much DAMAGE around the WHOLE WORLD. however , many countries have seen the light & are reforming this reppressive stance on their own citizens. COMPASSION & CARE ,,, when did you last hear these words in a prohibitionist argument ? consider the "TOMATO MODEL" we should be free to grow & use as we please. GO the "TOMATO MODEL" or prohibit tomatoes, that's how how obscene & ridiculous this drug law really is.

DarrinTaylor

Posted: 05.26.11, 05:17 PM

Anybody trying to argue in favor of prohibition has clearly never studied the arguments. There is no evidence, or logical argument that can lead to such a conclusion. It is pure dogma, and represents all that is wrong the the human mental capacity. Prohibition is immoral, hypocritical, and uneconomical. This is obvious to anyone with half a brain.

evolvedHUMANOID

Posted: 12.12.10, 02:40 AM

the cannabis plant is a miracle plant i mean seriously its a weed it grows easily it could provide food and shelter for the whole planet fellow HUMANS stop living in the past time to embrace new ideas we can feed and shelter the world but first we must change

JonathanTM

Posted: 12.12.10, 12:15 AM

G'sus ppl!

Dr.Kilmer (the second guy from the right) talks about advertising and promotion. Funny that. Look at what some very popular (some - especially "kids" - would say they're legendary not just popular) celebrities just recently released... Kush by Dr.Dre, ft. Snoop Dogg & Akon Whether this is most significant as a contribution - or whatever you want to call this - to the above debate... or as food for thought to people in marketing... is secondary to fact that... well you know don't you. There's a ton of ways I could have ended that sentence, and none of 'em would of changed that on many important issues, what stands between people is partisan-like division. Maybe not always by both sides, but sh't ppl... can you not get sh't done!?! ... Get your sh't together.

foobaz

Posted: 11.10.10, 09:14 AM

What blows my mind is the fact that anti-cannabis laws and attitudes to this day are based on the deliberately misleading propaganda of a 1938 government film. The laws are obviously racist and anti-liberal. I don't think using cannabis in any of its forms is good for you. It's not. But compared to the highly documented ravages of alcohol, it is definitely the lesser of two evils by far. Why isn't alcohol illegal? It causes countless deaths and serious health problems. All documented. Cannabis use has no similar history. Oh, that's right--the alcohol companies fear losing their market stranglhold and the IRS fears losing tax revenue. Of course. And, after all, only commie, hippy, etc. use that stuff. Right?

Lorien

Posted: 11.10.10, 04:17 AM

Which part exactly?

web coaster

Posted: 11.04.10, 03:25 PM

It doesn't necessarily have an effect pro or con on whether legalization would be a good idea, but it's interesting that the "Reefer Madness" they tried to scare us with in the early sixties turns out to be partly true. http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natu...ownsideofhigh/

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