i do like the unlimited limits at the house thing. im sitting on like 7 pies and it definately has me a little noid in case i get a knock...
im back and forth between colorado and cali and i as a large scale grower do not want it legalized. Also prop 19 was written very poorly as well. If a bill was written better than i wouldnt hate it so much but also i hate to say it but legalization would ruin my livelhood.
ironic that your signature says "free the plant!"
the worst thing is, I bet that everyone that is 'against' it now was 'for' it at some point in their lives, so much has changed!
Well said friend.Fact: prohibition breeds criminals - horrible failure in the 20s taught us that.
Fact: self interest is the most powerful human motivator.
Put the two together and what I take away is a sort of "don't hate the player, hate the game" type of attitude towards growers who don't want legalization to be realized. It's not that their idiocy doesn't make me ashamed to share the same passion, but their exploitative criminal attitude is a symptom of a paradigm they're not responsible for creating.
Everyone brow beating them here on IC is much better off using that energy to change the minds of people in the real world who oppose legalization for a lack of exposure to Cannabis's harmlessness, misplaced moralism, and/or as a result of government propaganda. The traitors here that want continued prohibition because it keeps their pockets fat aren't going to be convinced to change their minds by any amount of rational, moral or compassionate discourse. Infuriating as it may be to listen to their selfish bullshit, they simply have too much to lose to do the right thing.
Get out there and change the minds of the populace. Rationally break it down to all the parents you know that it will be harder for their kids to get their hands on weed if it's legalized and regulated. That's how we're going to make it happen, rather than bickering among ourselves, no matter how righteous the pro-legalization argument may be.
To think that any regulated product is out of reach from children is an exercise in delusion.
Pharmaceuticals are certainly foremost in school age children's options due to availability.
If you can get a high school student to tell you they can't score Oxy or Xanax you've found the chess team president.
I would rather cannabis be just as available.
I don't see regulation stopping alcohol availability.
I think those are fair points, but I can tell you from experience that it was much easier to get my hands on bud as a kidpersonal in NorCal than it was to find alcohol. And that was before the medical scene really took off and the volume of Cannabis grown went through the roof.
Since a statistical breakdown of Prop 19 voting showed that parents of minors voted disproportionately against the measure (despite their relatively high level of experience with Cannabis as a general age cohort) I think it's an argument well worth making. At the very least, regulation would discourage selling to kids, and I think if more parents understood that, they would be inclined to support progress.
Cheers
I just see agreeing that people should be afraid of it as a step backwards.
"Sure they should be barred from having it... but we have that covered."
Isn't as clear as
"Yes it's for adults but it isn't going to harm them if they get into it."