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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 07:55 PM Original message |
What is it about marijuana that makes it more frightening to the federal govt. than morphine? |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's a lot of $$$ in the marijuana prohibition industry. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep!!! It's all about profit in prohibition! n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
81. Not only profit in simple prohibition |
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Badsam (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Yes. You are correct. Please come again. Thank you. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have no idea but they had a segment on the today show about some sort of synthetic marijuana |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. it's called "Spice". |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. what the hell is it for then? i only remember them saying it was synthetic marijuana |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's sold as "incense" |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Spice is marketed as a legal alternative to weed. |
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gunnyhighway57 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ////// |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Welcome to DU! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. i've never heard of anyone having any psychotic episodes from ACTUAL weed, but then |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. As the previous poster said... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. why would her brother smoke that shit when he could have her pick him up some buds? |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. Good question! n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. What is Boo? n/t |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. that was my question, too. n/t |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. One of C. Sativa's many names. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
76. It's not like I hatched from the incubator yesterday |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can grow it anywhere. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Which makes it cheap and too hard for Big Pharma to compete with. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Ka-Ching followed by another Ka-Ching |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
69. Why do we always leave out the pharmaceutical industries. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. +1M |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. People fear the hippee look will come back. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. I'm more worried about mullets, personally. n/t |
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Ellie49 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
80. :-) |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. It cannot be patented. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I think that's how it was noted in the editoral |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Uh, no. |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I'm talking about the plant itself. Whole. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Because there are a massive number of plants being sold as the same "thing". |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. The alcohol lobby is scared of it. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I remember some California Beer group donated to the defeat of Prop 19 |
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gunnyhighway57 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. too easy to grow to allow Capital to make $$ off it |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. Having done both from time to time |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. the biggest 'problem' with it is that it may reduce sex on the wrong brain |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. hmmmmmmm |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. here you go! this will explain everything! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. wow! thanks! |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. didnt have to squint |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. It helps if you're very nearsighted, as I am. The further back you sit |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. No kidding - I had to stand 15 feet back from the monitor to read it. nt |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. LOL. I told you to squint! |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
70. Color me confused. Is that a quote or do you talk that way in everyday life? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. you have to watch the video |
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LittleGirl (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. yeah, yeah, whatever, all I know |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hemp, lumped in with marijuana, is a threat to other industries, too, I think. nt |
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Oldenuff (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think that it has something to do with free thinking. |
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Harry J Asslinger (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. I do believe that.. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. The nature of the drug effect. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Exactly--pot encourages out of the box thinking |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Tobacco Industry is against it. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. high usage, high incarceration rate, keeps unemployment figures lower than they would be otherwise. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. Kicked and recommended. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. thanks for the k&r, Uncle Joe n/t |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Prohibition is a nice racket for the cops and courts |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. I wonder, and this is tinfoil hat time - but THC lowers your dopamine levels |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. My guess: A lot of the law enforcement people do not want to admit |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. Main course: Money |
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DLine (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. Im not going to claim it can cure cancer.... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Canabinoids, in vitro, have been shown to inhibit cancer. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. +1 |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. Actually, that is not true. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I just ran across two different version of the same research |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. Imo, it's the constinuing separtion of public from nature by elites .... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. It allows people to see through bullshit and they know they won't be able to fool us anymore |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. It's a conflict of interest for the DEA to be the scheduler |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Wow! |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Thanks! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. I'm so glad you did! |
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CartoonDiablo (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. Hearst and Mexicans, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. Legalization will cut into the booze industry in a BIG way, that's the concern. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. the beer industry has helped to foster the WoD |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I agree w/you, but the booze manufacturers have lobbyists and donate big money |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. money, it's a hit |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #66 |
79. +1 nt |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. alcohol, pharma industery, cotten industery, petrolium industery, paper industery, prison industery |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
67. The problem is: it can be grown anywhere by anyone with even half an iota of |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
71. easy bust, pot heads dont carry guns, bust a joint, sand bag the rest of the day w paper work |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
72. It threatens the prison, paper fiber, oil, pharmaceutical, alcohol, and chemical industries |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. here is a link to Jack Herer's 'chapters' , and a >>>link>>> to his book |
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