The Next Big Thing: POT

wibblyesq · #11 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mulp

Actually, drugs were prohibited first, then alcohol.

It just goes to show that if you think that the laws that hit the minorities that you don't like (or even a majority that you don't like) and so its an ok law even if its contrary to your state principles, you leave yourself open to having things you care about hit on the same basis as you let the laws targetting minorities get hit.

The British turned the Chinese into opium addicts, fighting a war with China and in the process ending up with that 99 year lease on Hong Kong, so that British corporations had a base to sell opium into China.

Then when Chinamen in the US who were opium addict were the target of persecution and exclusion, the people that seemed to be the only opium users were the Chinamen so making use of opium a crime was perfect. (And the prosecution of the white people who used opiates was very selection, hitting only those that the politicians saw as enemies.

The same thing happened with pot.

And after the white man had figured out how to process coca for industrial purposes (drugs, patent medicine, and Coca Cola) then what had been a widely used mild stimulant became a high potency stimulant that poor minority artists used, that became a perfect vehicle for persecuting them.

After those steps were taken, prohibiting alcohol was the easy next step. It was like the camel coming completely into the tent after its nose was allowed in with opium, pot, coca, and ripping up the tent.

Drug prohibition didn't really kick into gear until the 70's, it was more of a sodomy law, something you could use as a backup for getting rid of undesirables.

areyoushittin'me? · #12 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Suburbanite

clearly you're just being ripped off. In los angeles I pay $20 for a gram at the MOST, and most often only $15 for top quality kush. For an ounce, of good high grade kush, its $350. If you're ever paying more than $400, you're being ripped off, at that price you should be able to score some OG or some bubba or any pure indica no problem. also there isnt anything anywhere in the world you cant find in LA for cheaper, including Colorado.

I kinda figured.

I'm pretty sure it's not my friend doing the rip...she doesn't smoke it and doesn't need the $ but prolly the guy she gets it from...anyway, it's definately not worth it to me to have her get any more.

Suburbanite · #13 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 03:26 PM

where do you live though? i mean, in Texas, those are probably standard rates. Pot gets expensive in middle America

areyoushittin'me? · #14 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 04:04 PM

NW Arizona...about a 5 hour drive from LA.

Suburbanite · #15 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 04:13 PM

well if you make the drive ill hook you up with someone

areyoushittin'me? · #16 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 04:23 PM

Well thanks...to be quite honest...I grew up 35 miles east of there and try to stay away from the area but if an occasion arises...I'll be in touch...that's a conversation we can pm though.

frycat101 · #17 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by areyoushittin'me?

I don't go out of my way to get pot but I enjoy an occasional smoke.

I can get it from a friend and when I do I usually get a half ounce for $70...this isn't for anything that will get you too stoned but it will give you a nice buzz.

A while back a friend of mine from California gave me a small bud and it was some pretty good shit...not like some good $600 an ounce Humboldt home grown or anything like that but pretty good...better than the $140 an ounce stuff I get that comes from Mexico.

Anyway, she told me that it comes in all varieties and comes in regular pill bottles just like any other prescription, and that she could get me more for $35 per.

I figured, heck yeah, why not, get me a couple.

After a period of time, she did.

The stuff she got was not as good as the stuff she had given me, in fact, it wasn't much better if at all than the stuff I get locally.

What did the $35 get me?

A gram...enough to smoke up in about 2 days because it wasn't all that strong.

Figure it out folks...28 grams per ounce at $35 per equals $980 per ounce for mediocre smoke.

I call that a ripoff when I can get some good one hit shit for $600 and ounce.

hellz yeah XD XD 20 bucks a gram: chicago IL

wow · #18 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 10:19 PM

Pot should remain illegal because.........it increases food consumption (Increases methane gas), land must be cleared to grow the crops (No trees to breakdown greenhouse gases), it makes healthcare costs higher (Cancer, respiratory problems) and the increased food consumption leads to obesity that creates too many health hazards to list here.
Eventually, the water needed to keep these crops thirving will create a water shortage. The pesticides and fertilizers used will pollute what water is left to drink.

This is a horrible idea for all of mankind, especially, poorer countries that can barely feed themselves.

You pot smokers need to think about what the world would think of such waste and selfishness.

Be nice to your neighbors!

areyoushittin'me? · #19 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by frycat101

hellz yeah XD XD 20 bucks a gram: chicago IL

The days of hundred dollar kilos is long gone.

29times · #20 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 02:36 AM

Cannabis does not increase food consumption for everyone that might use it. Cannabis is a WEED, it does not need as much water as your farmer needs to grow corn, in fact cannabis needs only one third as much water as corn crops. Since it's a weed, it doesn't even need fertilizer unless you want a little more from it. Clear cutting is not required, those folk growing the cannabis east of me haven't resorted to clear cutting because it grows in the shade too. If one gets uncontrollably fat, that's their problem, eat more ice cream. Health problems from cannabis can be overcome by vaporizing. that should end the argument that all you do gooders throw up whenever cornered. There's not one good goddamn reason to keep cannabis as a schedule one drug. It has more suited to our needs uses than any other WEED on the planet. Go drink your beer now and get that fat gut bigger than it already is. And wake up in the morning with a hangover, a headache and the look of death in your eyes.