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Do people really advocate for the mandatory jail term for users of illegal drugs? I haven't really seen it argued outside of the legislators. What I think people argue is what Brand is really arguing for, should we put financial resources into helping people achieve abstinence recovery or should we put financial resources into making illegal drugs impossible to obtain thus having abstinence from the get go. I have heard many people argue that if we put financial resources into recovery, that it only encourages drug use. Personally, I think that prohibition never works and only encourages drug use.

corrections is big business, good luck getting it changed. they want to see growth, and will push for it. another congressman takes the money.

Just imagine how much the government could make from taxing legalized marijuana.

yeah man like a gazillion dollars.

I imagine they'll just tax it to the point it's worth to take a chance growIng your own or getting it somewhere else.

The government will fuck it up. Count on that.

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Spoken like a true drug addict that can afford it.

As mentioned in several other threads.. The reason weed isnt legal is that there is no way to tell how high (or not high at all) you are at any given moment.

As far as Brand talking about the social issues, etc associated with recovery and how he was lonely, sad, etc which caused him to use heroin and curing those social issues is what helped his recovery, I can honestly say that making tons of money and becoming super famous can cure being lonely and sad very quickly.

I think the Alcohol lobby is one huge reason that Pot isn't legal. Didn't they find out how "Impaired" Nix was with a test? And for the Poster about people growing their own, people brew beer and wine and yet those aren't hurting. Yeah you are going to get people that will grow their own, but I know someone that used to grow it, before the law went all crazy and they stopped. But their house would constantly smell like a clam bake and it took up a lot of room. Then the prepping of the product would take them forever and they also got some kind of bug in the house that got on the dog. It turned out to be a big pain in the ass for them.

And for Brand, I thought he came off very well. Money and Fame IMO would make it harder to get sober because really he had the money to buy as much as wanted could party all he wanted without worrying about going to work the next day, and like Triumph mentioned celebrities find success leads to depression and loneliness.

I don't know. Remember, because it is sold on a black market, illicit drugs fetch a premium price due to limited competition, and the costs associated with producing and distributing the product. If legalization every occurred, whatever legitimate companies that started selling them would have much more streamlined production, supply chain processes, and increased competition. This is especially true for weed. Essentially it is no different than growing tobacco. The sale price would drop significantly and the government could tax the shit out of it and still not drive the cost up to current prices.