NPR Takes on Marijuana Legalization for 4/20
There's an interesting piece on marijuana up on NPR's website. Here's the scenario:
There's a surge of public interest in legalizing marijuana as a partial answer to a host of problems. Last week, Mexico's congress debated legalizing cannabis as a way to undermine cartel income. And when President Obama held his online town hall last month, he was swamped with the question: Why not legalize pot as a way to help the economy?
NPR came up with a hypothetical scenario and asked experts to play along, commenting on their imagined outcomes. The scenario: Marijuana has been legal for two years throughout the U.S. It is treated, in the eyes of the law, similar to alcohol. It is taxed and regulated, and users must be 21 or older. Pot smokers can buy it by the gram at licensed dispensaries. Predictably, the law change would make some people very happy — and others deeply concerned.
Check out what the experts said.
April 22nd, 2009 - 09:32
Wow… “…A more potent form of Marijuana, cheaper than the stores can sell…” — “…Increased health costs of marijuana use…”
Sometimes people are just desperate for anything they can shake a stick at. Getting Marijuana off of the FDA’s Schedule I list would allow for a great deal of //reduced// medical costs across the board, considering how widely it is used to, amongst other things, mitigate the side effects of chemotherapy for cancer patients, etc.
The ‘more potent marijuana’ thing — that’s just a joke. Is there still a widespread moonshine distribution network that people murder each other for? Right.