On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:17:52 -0500, Ignoramus9140 wrote:
On 2010-07-21, Steve B wrote:
"azotic" wrote in message
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Reporting from Oakland -
Oakland's City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that could make
it the first city in the state to permit industrial marijuana
production, a path-breaking decision that could spur the
commercialization of a crop largely grown in hidden gardens.

The plan would authorize four potentially enormous pot factories, but
makes no provision for the hundreds of growers who now supply Oakland's
four dispensaries, which sold $28 million in marijuana last year. The
council, however, promised it would develop a plan for these growers
before permits are awarded next year for the four large-scale marijuana
operations.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,2767349.story

So much for the war on drugs.

Sounds like a shovel ready project, they might even get stimulus funds
from obama.

The government is just like the mob. So long as they get their %,
everything is fine. They have finally discovered that they cannot
control the drugs coming in to the US, so therefore now want to make
money on it. Much like the history of alcohol. As you know, there is a
huge governmental agency that insures alcohol taxes are collected.

Yes, folks, we are going to have legalized drugs. We already have
legalized drugs in several states in the form of easily available
legalized marijuana. And it's all going to be under government control
and taxes collected, or the feds will bust your butt. Just like alcohol
and tobacco. Perhaps you've noticed lately that even government
spokespeople are publicly commenting that the laws are unenforceable,
and that their manpower aimed at it is wasted.

Legalizing pot is long overdue.

They could collect, say, $100.00/lb import duty on foreign weed, or maybe
even a percentage of its price; that'd generate a lot of revenue:
Fed: "Anything to declare?"
You: "Yeah - ten pounds of Acapulco Gold in the trunk."
Fed: "OK, that'll be #1000.00."
You: "Here ya go!"
Fed: "Have a nice day!"

Or $220/kilo. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich