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Post by Hunny on Nov 21, 2012 10:24:09 GMT
Marijuana legalization in the US: Five burning questionsBy Daniel Nasaw BBC News Magazine, Washington This month, two US states voted to legalise, regulate and tax marijuana. From advertising and marketing to drugged-driving enforcement, we ask what's ahead.The 6 November votes in Colorado and Washington left a lot of marijuana users happy and a lot of police officers nervous. And they set the two states up for a confrontation with the federal government, as marijuana is still illegal under federal law. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the US. Legalisation advocates say the recent votes mark the beginning of the end of the drug's prohibition. "It's a tipping point for sure," says Sanho Tree, director of the drug policy project at the Institute for Policy Studies. "If these two states go ahead and legalise recreational use and the sky hasn't fallen, that opens up more political space." But authorities are wary. "The Colorado chiefs of police are incredibly concerned with regard to public safety as a whole," says Chief John Jackson of the Greenwood Village police department, and legislative chair of the Colorado Association of Chief of Police. Nearly 80 years after the US ended the prohibition of alcohol, we aim to answer just a few of the questions raised by the movement. Fancier packaging will help win new marijuana smokers, advertising experts say How will retailers and growers market and advertise marijuana? READ MORE...
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Post by Hunny on Nov 21, 2012 15:14:50 GMT
Now I have to wonder...what are the ads on TV going to be like? Are we going to have a pot company on the NYSE? Will its employees have to take drug tests, or just drugs? Will the surgeon general insist on placing a warning on the packages? Does this mean some white mice and monkeys are about to get hopelessly wasted, in the name of science and industry? Isn't the Twinkie company closing its doors at exactly the wrong time?
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Nov 21, 2012 15:21:19 GMT
Let's say what costs $100 to buy illegally in New York only costs $10 to purchase legally in Washington State.
If that's the case, it we will see a flood of opportunistic exporters buying locally in those two states and selling illegally to customers in other states. The US Postal Service will find itself in the Marijuana distribution business.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2012 17:09:31 GMT
Well, if you're gonna make it legal in some states and not others it's pretty obvious that Bush Admirer is gonna be right.
So the only sensible thing to do is make it legal right across the States!
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