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Pluto · Joined: 19 Dec 2006

If anyone's got 81 minutes to kill, Cato just held a forum on the benefits of medical marijuana. It appears many oncologists, cancer doctors, have favored legalizing medical marijuana for years. A lot of good information on marijuana liberalization, although a bit dry.

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5302

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

mises · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: retired

Color me cynical.

If pot is made legal, I'll open a shop up as fast as possible. We North Americans will go hogwild for the first few years.

DrugstoreCowgirl · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:

Pluto · Joined: 19 Dec 2006

Somewhat related:

Milton Friedman: The role of the government is to protect the drug cartel.

Interviewer: Is it doing a good job of it?

Milton Friedman: Excellent, what do I mean by that? ...

Free markets are just that, free of violence and coercion. Driving "illicit" drugs underground has made the competition for such commodities very violent. Punchline: liberalize drugs and the violence disappears and the market can work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsCC0LZxkY&feature=fvw

Milton Friedman paces the blame of the 10,000 murders per year directly on the shoulders of government as opposed to the drug gangs peddling the drugs. Do you agree?

mises · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: retired

I was thinking of the Dutch cafe model, which I assume would develop if legalization happened. I believe, without any evidence, that a very large market would develop quickly.

ekul · Joined: 04 Mar 2009 Location: [Mod Edit]

It won't happen. They tried to do something similar in England with both alcohol and weed. Basically lowered the classification to a class C which meant the police turned a blind eye to people buying and selling, at least on a local level. Now they have raised the classification again to B which means you will be arrested for possession. The reason I guess was the media spouting out that 14 year old children were getting schizophrenia from super strong 'skunk', it's a load of shit really. The mistake the government made though was basically decriminalising it but not legalising and controlling it.

As for alcohol England brought in 24hr drinking in an attempt to grow a cafe culture like the continent, however the generations that have been used to having to go home at 11 for the past 30 years have gone wild. It won't be long until they revoke all the licenses and we see WW3 each weekend at kicking out time. If they had let it run for another 10 years we might see a generation with a different mind set and some positive benefits of letting people drink when they want.

Fox · Joined: 04 Mar 2009

Street Magic · Joined: 23 Sep 2009

Neil · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo

Neil · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo

I think a good compromise would be to select a state/province where it's allowed (like Nevada for gambling and prostitution) so it can be an option to fly out there and treat yourself but would alleviate public fear that it could become a regular habit.

blackjack · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

There are few jurisdictions in the US that ban smoking in bars. New York is the largest and most well-known place where you can't smoke in a bar, but in the vast majority of the country it is still legal.

kotakji · Joined: 23 Oct 2006

There are still Cigar Bars in NY (do a quick search on Google) so I assume there are ways around the laws. Perhaps if it is designated specifically for the purpose it is OK.

RufusW · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: Busan

Smoking's not allowed in any indoor public place in the UK. With the EU, it'll soon (is) the same with Holland.

But they're getting around it by using vaporizers. This is also a healthier way to consume the drug. Seeing as people would want to try the drug but not intake tobacco, vaporizers would probably be used.