While I don’t outright support legalizing pot for casual users, I think more older people and people with social or depressive disorders could benefit heavily from it. It could also pave the way for the use of hemp which contains no THC (the active *high* ingredient in pot) to be used for paper, fuel (hemp oil), and various other uses, never mind a great nutritional benefits.

Anita Bartholomew says the following on the War on Drugs:

As long as marijuana is illegal, we’ll still be directing billions to enforcement, prosecution and incarceration. And we still won’t realize the revenues that regulation and taxation can bring.

We could use those lost billions right now. Estimates of the combined savings from legalizing marijuana, and revenues from taxing it like alcohol or tobacco, range from $13.94 to $41.8 billion per year. That’s enough to pay for all or most of President-elect Obama’s proposed ten-year, $150 billion alternative energy investment. Or it could contribute roughly one-fifth to one-half of the $75 billion per year estimated cost of Obama’s proposal to extend health insurance to all.

an interesting look at it all, and a possible hope for farmers, businesses, and the people alike. read the rest of the War on Drugs article Here.

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