02-26-2004, 02:05 AM
The major reason I would be against legalizing pot or any other drug is simple; drugs tend to have a chain effect.
Pot usually leads to heavier drugs, after all the high is what people are seeking and eventually pot isn't enough so they seek more dangerous drugs. Don't believe that? I have seen it first hand with 2 of my cousins.
The other major reason the government will never legalize pot is that people are suprisingly uninformed about the actually effects of the drug, as they are with most drugs. I hear all kinds of crap on what Pot really does, and over 90% of it is incorrect to the point of hilarity.
Personally if factories where less focused on how much money they are making (profit margins) and how much good they are doing, we would see much less economic problems. I realise this is nothing more than a Utopiac dream that will never be realised in our world.
Oh as to the 'stagnant' money statement, to a point man; If the money is in a bank or other such institution then that money is still an active part of the economy. Do you really think that a bank keeps the Exact same cash you gave them until you withdraw some of it? No, they just write down what you have in the bank, and the actuall money begins to recirculate.
Atleast we aren't in a slump like the 1920's, I say start bitching at the companies that move out of country and flat out boycott the lot of them. Dont buy things like Nike and Rebock; they make an absolute killing off their shoes (avg cost to make a single pair, including labor and taxes, is a little over 5$ US, then they sell it to you for 80-100 bucks... thats a very hefty profit.)
Pot usually leads to heavier drugs, after all the high is what people are seeking and eventually pot isn't enough so they seek more dangerous drugs. Don't believe that? I have seen it first hand with 2 of my cousins.
The other major reason the government will never legalize pot is that people are suprisingly uninformed about the actually effects of the drug, as they are with most drugs. I hear all kinds of crap on what Pot really does, and over 90% of it is incorrect to the point of hilarity.
Personally if factories where less focused on how much money they are making (profit margins) and how much good they are doing, we would see much less economic problems. I realise this is nothing more than a Utopiac dream that will never be realised in our world.
Oh as to the 'stagnant' money statement, to a point man; If the money is in a bank or other such institution then that money is still an active part of the economy. Do you really think that a bank keeps the Exact same cash you gave them until you withdraw some of it? No, they just write down what you have in the bank, and the actuall money begins to recirculate.
Atleast we aren't in a slump like the 1920's, I say start bitching at the companies that move out of country and flat out boycott the lot of them. Dont buy things like Nike and Rebock; they make an absolute killing off their shoes (avg cost to make a single pair, including labor and taxes, is a little over 5$ US, then they sell it to you for 80-100 bucks... thats a very hefty profit.)