The real harm in legalizing weed

[JustJake]

why do you suppose it is in the interest of producers to add carcinogens? would you pay more for carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed? if you wouldn't, and most others also wouldnt, than why should we expect these producers to generate more revenue from selling carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed?

It is not in the interest of corporations to add carcinogens.  It is in their interest to be cheap and lazy (or efficient if that is what you want to call it).  It just happens that sometimes being efficient causes cancer.  If they can improve the shelf life of weed with additives (boosting their margins) and it also happens to increase your risk of cancer then expect your risk of cancer to go up.

[Anon136]

why do you suppose it is in the interest of producers to add carcinogens? would you pay more for carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed? if you wouldn't, and most others also wouldnt, than why should we expect these producers to generate more revenue from selling carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed?

It is not in the interest of corporations to add carcinogens.  It is in their interest to be cheap and lazy (or efficient if that is what you want to call it).  It just happens that sometimes being efficient causes cancer.  If they can improve the shelf life of weed with additives (boosting their margins) and it also happens to increase your risk of cancer then expect your risk of cancer to go up.

Hm maybe some people would buy weed with preservatives in it because it was cheaper, if they did than they would need to deal with the consequences of their actions. i for one would not buy such a product and so they would make no profits off of me.

[goodlord666]

And did you ever consider the taxes you'll have to pay?

Dealers FTW.

Probably be cheaper even with taxes, only reason it costs what it does is because it's illegal.

I've noticed prices on SR are getting more affordable. Regardless of dollar conversion.

There's more competition and supply now.

[JustJake]

why do you suppose it is in the interest of producers to add carcinogens? would you pay more for carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed? if you wouldn't, and most others also wouldnt, than why should we expect these producers to generate more revenue from selling carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed?

It is not in the interest of corporations to add carcinogens.  It is in their interest to be cheap and lazy (or efficient if that is what you want to call it).  It just happens that sometimes being efficient causes cancer.  If they can improve the shelf life of weed with additives (boosting their margins) and it also happens to increase your risk of cancer then expect your risk of cancer to go up.

Hm maybe some people would buy weed with preservatives in it because it was cheaper, if they did than they would need to deal with the consequences of their actions. i for one would not buy such a product and so they would make no profits off of me.

That will do you absolutely no good if the business you buy healthy stuff from goes out of business because you are their only customer.  Again it is the Walmart effect.  Individuals think they have so much influence over their lifestyle.  You have to be pretty wealthy or convince a lot of other people to your cause if you want to be able to afford the lifestyle you desire.

[Snipes777]

The downside of legal weed is that increased taxes and regulations lead to increased state revenue. This leads to mare drone strikes on innocent children, ndaa and cispa type legislation, and a new brand of drug war that goes after drugs besides marijuana.

[Anon136]

why do you suppose it is in the interest of producers to add carcinogens? would you pay more for carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed? if you wouldn't, and most others also wouldnt, than why should we expect these producers to generate more revenue from selling carcinogenic weed than non carcinogenic weed?

It is not in the interest of corporations to add carcinogens.  It is in their interest to be cheap and lazy (or efficient if that is what you want to call it).  It just happens that sometimes being efficient causes cancer.  If they can improve the shelf life of weed with additives (boosting their margins) and it also happens to increase your risk of cancer then expect your risk of cancer to go up.

Hm maybe some people would buy weed with preservatives in it because it was cheaper, if they did than they would need to deal with the consequences of their actions. i for one would not buy such a product and so they would make no profits off of me.

That will do you absolutely no good if the business you buy healthy stuff from goes out of business because you are their only customer.  Again it is the Walmart effect.  Individuals think they have so much influence over their lifestyle.  You have to be pretty wealthy or convince a lot of other people to your cause if you want to be able to afford the lifestyle you desire.

even if there are literally so few people out there like me that there is no profit at all to be made in producing non carcinogenic weed, this would only be a problem in our imaginary scenario because the government isnt letting me grow it myself. So clearly this is once again the fault of government and not private industry.

[Fiyasko]

I buy Marijuana legally here in Victoria BC Canada Costing me less than $10 a gram, With taxes included, It is very quality stuff, And if it was legalised like alcohol the whole economy would turn to a crawl, Everyone would lose motivation to do Anything.

Marijuana should be kept as a perscription style medicational cigarette

[GernMiester]

I buy Marijuana legally here in Victoria BC Canada Costing me less than $10 a gram, With taxes included, It is very quality stuff, And if it was legalised like alcohol the whole economy would turn to a crawl, Everyone would lose motivation to do Anything.

Marijuana should be kept as a perscription style medicational cigarette

Sure it would . Every person I know or knew who only smoked pot holds a job, pays all their bills, have families, own small businesses and get in ZERO trouble. Sure some will get anti-motivational syndrome but they should not be jailed for smoking a plant that grows like wildfire.

Pot smoker need money to buy pot so they go to work, not go on drug fueled robbing sprees.  Its already LEGAL and your economy is not at a stand still is it?

[Harvin]

My friend just had a really interesting perspective on one major downside to legalizing weed.  He supposes that illegal weed would actually be healthier than legal corporate produced weed.

Think about it.  If weed is legalized and regulated then suddenly you have a legal market for businesses to enter with a bunch of money hungry sharks at the helm of the market.  With the purpose of profits in mind, they will probably be adding FDA approved "additives" that will actually make it more carcinogenic, addictive, and give you less THC per unit consumed.  Weed will become cigarettes and coca-cola.

I think the real "mind blown" moment of the conversation was when I agreed that corporate America was probably more willing to harm people than local drug dealers are.

Am I late to the game on this line of reasoning?  Is there anyone who thinks that my perspective is off base?

Dude you are so far off lmao. People dying from "Vapes" at the moment are actually people who had those thc pens and the juice they were getting was so toxic cause why would a drug dealer care about how healthy something is for you they just want you to get high and buy more of that shit. I personally buy from a lab tested dispensary in Canada and its awesome never have to worry about something being wrong with my weed and it comes to my door with 2 day shipping  It will just be like alcohol the same thing.

[manbitcoinlover]

Honestly, there is a lot of points to debate in this topic of legalized vs illegal weed. Obviously, there are health concerns, worries, you wonder if something is laced or not, and then you worry about the quality of the product, is it strong, good flavor, or weak and useless. Then there is the financial perspective, where you can understand why weed is finally being legalized and who the people and the companies are, who will actually profit from this. JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY. Honestly,  its nothing complicated.

[bitvestorhacked]

Hard to find real stuff this days, spent 3 weeks in Amsterdam in OCT this year, they sold pure ones and ones mixed with tobacco your choice, it felt good since its legal  i had no worry, was calm and relaxed, i was looking around and people smoking no disturbance, all was calm, i was in this shop where you could smoke and eat listen to music there is even an underground room, maybe it was the toilet i was calm high to care why people was heading down there anyways. The thing is being legal felt good but again i don't want it to be legal all over the world because then will come abuse, bad stuff and as you said the govt will try to reduce its natural weed stuff and maybe add chemicals too.

[posoa]

It is not in the best interest of humans to take weeds, so legalizing it will mean increasing the cases of Cancer. The country I come from does not have any Tolerance for anything call  weeds, it have not been legalize and there are many cases of  cancer as a result of smoking.

[peter0425]

It is not in the best interest of humans to take weeds, so legalizing it will mean increasing the cases of Cancer. The country I come from does not have any Tolerance for anything call  weeds, it have not been legalize and there are many cases of  cancer as a result of smoking.

do you really know what does Legalizing means?how did you connect the increase of cancer when Smoking Tobacco is the number 1 source of cancer in the world?

legalizing Weeds means for health purpose and not to the extent that people will be allowed just to take weeds anytime they wanted too,there are many studies that Marijuana can cure some sickness and this is the objective of this topic.

[mlmdaily]

Weed is the easiest way to take drugs easier and start trying something harder and more dangerous.

[pressnegl]

JustJake, I'm very interested in what kind of pot your friend smokes? I want to look at the world from the same angle.
I need this joint!

[COCKSMUGGLA69]

Weed is the easiest way to take drugs easier and start trying something harder and more dangerous.

ok joe biden...

Gateway drug theory has been debunked for decades now.

[hirotokyung]

Weed should not be legalized, it should be smoked.

LOL this is the type of answer I was looking for

[Negotiation]

I think the real disadvantage of weeding legalization is the legitimacy of the government. Because weeding is legalized to do something or to balance the environment, it is more likely to suffer.

[BADecker]

Legalizing weed isn't really legalizing weed. It is controlling people. Why? Because anybody can grow weed in his back yard.

Get government out of it altogether... except in one area. Government should advertise like crazy about the dangers of using poor quality weed.

What about taxing weed? We already have sales taxes and income taxes all over the place. Apply them just the same as they are already.

The point? When you get government into anything, they want to take profits away from people, and give them to government people.

Get government out of weed, and everything else.

[gerica0613]

As long as government doesn't force private business to add mandatory components (I don't imagine this happening tho), it's in producers' interest to make the most potent, "clean", cheap and premium quality weed. Competition drives progress and I couldn't be happier about it in terms of bud production