WoodDragon Posted June 10, 2010 For those interested in the legal and financial aspects of the Weed... I noted an advertisment tonight for a segment on cannabis 8:00pm next Tuesday, 15 June, on the Australian ABC. It's called High Finance, and from what I can gather it's about the opportunities arising from the legalisation of marijuana. It should cause quite a stir on the talkback airways afterward, and I'm sure that it will have pencil-pushers of all stripes furiously scribbling. This area is not really my bag, but it will probably be of interest to others here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr me Posted June 10, 2010 I'll have to check it out, thanks for the info. Unfortunately there is more money to be made from keeping it illegal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice Posted June 11, 2010 More info here- http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2010/s2923813.htm Let’s call it Califloracation. Or supplier-side economics. Groaning under the crushing weight of a multi-billion dollar deficit, California is dreaming up novel ways of paying its bills. And like a slacker’s cry in a Judd Apatow stoner film or a punch line in Cheech and Chong sketch - a bright idea: What about drugs! Seriously. An authorised cannabis trade already operates in California. A medical-use system which has grown and grown into a defacto mainstream trade. "I’d be dead without it. I don’t get high from cannabis at all. It’s really boring. I really honestly don’t like using it. I do it because I have to." ANGEL RAICH Pain sufferer, cannabis user But later this year Californians will vote on a proposition to legalise marijuana altogether - enabling anyone over 21 to possess an ounce of the drug and grow it themselves. The payoff: the state get its hands on urgently needed tax revenue. "Maybe two or three billion for the State budget. Now that’s not going to resolve a 20 billion dollar deficit but it would go a long way towards many things people are seeing being pared down." TOM AMMIANO Democrat legislator Reporter Eric Campbell goes up country to meet a man we’ll call – with apologies to the incumbent Governor – The Germinator. Matt Cohen is one of the country’s premium cannabis horticulturalists with a pristine organic seed bank. ‘La Confidential, Casey Jones, Blue Cheese …’ Matt reads a seemingly endless list of varieties with counter-culture names certain to change if and when California choose to Legalise It. The Cannabusiness has its supporters but naturally there are detractors. "It’s a major cause of substance dependence in the United State. It’s a leading cause of going into treatment in the United States. It’s a leading cause of highway fatalities that rivals alcohol in the United States. It’s a very serious health problem - and especially I would say, for youth." DR ROBERT DU PONT Head of Drug Policy (Ford/Reagan) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WoodDragon Posted June 12, 2010 Bumpitty, before it falls off the screen and is therefore not noticed by those who do not scroll! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethnodude Posted June 12, 2010 Thanks for the bump. Will have to check this one out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
