Not everyone can grow?Oh come on,you know better than that.Before all the legalization nonsense started there was a thriving dope industry in this country.It didn't blossom the last few years when legalization started,its been anywhere and everywhere.And its still thriving,legalization hasn't stopped anything ,a lot of growers still grow it illegally so they don't have to go the legal business route and pay the taxes and follow the regs that go along with running a business.It has removed the fear of getting caught because it no longer has any priority with law enforcement.So now,we have legal and illegal drug businesses running hand in hand.Nothing solved.Anybody that thought it would lives in a fools paradise.

Lol, I said grow "quality cannabis"...I grew up in the #1 cannabis producing state in the nation, back when it was on fire in the 70's & 80's, even Grandma's grew it here...But it sounds like you got it figured out Buck. ...Carry on.

Same with fat people who eat too much-dont waste resources giving them stents.
Let them OD on grease.

British Columbia is running a massive safe supply operation. You can get dozens of pills of dilauded free at the pharmacy per day. They also recently opened Canada's first Legal Cocaine factory.
All drugs are decriminalized under a certain amount.
There are even modified ice cream trucks that drive around and instead of selling ice cream they are selling Cocaine, meth, etc.

Are you serious?

That is really messed up!! SMH

Those who think all drugs should be legal only want more people to die. It is sadistic, evil and cruel. For goodness sake look at Oregon. It is a worse crap hole than it was and San Fran led the way.

Usually people have mental problems or anxiety issues. These tend to contribute to family and social problems. Ever talked to an intelligent druggie? If you think so, talk a little longer to them.

I sincerely see the need for medical marijuana and medical use of other illicit drugs. But recreational use of drugs of any kind is not beneficial to anyone or any society. Examples abound of legalized drug failure.

The stigma of mental health needs to be changed. It needs to be as or even more important than physical health. If people were treated for mental issues by counseling or mentally stabilizing drugs we would be a lot better off. But let anyone find out you were treated for a mental issue and you will be treated like a kook or a leper.

Sad state of mental affairs the greatest country on earth has become.

But let's legalize drugs in the name of more tax money so the proletariat can have more power over us. That makes all the sense in the world now doesn't it? I guess I truly do misunderstand libertarians because if that is the way you think it is no wonder they have never gotten traction. Twisted and don't know their butt from a donut hole.

Who do some of you idiots think the government is going to give that money to?

Do you honestly think it will lower your taxes?

Do you think less people will OD and go to the hospital to be treated on yours and my dime?

How stupid can some of y'all be?

Good grief!!!

Don’t get me wrong, the “lower wasteland” of British Columbia is a libtard disaster area. Much like eastern Canada

But,,,,,,,,

The company that got the license too make synthetic cocaine(Adastra holdings) Has the license too make 200 grams of cocaine per year

200 grams is nothing,,,,,200 grams of blow likely goes thru “Rusty’s”(prime Vancouver strip club) every night

But, but alcohol.

Yeah I know. That's where everybody goes instead of talking about helping people.

Give them more drugs. That will help.

JEEZ!!!

Pass the bong........and the Bacon Double Cheeseburgers, dude !!!!!

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Since I can't quote you saying people won't pay for highly taxed pot, I'm going to respond to you here. I live in a small Illinois town with a dispensary who runs operations throughout Illinois and Michigan as well. They sell grams for $20, ounces for $300. They are slammed full of people every single day of the week. The parking lot is filled to the brim with out of staters from Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana. They do tons of business and bring in tons of tax money. The pot is taxed based on its potency. There are 3 tiers of tax, where the highest tier is taxed up to 18% I believe. This place's prices are more than double what you can pay for pot on the street ($10 grams, $120 ounces). So yes, know-it-all, there are tons of people willing to pay their money over over priced, over taxed pot.

I'm your icecream man
Stop me when I'm passing by
All my flavours are guaranteed to satisfy.

In my opinion as harsh as it may sound. OD is not a problem it is the cure. Very few people on hard drugs get off of them regardless of what they go through. They will sell their soul for the next hit. My uncle had done his share of drugs before in the past. He was in a crack house one time and a drugged out woman came in there looking for a hit. All the dealers that lived there had long gotten tired of using her as payment so they told her well you know what you have to do. Go out back and perform an act on the dog. She did. OD is the cure. Everyone knows of someone who has lost a good life, family and friends to drug abuse. In my opinion if they are stupid enough to still try it then I have no sympathy for them.

It would appear that many in the country are already living in a haze of their own creation, I can only imagine how the legalization of drugs will expand on that.

Based on what i have read, there are two companys with a cocaine dealers licence in BC, granted by health canada. And the way it is worded, they are able to "interact" with a maximum of 250 grams at a time. I have not seen anything about a yearly limit.
Also the licence includes permission to import coca leaves for production.

That's my understanding. But I also don't have any interest in it so I couldnt be bothered to do anymore research. I'd rather be duck hunting. Lol

Too much big pharma money to allow that!

I am opposed to any sort of recreational drug use. Anytime you want to change how your brain works and alter your perception of reality, is in my opinion, a sign that something is not quite right in the person's personal life.

However, that being said, I don't think outlawing recreational drug use will fix people's personal issues. It is a deep and apparently worsening societal problem that is caused by sorrow, hopelessness, boredom, and a variety of other issues.

Keeping these drugs illegal just enriches gangsters, and causes a huge set of other problems.

There is not much we can do legally to prevent people from destroying their own lives. I suppose we just have to live with this until either it becomes uncool to do drugs, or until these self destructive people kill themselves, or until they hit rock bottom and seek help.

Colorado has collected two billion dollars from mj fees and taxes per 2021. What good has come from an ultra liberal state govt having two thousand millions in extra revenue? I dunno, why don't you drive thru Denver a time or two. Homeless encampments in most parks. Homeless virtually everywhere. Surely they fixed the roads right? No, roads are in shambles. They did build a few new schools to further indoctrinate the next generation to their liberal ideology. So that's a win!!

Amen