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Dec 18 2008

Decriminalization of Marijuana

Published by vrajavala at 7:26 pm under economics, finances, history, politics, science Edit This

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Decriminalization of Marijuana: this subject as been poking around for a long time and appears to be something that the Obama administration might very well consider.
Let’s look at who’s funding the effort to “decriminalize”: George Soros and a couple of other billionaires. George funds Marijuana Policy Project and also an economic researcher at Harvard, Dr. Jeffrey Miron. Dr. Miron’s analysis claims that, by legalizing marijuana, the federal and state governments save 7.7 billion in judicial, legal and corrections expenses and also, if there is a tax on the sale of marijuana, would stand to gain 2.6-6.6 bi

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2 Responses to “Decriminalization of Marijuana”

  1. davidrudeon 18 Dec 2008 at 7:45 pm edit this

    Great article……I never knew all that about George Soros i just know about he turns Move-On.Org which is just a propaganda web site but no different than any right wing website or right wing talk radio. Now are you for or against the Decriminalization I really couldn’t tell but from the way you started the article those sound like excellent enough reasons to me considering this “Recession” were under why would we not want to save an extra 15 billion……There is no reason to illegalize marijuana people are going to do it regardless if they want to or not just like cigarettes…..Make it legal and it will get old for some people….But great point about the meditation and yoga much overlooked in our society….

  2. skwguitaron 18 Dec 2008 at 10:25 pm edit this

    Don’t let one Nazi sympathizer ruin marijuana for everyone. It’s just a plant, it grows naturally, humans had nothing to do with that… legalize it!

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