The title is a link to find your US Representative in Congress. Please click it, find out who they are, and completely inundate them with calls and e-mails.
Let them know that if they don't vote yes for this bill, that you will be voting against them in the next election.
This is very important, this bill would allow the States to regulate, tax, and control Cannabis on their own levels. Including even allowing the local jurisdictions final say.
This is truly how our government is meant to be. The Federal Government should stay out of our personal lives. This is a key issue of Freedom of Choice, and if you agree that everyone who is a legal adult (by a State level could be 18, could be 21) to make their own choices regarding the consequences of what they put in their bodies. So long as they are fully informed of the consequences, and can safely obtain a product that is known to be of a specific potency and quality control.
This is where this bill is truly superior. It simply eliminates the Federal Government's role in regulating any commerce that takes place within a State's own borders. The Feds would still be responsible for monitoring for trafficking across State lines or Internationally. However, finally, the States would be able to tax, regulate, and control the Marijuana being grown in their borders. This would also mean a higher level of safety standards preventing children from obtaining Cannabis.
If it were to be legalized in the States that choose to make it so, then they would have a decreased demand in the Black Market, and therefore it would be less profitable for criminals to sell it. This would enormously reduce the availability to children. The reason kids (anyone under 18 in my opinion) are able to obtain Marijuana easier than Alcohol, is BECAUSE of it's prohibition, not in spite of it.
If we make this fell swoop change to our Federal Regulations, the implications would be tremendous and nearly immediate. All the State's that legalize Marijuana (probably beginning with the 16 States and District of Columbia, who have already legalized it's medical use.) would immediately begin to see an increase in revenue in the State's coffers. A boost that would be badly needly, and welcomely deserved to the Schools, Roads, and even Chemical Dependency Facilities.
This boost in revenue, it could be withheld from the Federal Government entirely. Although, I don't see that happening, I see the State's contributing at least a portion of the tax revenues generated to the Federal Coffers. This would make a powerful dent in the Federal Budget Deficit, which is the only way to begin paying down the national debt.
Secondly, and almost as immediately, would be the secondary impact of boosting the economic demand for other services and goods that would receive additional growth simply by the cottage industries that could pop up all over due to Marijuana legalization. There are truly too many to name, but the few that come to the top of my mind: Fast Food and/or Junk Food, Video Games, Books, and Movies are likely to sell more, industry catering to growers, medicated edible producers, and so much more.
There would also be boosts to Local, State, and Federal taxes associated with these industries as well.
Finally, I would like to speak out just on the terms of Consequence. Whether or not you like Marijuana, you have to look at the consequences of it's prohibition versus the consequences of not prohibiting it. The consequences of prohibition are huge, and include: Ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, creating a Black Market and artificial scarcity, which artificially increases demand, resulting in huge markup in price, resulting in higher profits for the criminals, which ultimately funds their nefarious activities and allows them to commit even worse atrocities thanks to the profits generated by the artificially high priced Marijuana.
If Marijuana were not prohibited: It could be taxed, regulated, and controlled, resulting in increase in quality and safety of the product, especially for medical use, along with restricting the access to only adults or those who have a prescription. This makes it especially hard to have a Black Market for Marijuana, because the prices would probably go down, reducing profits for the criminals, along with the demand going down because it would be legally and safely available. If this were to happen, even growers that want to make a living off of it in their own State would be able to do so, and it would allow them to grow larger quantities to match demand.
Finally, remember, it's not the Government's place to decide what you can and cannot do to yourself. That's the real crux of the argument. They can tell you six ways from Sunday how not to hurt another individual, but in finality, they cannot and should not tell you what to do to yourself.
Freedom of Choice. Choose Ron Paul in 2012, he's the best Candidate to Clean Up America's Debt, and Restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Let them know that if they don't vote yes for this bill, that you will be voting against them in the next election.
This is very important, this bill would allow the States to regulate, tax, and control Cannabis on their own levels. Including even allowing the local jurisdictions final say.
This is truly how our government is meant to be. The Federal Government should stay out of our personal lives. This is a key issue of Freedom of Choice, and if you agree that everyone who is a legal adult (by a State level could be 18, could be 21) to make their own choices regarding the consequences of what they put in their bodies. So long as they are fully informed of the consequences, and can safely obtain a product that is known to be of a specific potency and quality control.
This is where this bill is truly superior. It simply eliminates the Federal Government's role in regulating any commerce that takes place within a State's own borders. The Feds would still be responsible for monitoring for trafficking across State lines or Internationally. However, finally, the States would be able to tax, regulate, and control the Marijuana being grown in their borders. This would also mean a higher level of safety standards preventing children from obtaining Cannabis.
If it were to be legalized in the States that choose to make it so, then they would have a decreased demand in the Black Market, and therefore it would be less profitable for criminals to sell it. This would enormously reduce the availability to children. The reason kids (anyone under 18 in my opinion) are able to obtain Marijuana easier than Alcohol, is BECAUSE of it's prohibition, not in spite of it.
If we make this fell swoop change to our Federal Regulations, the implications would be tremendous and nearly immediate. All the State's that legalize Marijuana (probably beginning with the 16 States and District of Columbia, who have already legalized it's medical use.) would immediately begin to see an increase in revenue in the State's coffers. A boost that would be badly needly, and welcomely deserved to the Schools, Roads, and even Chemical Dependency Facilities.
This boost in revenue, it could be withheld from the Federal Government entirely. Although, I don't see that happening, I see the State's contributing at least a portion of the tax revenues generated to the Federal Coffers. This would make a powerful dent in the Federal Budget Deficit, which is the only way to begin paying down the national debt.
Secondly, and almost as immediately, would be the secondary impact of boosting the economic demand for other services and goods that would receive additional growth simply by the cottage industries that could pop up all over due to Marijuana legalization. There are truly too many to name, but the few that come to the top of my mind: Fast Food and/or Junk Food, Video Games, Books, and Movies are likely to sell more, industry catering to growers, medicated edible producers, and so much more.
There would also be boosts to Local, State, and Federal taxes associated with these industries as well.
Finally, I would like to speak out just on the terms of Consequence. Whether or not you like Marijuana, you have to look at the consequences of it's prohibition versus the consequences of not prohibiting it. The consequences of prohibition are huge, and include: Ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, creating a Black Market and artificial scarcity, which artificially increases demand, resulting in huge markup in price, resulting in higher profits for the criminals, which ultimately funds their nefarious activities and allows them to commit even worse atrocities thanks to the profits generated by the artificially high priced Marijuana.
If Marijuana were not prohibited: It could be taxed, regulated, and controlled, resulting in increase in quality and safety of the product, especially for medical use, along with restricting the access to only adults or those who have a prescription. This makes it especially hard to have a Black Market for Marijuana, because the prices would probably go down, reducing profits for the criminals, along with the demand going down because it would be legally and safely available. If this were to happen, even growers that want to make a living off of it in their own State would be able to do so, and it would allow them to grow larger quantities to match demand.
Finally, remember, it's not the Government's place to decide what you can and cannot do to yourself. That's the real crux of the argument. They can tell you six ways from Sunday how not to hurt another individual, but in finality, they cannot and should not tell you what to do to yourself.
Freedom of Choice. Choose Ron Paul in 2012, he's the best Candidate to Clean Up America's Debt, and Restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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