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Following a series of links linked to links from this forum, a youtube video explained (at least partly) why governments around the world have not made cannabis legal. The main reason being, profits obtained from commodities which cannabis could replace, and cannabis as a plant is available to everyone. The profits add up to billions of dollars.

I have no idea if this is true, but would at least entertain it.

A further video by the same youtube user shows the relative dangers of cannabis compared to other drugs including alcohol and caffeine. Cannabis being the lowest in all categories.

It seems strange how these other more harmful drugs are legal, but cannabis isn't.

lampshade wrote:Following a series of links linked to links from this forum, a youtube video explained (at least partly) why governments around the world have not made cannabis legal. The main reason being, profits obtained from commodities which cannabis could replace, and cannabis as a plant is available to everyone. The profits add up to billions of dollars.

I have no idea if this is true, but would at least entertain it.

A further video by the same youtube user shows the relative dangers of cannabis compared to other drugs including alcohol and caffeine. Cannabis being the lowest in all categories.

It seems strange how these other more harmful drugs are legal, but cannabis isn't.

Its a complex misture of many things. To criminalise secures votes for political parties ( recent uk change ) pharmacutical reasons as well however its important to realise that the use of cannabis as medincine is sometimes exaggerated. Mis-informed public, biased media reporting and the fact that the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use is not as important as some of the other current issues means it gets swepted under the rug.

Basically it sucks, but unless we attend legalisation events ( which is now more risky due to the reclassification for some in sensitive jobs ) it will not change. I think we have many years before it will be legal, not in my lifetime. This is our lifestyle, just as a piss head has to deal with the consequences of their substance of choice we deal with ours. I still know which i would rather be.........

as long as cannabis is just seen as a drug like all the others (h, e, speed,....) from most of the people, there will be no chance that any government will legalize it (at least in my country). they are too much afraid of loosing their next poll.
the only way is too inform people, as sir niall said: legalistaion events, information campaign. but this will be a long, long, long way. i think there will be no great changes in law within the next 10 years.

It seems strange how these other more harmful drugs are legal, but cannabis isn't.

well...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDRBm-qbQI

you think too straight.
cannabis is illegal because of the many things its able to do. its a medicine (which would kick out like 50% of the medicines available now), thats the main reason it was forbidden half a century ago....hand in hand with the cotton industry, which was interested in the ban as well, because cotton would never had any chance against hemp and they knew it. same goes for many other industries.....

Cos the govt can make all this money buy dishing out fines left right & centre,Also if theres no weed they think people will buy up all there alcohol.

sh@dy wrote:you think too straight.
cannabis is illegal because of the many things its able to do. its a medicine (which would kick out like 50% of the medicines available now), thats the main reason it was forbidden half a century ago....hand in hand with the cotton industry, which was interested in the ban as well, because cotton would never had any chance against hemp and they knew it. same goes for many other industries.....

My opinon exactly

lampshade wrote:Following a series of links linked to links from this forum, a youtube video explained (at least partly) why governments around the world have not made cannabis legal. The main reason being, profits obtained from commodities which cannabis could replace, and cannabis as a plant is available to everyone. The profits add up to billions of dollars.

I have no idea if this is true, but would at least entertain it.

A further video by the same youtube user shows the relative dangers of cannabis compared to other drugs including alcohol and caffeine. Cannabis being the lowest in all categories.

It seems strange how these other more harmful drugs are legal, but cannabis isn't.

After looking at the facts, opinions and legislation I can only say it's because we live in a Mad world led by the Insane who seem to think that banning cannabis is important...



FF

"Why is Cannabis illegal"-a question to which i have never heard a sensible answer to...next time a pollytishun calls at your door,assk him that question and i guarantee he'll be stumped for an answer,(apart from churning out the party line).
It can't only be because Dupont discovered how to make nylon...or that someone invented the Cotton Jenny,making cotton easier to weave,...or the plastics/pharmaceutical/textile industies hold over World Governments...is it?????????????????

darkglobe wrote:"Why is Cannabis illegal"-a question to which i have never heard a sensible answer to...next time a pollytishun calls at your door,assk him that question and i guarantee he'll be stumped for an answer,(apart from churning out the party line).
It can't only be because Dupont discovered how to make nylon...or that someone invented the Cotton Jenny,making cotton easier to weave,...or the plastics/pharmaceutical/textile industies hold over World Governments...is it?????????????????

I'm also yet to hear a sensible answer, it boggles the mind why its illegal, but yet alcohol and tobacco are legal. It's the same in most countries too, I wonder what the catalyst was?

Which reminds me, the next episode of heroes might be out. (Random note).

Cannabis in the US was made illegal because of racism against blacks and mexicans, along with the political lobbying power of Hearst, DuPont and others, who had aleady invested millions into other methods of producing paper, oil etc, and were afraid of Hemp. Then the end of Alcohol Prohibiton came and the moralists needed something to crusade against, and boom Henry Anslinger says "marijuana" and "violence", on top of the political lobbying - BOOM marijuana illegal. It only remains so because of the billions of dollars that are made by all the industries that profit from prohibition, police on all levels, private prisons, rehab centers, drug testing services, DRUG CARTELS, even the alcohol, tobacco and, big pharma dont want the competition. They inturn donate money to the politicians to keep it illegal, and therefore everyone profits off of the misery of we the incarcerated, what a shame. peace

NirvanaEJ wrote:Cannabis in the US was made illegal because of racism against blacks and mexicans, along with the political lobbying power of Hearst, DuPont and others, who had aleady invested millions into other methods of producing paper, oil etc, and were afraid of Hemp. Then the end of Alcohol Prohibiton came and the moralists needed something to crusade against, and boom Henry Anslinger says "marijuana" and "violence", on top of the political lobbying - BOOM marijuana illegal. It only remains so because of the billions of dollars that are made by all the industries that profit from prohibition, police on all levels, private prisons, rehab centers, drug testing services, DRUG CARTELS, even the alcohol, tobacco and, big pharma dont want the competition. They inturn donate money to the politicians to keep it illegal, and therefore everyone profits off of the misery of we the incarcerated, what a shame. peace

It's so sad

NirvanaEJ wrote:Cannabis in the US was made illegal because of racism against blacks and mexicans, along with the political lobbying power of Hearst, DuPont and others, who had aleady invested millions into other methods of producing paper, oil etc, and were afraid of Hemp. Then the end of Alcohol Prohibiton came and the moralists needed something to crusade against, and boom Henry Anslinger says "marijuana" and "violence", on top of the political lobbying - BOOM marijuana illegal. It only remains so because of the billions of dollars that are made by all the industries that profit from prohibition, police on all levels, private prisons, rehab centers, drug testing services, DRUG CARTELS, even the alcohol, tobacco and, big pharma dont want the competition. They inturn donate money to the politicians to keep it illegal, and therefore everyone profits off of the misery of we the incarcerated, what a shame. peace

Yea its disgusting.

in a nutshell...it's illegal due to corporate GREED.....if they can't controll it and line their corporate pockets then they lobby to ban it......but it is strange how it is legal for certain drug companies to grow 30 000 plants (their own admission) in the uk after suitably bribing mugabe brown's junta

I don't really go the 'corporate greed' piece - because business is really amoral. They don't care about all the crap that's used to rationalize prohibition.

If it was legal (or decriminalized, like in A-Dam+), business would come in to fill a need and compete for business.

Just like they do in A-dam now.

It's really government, and the taxes. Government's can't tax a weed, and it really, really, burns their a$$.

That, and the whole police employment thing. Oh, and the 10% drop in liquor consumption - and corresponding tax losses and angry lobbyists.

I dont understand why people say the government cant tax a weed, if they can tax a tea leaf, a coffee bean, barley, hops, cotton, the amount of water you consume, and the tobacco plant, they can tax Cannabis as well, does this not follow logic?