Absinthe in the US?

[beef_bourito]

Originally Posted by 00accord44

I almost wish they would just figure out how they'll make money on weed so they can legalize it, but then the prices will skyrocket.

this is a comment i just don't understand. why the hell would prices skyrocket if weed was legalized? i've also heard people say that the quality will be crap. the problem with these statements is that they don't make economic sense. if the government legalizes weed and brings out an expensive product that is of the same or lesser quality than what's available, people won't buy it and will just keep buying the illegal stuff. the only way for them to make money is to come out with a better and/or less expensive product. i think if they were to legalize marijuana you would have: 1) a standard product or a standard of quality allowing you to know what you're buying before you buy it, 2) better quality in general, and 3) lower prices overall. not to mention you can have actual scientists working on making stronger and better stuff because they'll be allowed to study it and release their own strains that are better and stronger than what's out there.

also, i've tried "absynth" but i'm not sure if it was real or not. the girl said it's real but she's not the sharpest knife in the droor so i can't be sure. honestly i didn't mind the taste, i didn't sip it though, i was shooting it (i was pretty drunk at that point) and it was 60% stuff so it burned pretty well but i liked it better than some of the weaker alcohol i've had.

[Toksin]

I like absinthe. A shot or two to start the night or when I'm already pissed always changes my buzz a bit, but other than that, it's just another drink.

SL3000gt, what's LCD?

[VR43000GT]

Originally Posted by Toksin

I like absinthe. A shot or two to start the night or when I'm already pissed always changes my buzz a bit, but other than that, it's just another drink.

SL3000gt, what's LCD?

What you haven't heard of it? You take components from any given LCD, deep fat fry it, and then eat it. It is qute a buzz.

[00accord44]

Originally Posted by beef_bourito

this is a comment i just don't understand. why the hell would prices skyrocket if weed was legalized? i've also heard people say that the quality will be crap. the problem with these statements is that they don't make economic sense. if the government legalizes weed and brings out an expensive product that is of the same or lesser quality than what's available, people won't buy it and will just keep buying the illegal stuff. the only way for them to make money is to come out with a better and/or less expensive product. i think if they were to legalize marijuana you would have: 1) a standard product or a standard of quality allowing you to know what you're buying before you buy it, 2) better quality in general, and 3) lower prices overall. not to mention you can have actual scientists working on making stronger and better stuff because they'll be allowed to study it and release their own strains that are better and stronger than what's out there.

I agree that the quality would be way better for the average smoker to access, but I seriously doubt the American government would make it any cheaper than it is now. They would need to make substantial profit to justify the decision to legalize it in addition to the added costs for prosecution and housing of individuals caught selling weed without a license. The penalties for selling weed would become just as stiff as for selling cocaine because you are then taking business away from Uncle Sam and he can't have that People get arrested for weed all the time and get let off with cupcake charges. Legalization of the drug would make posession legal, so distribution would have to move up the food chain for prosecutors. After all, states eceive funding dependent on how many bodies they have in cells, so you can't cut out tht large a chunk of the intake without ramping up convictions somewhere else. Thats just my prediction.... but it aint happenin anytime soon anyway

[drunken monkey]

it'd get more expensive because they could then tax it.

[-Davo]

It's legal in Australia.

I've drank Green Fairy Absinthe, it's 60%, 500ml and I paid about 65 bucks for it.

The hallucination drug is called Wormwood, and you need, I think (don't quote me) over 200mg of the drug. In the Legal Australian version of the drink, there is only 20mg of the drunk in the drink because of standards.

[Oz]

Originally Posted by beef_bourito

=but she's not the sharpest knife in the droor so i can't be sure.

Sigged!

[Oz]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

it'd get more expensive because they could then tax it.

I think you are correct.

Let's explore some of the remifications of legalising weed - all the people currently in jail for weed related charges should be:

a: Let out
b: Let out and apologised to
c: ???

[beef_bourito]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

it'd get more expensive because they could then tax it.

but the problem is that if they tax it and it gets more expensive, people are just going to buy the illegal stuff. the only way for the government to make money on weed is to come out with a competitive product. if they can't compete with what's out there because their product is too expensive, they won't make money.

[00accord44]

Thats why jailing those that sell it illegaly would become more of a priority. As Oz pointed out, the people currently in jail for posession withOUT intent to sell would have good reason to believe they should be let out. But they would probably stay put since they were convicted of posession when it was still a crime. Plus, anybody who is in jail for any longer than 30 days is probably not in there because they only had some weed on em. Posession of weed that could be reasonably labeled as "personal use" gets a slap on the wrist and probation. Posession with intent to sell (over an oz, bagged up, scales, large amounts of cash) is when you get a stiffer penalty, but still its usually just a few days in jail until you go to arraignment and are released with "first-timer" probation.

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by beef_bourito

but the problem is that if they tax it and it gets more expensive, people are just going to buy the illegal stuff. the only way for the government to make money on weed is to come out with a competitive product. if they can't compete with what's out there because their product is too expensive, they won't make money.

Alcohol and tabacco are both taxed. How different would this be?

[00accord44]

^A pack of squares costs like $7.50 in Chicago now and that doesn't seem to be stopping anybody

[-Davo]

Originally Posted by Oz

I think you are correct.

Let's explore some of the remifications of legalising weed - all the people currently in jail for weed related charges should be:

a: Let out
b: Let out and apologised to
c: ???

d. Profit

[03cavPA]

Originally Posted by 00accord44

^A pack of squares costs like $7.50 in Chicago now and that doesn't seem to be stopping anybody

Tobacco is an addictive product. The tobacco companies "tweaked" the product to make it more addictive and now people will pay whatever it takes to keep using the product. I had a patient tell me that he bought a cabin and some land with the money he saved for a few years after he managed to quit smoking.

Shoot, even only one pack a day at $7.50 a pop amounts to $52.50 a week. Imagine a 2 or 3 pack a day smoker.

The gov't. makes some damn good tax money off tobacco and no one views tobacco in the same light as other drugs, even though the addiction is stronger than heroin. Such a deal for Big Tobacco.

[00accord44]

Exactly. Tobacco is one of the top contibutors to death and sickness in America, but somehow its legal. I have a few friends who have been "quitting" for the past 6 or 7 years yet they continue to spend at least $50 a week on that shit. I started and stopped smoking cigarettes in the 7th grade. Even back then, I knew it wasn't worth it.