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      <![CDATA[Ask the Dutch.
        
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      <![CDATA[Fact:humans who use cannabis (the word "marijuana" is racist;please don't use it) live longer and healthier lives than humans who DON'T use it.(Besides,half the plants in your yard can kill you,unlike cannabis,but THEY'RE not illegal,are they?Pfft! *rolls eyes*) ---- <a href="http://www.hemp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hemp.com</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[this was the funniest article i have read in ages. I LOVE my State!
        
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      <![CDATA[Perhaps now that it’s legal and the stigma’s gone, rather than relying on research groups’ findings people will be willing to report their own usage?  As for me, an eighth lasts around 3 weeks (however, due to the annoying continuing difficulty of procurement it’s been about 6 weeks since I’ve had any- so I guess that adversely affects my stats).  Caveat:  I'd much rather they estimate high!
        
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      <![CDATA[Will hemp growers in this state get priority over foreign growers?
        
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      <![CDATA[Its been said before,but bears repeating here:It is better to have and not need,than to need and not have:NEVER underestimate the Power or cannabis's ability to attract seekers of mundane pleasure (example:Amsterdam's coffee shops).Besides,if you're really gonna treat cannabis like booze,then let persons who are of age imbibe on-site as they can already do for ethanol. ----- <a href="http://www.hemp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hemp.com</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[two grams a day is an average, which includes the "party" tokers who will only consume if someone else brings it and they aren't at home (the majority of all adults in the state), the people who what to get really f*d up and smoke 2 grams in a sitting multiple times a day (the .1%), and then there's the gray area. People who would do it daily or weekly in their homes, and then the medical patients like myself who have come to rely on it to function and don't get "high" when we consume it, but use it as a lifeline. The point that I got from this article wasn't that they are hoping to limit the production or to set a cap on it and then that's it, but to make sure that they can license enough growers in enough places and have enough employees on staff to help with setup and regulation so that the market for those of us who need it aren't left hanging when everyone who has wanted to score a joint since college goes to the dispensary on the same day.<br>
        
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      <![CDATA[TWO GRAMS A DAY?? I make a gram last about a week - of course I'm not getting blasted morning noon and night. And I don't smoke every day.  In my experience, you only really get high once a day - the rest of the time it's a waste if you smoke more later.  A break of a day or two between sessions increases the high as well.
        
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      <![CDATA[2 grams a toke? I'm not sure even Godzilla could do that.
        
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      <![CDATA["Shitty methodolgy." I see what you did, there.
        
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      <![CDATA[3 million lbs. a year.. thats the math.
        
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      <![CDATA[ben you're already boring me
        
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      <![CDATA[It's about time somebody finally suggested we need to factor in the consumption by Cannabis Tourists.  Bravo!
        
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      <![CDATA[I want the franchise importing Lebanese red hash, and other fine cannabis products from parts of the world.  Afghan hase too....ohh laa laa!!
        
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      <![CDATA[Government is on thin ice whenever it tries to set prices and volumes. It's better to set the policies that sellers and buyers need to follow, and then regulate any behavior you are worried about. It reminds me of the taxi issue: <a href="http://daily.sightline.org/2011/08/05/freeing-taxis/" rel="nofollow">http://daily.sightline.org/2011/08/05/fr&hellip;</a> By trying to control the number of taxis on the street and the prices, regulators screw everything up. <br />
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The state needs to figure out what they're actually worried about, and regulate that. The amount of pot smoked and sold is probably not the critical issue.
        
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      <![CDATA[let the LCB generate 1 pound and then everybody that cant buy legal pot will quit smoking.
        
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      <![CDATA[I agree with Phil, this is a situation where the market should correct itself quite nicely.
        
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      <![CDATA[It's completely unclear to me just what the rules we've asked the state board of alcohol and cannabis to create are intended to accomplish.  Do their goals include restricting the supply of lawfully-cultivated cannabis?<br />
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I think anyone who proves that he can do the job safely and pays the fee should be licensed.  If the board creates artificial scarcity by limiting production, we'll be stuck with many of the same problems prohibition created.<br>
        
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