**Per pound,below. Sorry.

Fun Fact: Marijuana is worth more per weight than almost any other resource, including gold. Only thing that's more i can think of would probably be Diamonds i think.
Even the crappiest,nastiest weed still fetches anywhere from 250-500 bucks. Good stuff can be as much as 2000-6000$,depending on where you live. (I'm talking about the weed you smoke, not the kind you can make clothes,paper,fuel,food,vitamins,polymers,shelter...you get the idea.)

Lets add in that HEMP is also, without a doubt, the single most usable and flexible cash crop in the world. We can use it, import it, import the products, import the plant to make products, but we cant grow it. Why can we import it here, but we can't grow it here? Also an amazing bio-fuel source.....Even the weed that doesn't get you HIGH is still more valuble than oil, as it is so diverse and can be used for thousands of uses.

and lets add its a WEED. so it grows anywhere WITHOUT fertilizer...

post of the day sandman. i sooooo wish the blind could comprehend what you are saying. if only we had a historical reference to give your theory some credibility...oh yeah...we do:)

Right on Sandmand!!

Yay.

Now if we would only legalize it and tax it we could get the criminality and gangs out of it, stop wasting law enforcement and prosecutor time and jail space, generate additional revenue for health care reform, create a productive and lucrative niche for small farmers, and result in a real win-win situation.

But that's not what government and big tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceutical companies are all about now, is it?

You still need permits to plant on public property. People just can't go around planting whatever they want. There are certain things people could plant that would cause more harm than good to the environment.

oldtimer: you apprear to be stuck in the 50's.

tyger: really?? research it?? feel free to read my 2000 plus posts and your answers are there. trust me, ive spent enough time reading, learning, and LIVING what pot really is. research it. ha...you must be new here:)

Why can't you plant what you want on public land? My hubby plants ginseng. People plant wildflowers. I never saw anything wrong with marijuana, as long as you just smoke it, not made criminal (by selling it). Make it legal. I am 46 and used to smoke in my 20's. I have a relative that still does and he is 60!!! Hasn't killed anyone I know of.

tyger,

Marijuana smokers aren't addicted like cigarette smokers are. Besides that, the stuff is way too easy to grow yourself. The government wouldn't be able to get the same tax money from marijuana smokers that they're getting from cigarette smokers.

For those of you who simply say legalize marijuana, please explain your point of view with supporting evidence and credible research. You say legalize it and tax it now, but you will be the first to complain about the high taxes when you can't support your habit.

Just what we need more pot head driving, texting, most of them are spaced out.

got ya;)

Oh and FYI, I wasn't arguing with you about which one was more natural. My point was you can't just go plant whatever you want wherever you want. Just like you can't hunt wherever you want. That's all.

kid - you brought it up. I was merely stating some facts to the point you were trying to make.

Just think of all the job's that will be lost if you legalize it

thanks kai...and yer always good for some common sense logic!!

spark: if you want to get technical and analyze it be my guest. i really dont care how long bullets have been made. theyre still man made. i also dont care where or who does the planting...but putting a seed in the ground for mother nature to grow...well...you have me speechless i guess. i really didnt think anyone would debate whether a bullet or plant in the forest is more natural.

thekid,
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You're always good for a good laugh in the morning :-D.
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Planting large amounts of marijuana on preserved land could have ENORMOUS consequences, even with marijuana being a miracle drug. I, and I think most other people, certainly do not condone that action. Obviously, some people feel it is the safest way, though. This is one of those secondary reasons to legalize marijuana. No one is saying (or has accused anyone of saying) if criminals outwit the law, then just change the law so they aren't criminal any more. However, if you were to legalize marijuana for all of the GREAT reasons there are, then one nice side effect is you take care of this other problem we are having right now.
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I don't consider guns a natural way to kill wild life. Then again, we messed up the ecosystem pretty bad in unnatural ways. We are a people who nearly drove buffalo to extinction, just for the sport of it. I think we try to ensure our hunting does its best to maintain a -natural- balance in the ecosystem. In that way, I'll go ahead and agree that it's close to natural and it's for a good purpose.
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I think one will find it hard though, to imagine the guy walking around a forest with a rifle/shotgun to kill animals, is afraid of plants ;-).

Kid- If you want to get technical and analyze it. It's public grounds and obviously someone planted it there. You can't just go plant whatever you want on public property. So it's not natural.
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Bullets or something similar started being used in the
1400's.

Damn hunter

Question: How much tax money was paid on these operations? Answer: Too much. Can we legalize marijuana already.

heres the story from the 'bust' up north.

http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=...

please note how they had to use bulldozers and destroy FOREST LAND to remove the plants. what i really love about this story is the hunter is quoted

"Pretty scary, you'd like to think that this is more of a hunting area. Keep things natural, don't want crazy stuff going on."

now im by no means against hunting...but please tell me what is 'natural' about using a bullet to shoot an animal...but a plant growing in the forest is not??

What a shocker. People growing pot on land that can't be seized by the law...Just make it legal and start collecting the taxes already!

Its called easy access .

lame bobb