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3 States Mull MJ Legalization Experts Warn: Beware
Posted by CN Staff on July 17, 2012 at 12:45:04 PT
By Ian Duncan
Source: Los Angeles Times
Washington -- Legalizing marijuana in even a single state could drive down prices dramatically across the country, encouraging more people to smoke the drug, a panel of experts said at a briefing Tuesday. Last week, Oregon became the third state that will vote this November on a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, joining Colorado and Washington.“Legalization is unprecedented – not even the Netherlands has done it – it is entirely possible it will happen this year,” said Jonathan Caulkins, co-author of "Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know."
“The effects will be enormous,” said Caulkins, a professor at Carnegie Mellon, during an event at the American Enterprise Institute.The Obama administration opposes legalizing marijuana and has taken action to shut down some medical marijuana dispensaries in California and Colorado.Caulkins said one of the main reasons for outlawing the drug is to make it riskier to produce and sell, driving up prices and curbing use. A price collapse following legalization in some states could undermine marijuana laws nationally, the experts warned.Caulkins said Colorado’s proposition would allow residents to obtain a grower’s license fairly easily, making the state a good home for exporters of marijuana.“They would be able to provide marijuana to New York state markets at one quarter of the current price,” he said, predicting similar price declines in other states.Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy at UCLA, said his advice to federal officials would be “to sit down with the governor of the state and say, 'Look, we can make your life completely miserable -- and we will - unless you figure out a way to avoid the exports.”One option would be to impose strict limits on how much of the drug retailers could sell to each customer.Washington’s proposal would present authorities with a different problem. The state is proposing to create a strong system of regulations with the aim of propping up prices. Caulkins said the federal government could strike down the regulations but would leave a free-for-all behind.“The federal government will face some really difficult choices where actions are like double-edged swords,” Caulkins said.Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)Author:  Ian DuncanPublished: July 17, 2012Copyright: 2012 Los Angeles TimesContact: letters latimes.comWebsite: http://www.latimes.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/r5jWv8wZCannabisNews  -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #13 posted by gloovins on July 22, 2012 at 15:19:51 PT
Awesome!
"Legalizing marijuana in even a single state could drive down prices dramatically across the country..."
Sweet! Let's do it.
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Comment #12 posted by Sam Adams on July 18, 2012 at 13:55:34 PT
Colorado
3 plants and one ounce? Sounds more like prohibition that legal cannabis to me, the police will be able to bust any grower, not one will be under the limit.
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Comment #11 posted by HempWorld on July 18, 2012 at 10:55:57 PT
If Cannabis (or Marijuana) would be bad for you in
any way, shape or form, it would be legal!
Legalize it!
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Comment #10 posted by Storm Crow on July 18, 2012 at 09:22:22 PT
Caulkins is right about just one thing!
“The effects will be enormous, said Caulkins,"Marijuana May Slow Alzheimer's   (news - 2006)
http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20061006/marijuana-may-slow-alzheimersCannabidiol may be helpful in reducing the aggressiveness of breast cancer cells
(news - 2007)  http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=258Marijuana Ingredients Slow Invasion by Cervical and Lung Cancer Cells
(news - 2007)   http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20071226/pot-slows-cancer-in-test-tubeLab Notes: Pot Has Benefits for Diabetic Hearts    (news - 2010)
http://www.medpagetoday.com/LabNotes/LabNotes/23853Delta-Tetrahydrocannabivarin suppresses in vitro epileptiform and in vivo seizure activity in adult rats.  (abst - 2010)    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20196794Cannabidiol May be Effective in Preventing Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)    (news - 2007)    http://www.letfreedomgrow.com/articles/fr070916.htmSmoked cannabis for spasticity in multiple sclerosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.     (full – 2012)     http://www.cmaj.ca/content/184/10/1143.longAnd that is just the tiniest tip of the medical cannabis "iceberg"! For more information on what cannabis can do for you, run a search for "Granny Storm Crow's MMJ Reference List". It is free online. 
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on July 18, 2012 at 06:36:24 PT
Rosanne Barr on Letterman - Medical Marijuana
She was so funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBpjR1Apsos
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Comment #8 posted by runruff on July 17, 2012 at 16:51:38 PT
Cream will always rise to the top.
While the dregs will always find the bottom.It is happening. People like these and their arcane opinions are becoming a laughing stock.
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on July 17, 2012 at 16:09:23 PT
Oh Mark.
The super authoritarian prohibitionist. The Feds should get down and threaten the governors with misery, courtesy of the Federal Government? Sure, Mark. That's the best idea yet. No messing around with The Will of the People or State's Rights for ol' Mark the Dictatorial Shark.
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Comment #6 posted by Hope on July 17, 2012 at 16:03:14 PT
"A panel of experts"?
Somehow, I seriously doubt it.I know these guys. It was actually a panel of Prohibitionists. 
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Comment #5 posted by HempWorld on July 17, 2012 at 15:49:47 PT
Oops, Elton John:
"And it's getting more and more absurd."
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Comment #4 posted by HempWorld on July 17, 2012 at 15:48:43 PT
Yes, in the lyrics of Elton John:
"And it getting more and more absurd."
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Comment #3 posted by The GCW on July 17, 2012 at 14:21:02 PT
Caulkins: the sky will fall.
Caulkins: The sky will fall.
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Comment #2 posted by rchandar on July 17, 2012 at 13:44:47 PT:
Caulkins Is An Idiot
I get tired of people who assume that The Netherlands owns a monopoly on the MJ issue, or that Holland owns liberalism. If you read the Opium Act correctly, you would find that the Dutch were ALWAYS against full legalization.This is a worldwide issue. Holland is .02 percent of the world.
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Comment #1 posted by CropReport on July 17, 2012 at 13:26:12 PT
Caulkins is an idiot.
"Caulkins said Colorado’s proposition would allow residents to obtain a grower’s license fairly easily, making the state a good home for exporters of marijuana."Caulkins is an idiot. There is no 'grower's license' in our proposition. Any adult, 21 and over, may grow up to 3 plants. That doesn't make anyone an exporter. It makes them self-sufficient.Idiot.
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