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Marijuana Inc: Inside America's Pot Industry
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technine
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Marijuana Inc..
Marijuana Inc..
Just thought I'd share the link in case anyone missed it
Marijuana Inc. Part 1
Marijuana Inc..
Just thought I'd share the link in case anyone missed it
Marijuana Inc. Part 1
If I can pick up a 20 pack of joints/spliffs that will always have a consistent potency, flavor, and decent price.. Then yeah. Can't speak for anyone elses opinion though. I am not currently a big time grower/dealer so I wouldn't really lose anything.
Actually the biggest bitch about Monsanto is their strict controls when it comes to using their seed for breeding stock, or sowing their seed without purchasing it from them. But then there is a trend among Cannabis seed breeders to only sell feminized seed. Also if a big conglomerate should sell cannabis on a widescale in the US and it was garbage I'd just grow my own as many other people would, and other companies would step up to the plate with a better product. Free Market System!
There wouldn't be corporate control of the plant. Do you know anything of the REAL tobacco industry besides all the negative stuff that the government (sound familiar?) and health types tell us? What about the farmers? The Curing process? How different tobaccos are used in different products?
I can legally have tobacco seed sent to me without fear. http://seedempire.com/FLOWERING-TOB...tiana-rustica-sacred-tobacco-seeds-p-106.html
Cannabis ummm not so much in the states (probably soon though)
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Read the muthapharking story first. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/1028/126.html Then you might see the point I was trying to make. We all know that the Iraq war turned out to be the biggest clusterphunk in the history of the US. My point was that the media has a way of selling certain ideas and concepts to the masses. And they target certain portions of society first.
Yeah so don't say you want cannabis legalized because you don't. You merely want to see it decriminalized. There is a difference.
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PrimoVG
there's a poll for the decriminalization of cannabis....97% in favor - 24k+ votes logged in...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28621704
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28621704
you think the goverment is trying to scare you out of using the tobacco produced by Philip and Morris? really?
so basically what you are saying is that all the deaths caused directly by the use of their NH3 sprayed tobacco is just a scare tactic the goverment uses to tax tobacco? wtf... it is obvious someone needs a reality check...
also, because you do not understand that legalization does not equal corporate control of the plant, you say silly stuff like I not wanting cannabis legal but only decriminalized... you simply do not understand that cannabis a sacrament and allowing the corporations of the baldheads to take over our plant to be as much of a crime as keeping it illegal as it is today.
Obama has already stated that he is against home-cultivation in case cannabis laws became more relaxed...
some of you simply have no idea how far greed goes in this world...
Paz.
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PrimoVG
i don't think a fair comparison can be made between cannabis and tabacco (cigarettes)...mainly because the production process for cigarettes involve so many additives (hundreds)...I think a more accurate comparison can be made between alcohol and cannabis...but only in the realm of recreational use...
and still, neither hold a candle to the economical/social/medical benifits cannabis may bring about, especially considering the hard times we're going through...so that said, I would hope we all strive for LEGALIZATION.
the average joe toker just wants to smoke his herb without having to worry about the man...and that's fine, however there are other uses, beyond that of medical use....paper, clothing, bio-fuel, cosmetics, food uses, the list goes on...
legalization of cannabis may have such a positive impact on the world, my mind runs wild...
and still, neither hold a candle to the economical/social/medical benifits cannabis may bring about, especially considering the hard times we're going through...so that said, I would hope we all strive for LEGALIZATION.
the average joe toker just wants to smoke his herb without having to worry about the man...and that's fine, however there are other uses, beyond that of medical use....paper, clothing, bio-fuel, cosmetics, food uses, the list goes on...
legalization of cannabis may have such a positive impact on the world, my mind runs wild...
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LolaGal
I have read books written in the 1800s which describe the "fields of hemp as far as the eye could see".....sounds like heaven...
Of course they were making rope out of it, but still was fun to read! Can you imagine what it would be like to have thousands of acres of great quality genetics going? Mmmm.
Of course they were making rope out of it, but still was fun to read! Can you imagine what it would be like to have thousands of acres of great quality genetics going? Mmmm.
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PrimoVG
ah a true Sea of Green...i could see it also..
human use of the plant can be traced back thousands of years...
For your enjoyment...
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cannabis
human use of the plant can be traced back thousands of years...
For your enjoyment...
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cannabis
I think that is about as good as it will get for mainstream television.
I didnt read through the entire thread but here is a link to the video if you havent already seen it: Marijuana Inc.
Personally, I thought that The Union: The business behind getting high was a much better documentary on MJ.
A Link to: The Union: The business behind getting high
I didnt read through the entire thread but here is a link to the video if you havent already seen it: Marijuana Inc.
Personally, I thought that The Union: The business behind getting high was a much better documentary on MJ.
A Link to: The Union: The business behind getting high
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LolaGal
Oh, I like any potumentary, even if they are bad ones.... I love drooling over buds on a flat screen TV..... This one had a few stupid things in it, but I thought overall was positive..maybe that's just how I want to see it. The networks are slowly introducing the public to marijuana, to get em used to legalization soon to come....!!!! It's all about the sales tax revenues USA could be getting!
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SmokeToLive
I couldn't make it through the whole show. My guess is that she really thought she was uncovering some sort of hitherto unknown marijuana crime scene. But it's easy to see the problem is simply that marijuana is illegal.
to get them used to the legalization that is soon to come, or so that your neighbor can identify easier whether you grow or not so he can snitch on you.
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LolaGal
to get them used to the legalization that is soon to come, or so that your neighbor can identify easier whether you grow or not so he can snitch on you.
No neighbors here...my cannon fire keeps em from moving in...
I see your point.... Odd around here (not in my smell area) people cook crank all the time and it really stinks, but nobody seems to report them! On the other hand a pot plant will get helicopters, police, Swat team all involved...LOL
to get them used to the legalization that is soon to come, or so that your neighbor can identify easier whether you grow or not so he can snitch on you.
Ahhhh...Paz-- Even when your half-empty cup is full....it is still "Soon to be empty"!! (Meant in jest, my pessimistic friend!!)
It would be akin to not wearing your jewelry...because if someone knows you have it, they will steal it--
I personally grow outside in my backyard...and have for years, with several of my neighbors knowing (Of course I am also 215 compliant) but I have never been ripped off-- Security is up to each person, for everything, not just MJ--
Ahhhh...Paz-- Even when your half-empty cup is full....it is still "Soon to be empty"!! (Meant in jest, my pessimistic friend!!)
It would be akin to not wearing your jewelry...because if someone knows you have it, they will steal it--
I personally grow outside in my backyard...and have for years, with several of my neighbors knowing (Of course I am also 215 compliant) but I have never been ripped off-- Security is up to each person, for everything, not just MJ--
lol I have no jewelry anyway, thanks for the laugh
see, if the documentary had not been the piece of propaganda that it was, and instead it spoke truthfully regarding our plant, your observation would be 100% right...
but LolaGal got my point perfectly...
ganja smokers are the most targeted out of all people who use illegal substances, and with propaganda shows like these ones, we will just be even more known and more snitched on...
AbbieDoobie
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People! Please know this: That reporter is sympathetic to our cause. She probably FOUGHT to get that program produced and on the air on a particularly conservative network such as CNBC. She was probably acting all "Oh my, that's some powerful stuff!" and all innocent at the cannabis dispensary, but I assure you, that journalist tokes the kind bud away from the office, or has done loads of it in college before she had to be drug tested for the job she has now. She is on our side!
Of course, she had to show the bad guys in their helicopters. But, she also showed the young guy growing the huge pot plants and publishing the magazine. He looked like a competent entrepreneur and not a meth addict. Come on! She had to show both sides. That's journalism, folks! DUH!
But, listen, this is the BEST thing to happen to our cause. CNBC! Shit! That's mainstream money-thinking people out there, with the wheels turning in their brains right now, going "Hey, we could make a killing selling that stuff!" Hey, I bet even Obama's staff watches that channel and briefed him on it. Look on the bright side everyone. This is good for our cause.
~Abbie
Of course, she had to show the bad guys in their helicopters. But, she also showed the young guy growing the huge pot plants and publishing the magazine. He looked like a competent entrepreneur and not a meth addict. Come on! She had to show both sides. That's journalism, folks! DUH!
But, listen, this is the BEST thing to happen to our cause. CNBC! Shit! That's mainstream money-thinking people out there, with the wheels turning in their brains right now, going "Hey, we could make a killing selling that stuff!" Hey, I bet even Obama's staff watches that channel and briefed him on it. Look on the bright side everyone. This is good for our cause.
~Abbie
Abbie,
No, that is not journalism, that is propaganda.
Journalism reports the truth after a throughout research, not publish whatever thing some liar may think is the truth, like the liar cops on that propaganda show you are defending that called cannabis a poison. that alone tells how mediocre are the quality standards of that tv channel.
and that reporter does not represent cannabis culture at all, she does not want to defend your rights, she just wants to be on the tv and she will do whatever she can to make that happen, does not matter if she helps cement lies about cannabis by "showing both sides" even when one of the sides is full of shit.
Paz
No, that is not journalism, that is propaganda.
Journalism reports the truth after a throughout research, not publish whatever thing some liar may think is the truth, like the liar cops on that propaganda show you are defending that called cannabis a poison. that alone tells how mediocre are the quality standards of that tv channel.
and that reporter does not represent cannabis culture at all, she does not want to defend your rights, she just wants to be on the tv and she will do whatever she can to make that happen, does not matter if she helps cement lies about cannabis by "showing both sides" even when one of the sides is full of shit.
Paz
