[Boyd Crowder]

From Huffpost:
Aside from the obvious societal and legal implications, the proposal by Senators Rand Paul, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Cory Booker to change marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule II drug will also have financial ramifications. One of the difficulties in running a marijuana business is dealing with the IRS, still empowered to enforce IRC Code 280E. The code was created during the Reagan era to help in the administration's War on Drugs and specifically prohibits the deduction of normal business expenses from any income derived through the sale of illegal drugs. This includes expenses such as rent and payroll and has resulted in tax rates for some marijuana businesses to approach 70 percent as opposed to a more-normal 30-35 percent. The CARERS Act removes marijuana from the illegal drug category in states with medical marijuana programs. This makes running a marijuana-based business in states with regulated programs more financially feasible and will allow such businesses to lower the amount they charge for their products, better enabling them to compete with back-alley sellers.

Nationwide Ramifications

Another advantage could be the potential impact on interstate commerce. This legislation may eventually enable manufacturers and distributors to move their products across state lines. Currently, products sold within a state must be manufactured in that state, and with the elimination of that restraint, manufacturers could centralize production in a few facilities and ship geographically, potentially increasing their bottom line.

Read more:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-b...ss&ir=Business

[MJPassion]

Well at least the bankers n pharmaceutical companies can get their greedy hands in the game then. Oh yeah... the bankers already are! They own the cash!
And what about marinol?
Docs can perscribe that all day long!

The Pros don't really outweigh the Cons yet.

Nice try Huff.

Thanks for the laugh Boyd.

[armedoldhippy]

thanks for posting, Boyd...

[Boyd Crowder]

Originally Posted by MJPassion

Thanks for the laugh Boyd.

Originally Posted by armedoldhippy

thanks for posting, Boyd...

Just tryna bring something to the table

[armedoldhippy]

Originally Posted by MJPassion

Well at least the bankers n pharmaceutical companies can get their greedy hands in the game then. Oh yeah... the bankers already are! They own the cash!

what, you thought that folks with money would not be allowed to play? if there is any money to be made, rest assured that rich cocksuckers will try to get it. no legal way to keep them out, unfortunately.

[weedape]

Doesn't it bother anyone that schedule 2 requires that the drug be either mentally or physically addictive. Clearly schedule 2 is not right for cannabis because it isn't addictive. Well I suppose some people say it is but I have seen no evidence. Maybe schedule 3 would be a better fit hmmm.

[dank.frank]

Maybe NO SCHEDULE would fit...

Deregulation is the only thing I'm interested in.

Make it "legal" and "regulate" it - give me 3 flowering plants...bah..

I still can't breed and select from a 500 plants to find the best phenotype in a gene pool. I still can't maintain a proper variety to keep myself from building up a tolerance to a single individual plant..

It only serves to pacify the movement. It is an attempt to gain some modicum of control over something they have clearly lost all control over.

Don't accept half measures. Deregulation or I keep fighting for TRUE freedom to do with my body, on my own land, what brings zero harm to any other being...

Don't fall for the politics. Schedule II completely OBLITERATES the MMJ system in Michigan and allows for massive corporations who have terrible reputations in Canada to take over production and the expense of all patients.

Do be a sucker. They are not doing this for us - they are doing it to stop us.



dank.Frank

[MJPassion]

Originally Posted by weedape

Doesn't it bother anyone that schedule 2 requires that the drug be either mentally or physically addictive. Clearly schedule 2 is not right for cannabis because it isn't addictive. Well I suppose some people say it is but I have seen no evidence. Maybe schedule 3 would be a better fit hmmm.

If I don't smoke...
I can't sleep & I have difficulty maintaining any kind of focus.
I suffer withdrawl symptoms & cravings.
Is that not an addiction?
I believe it is!

They say food and water aren't addictive either. Lets see how your mental & physical state suffers without it.
^ not the best example but take the rhetoric into consideration.

[MJPassion]

Originally Posted by dank.frank

Maybe NO SCHEDULE would fit...

Deregulation is the only thing I'm interested in.

Make it "legal" and "regulate" it - give me 3 flowering plants...bah..

I still can't breed and select from a 500 plants to find the best phenotype in a gene pool. I still can't maintain a proper variety to keep myself from building up a tolerance to a single individual plant..

It only serves to pacify the movement. It is an attempt to gain some modicum of control over something they have clearly lost all control over.

Don't accept half measures. Deregulation or I keep fighting for TRUE freedom to do with my body, on my own land, what brings zero harm to any other being...

Don't fall for the politics. Schedule II completely OBLITERATES the MMJ system in Michigan and allows for massive corporations who have terrible reputations in Canada to take over production and the expense of all patients.

Do be a sucker. They are not doing this for us - they are doing it to stop us.



dank.Frank

TRUE FREEDOM excludes any form of regulation. Plant counts included.

I feel that we should be completely free to plant hundreds of square miles if the opportunity were to present itself.

On that note...
Everybody can grow...
but...
nit everybody can grow well.

Those that can grow well should have the opportunity to "sell their works of art to whomever they please without any repercussions."

After all...
The Right to labor is a fundamental Right as recognised by the Supreme Court of the US of A.

[CannaBrix]

Originally Posted by dank.frank

Maybe NO SCHEDULE would fit...

Deregulation is the only thing I'm interested in.

Make it "legal" and "regulate" it - give me 3 flowering plants...bah..

I still can't breed and select from a 500 plants to find the best phenotype in a gene pool. I still can't maintain a proper variety to keep myself from building up a tolerance to a single individual plant..

It only serves to pacify the movement. It is an attempt to gain some modicum of control over something they have clearly lost all control over.

Don't accept half measures. Deregulation or I keep fighting for TRUE freedom to do with my body, on my own land, what brings zero harm to any other being...

Don't fall for the politics. Schedule II completely OBLITERATES the MMJ system in Michigan and allows for massive corporations who have terrible reputations in Canada to take over production and the expense of all patients.

Do be a sucker. They are not doing this for us - they are doing it to stop us.



dank.Frank

Definitely.

If alcohol and tobacco (or nicotine) are not scheduled, how can anybody believe cannabis should be scheduled?