why do we waste so much time, effort and money fighting this silly plant?
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestof ... -field.wls
They burned it all!
Even for a nonuser like myself, this seems like a waste.
why the waste?
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why the waste?
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Re: why the waste?
Tarski wrote:why do we waste so much time, effort and money fighting this silly plant?
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestof ... -field.wls
They burned it all!
Even for a nonuser like myself, this seems like a waste.
I agree. It would be great to have politicians who were brave enough to fight for change on the issue.
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Re: why the waste?
They coulda sold the plants to Colorado! The money could have been useful.
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Re: why the waste?
Tarski wrote:why do we waste so much time, effort and money fighting this silly plant?
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestof ... -field.wls
They burned it all!
Even for a nonuser like myself, this seems like a waste.
A private businessman takes the initiative to start a home-gown, made-in-the-USA American business which will help stem the tide of out-flowing American dollars to foreign competitors, and his efforts are thwarted by the people who hate 'job creators'.
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"We've kept more promises than we've even made"
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"Of what meaning is the world without mind? The question cannot exist."
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Re: why the waste?
The LA Times had an interesting article on how the changes in marijuana distribution and consumption are affecting the "little guys":
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 4912.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 4912.story
LAYTONVILLE, CALIF. — In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middle-aged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year's crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings, beginning a hallowed annual ritual here in marijuana's Emerald Triangle.
In the past, planting day was a time of great expectations, maybe for a vacation in Hawaii or Mexico during the rainy months or a new motor home to make deliveries around the country.
But this year, Andrew and Anna are hoping only that their 50 or so marijuana plants will cover the bills. Since the mid-1990s, the price of outdoor-grown marijuana has plummeted from more than $5,000 a pound to less than $2,000, and even as low as $800.
Battered by competition from indoor cultivators around the state and industrial-size operations that have invaded the North Coast counties, many of the small-time pot farmers who created the Emerald Triangle fear that their way of life of the last 40 years is coming to an end.