Watch: What a Legal Pot Economy Would Look Like

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This fall Californians will go the polls with a chance to make history. They will be able to cast a vote to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol or cigarettes. California's Proposition 19 is one of many similar initiatives cropping up on state ballots across the country.

Whether it's calls for decriminalization or medical marijuana the end of cannabis prohibition has never seemed closer. In this short animated parable, "The Flower," award winning artist Haik Hoisington contrasts a legal marijuana economy with an illegal one, to show how everyone stands to benefit from ending the war on weed.

"The Flower" contrasts a utopian society that freely farms and consumes a pleasure giving flower with a society where the same flower is illegal and its consumption is prohibited. The animation is a meditation on the social and economic costs of marijuana prohibition.

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/147663/watch%3A_what_a_legal_pot_economy_would_look_like/

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[Belgian_Draft 0]

Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

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[Meso 38]

Wise words good sir, 100% agree.

[Andy9o8 0]

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Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

With respect to those who self-medicate their problems, you may be right. But the flaw in your logic is the erroneous premise that those who "chemically alter their brain function to feel better" necessarily are self-medicating problems.

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Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

And here I always thought your screen name had something to do with beer. So much for assumptions....

[Niki1 1]

I would like to be able to take a toke in the evening without being worried about getting busted at home or getting fired at work.

From another viewpoint, there's a problem with determining sobriety. Blood Alcohol Content is easy to find out but there is not a similar test for pot. A road side sobriety test would work for law enforcement but that might be arguable. While I look forward to legalization (hopefully in my lifetime) I would not want to think that people who need to make quick, clear headed decisions were high. On pot or alclhol or pills or anything else. I don't know what the answer is but I would like to be able to fire one up as easily and as safely as opening a beer.

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[kelpdiver 2]

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to show how everyone stands to benefit from ending the war on weed.

Not everyone. Ignoring the criminal elements, which we don't care about, the current medical marijuana growers are generally opposed to this, for the obvious self interest.

[Channman 2]

Well, not that Californians need any additional Dreamdancer's Bopping about saying WOW backwards, but what do we expect from the Land of Fruits and Nuts, other than people being stupid. WEED, some people need to move on past High School and grow up.

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WEED, some people need to move on past High School and grow up.

Yeah, they should act like sophisticated adults and drink beer instead.

[Channman 2]

As long as its not cheap beer.

[d_squared431 0]

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Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

Do you drink alcohol, anything with caffeine or sugar in it?

I am not saying it is okay to utilized illegal substances but some people people don't smoke pot to cope with day to day life.

That is what prescriptions from and MD are for...

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[riddler 0]

They need to add a message about not driving while high.

Traffic has slowed down 5-10 MPH since they legalized marijuana in Denver. But people can't seem to stay in their lane or turn well.

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I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs.

Many people that use marijuana are in chronic pain. My father is a vietnam vet that was shot 13 times. It helps him cope with the pain better than all of the drugs that the VA gives him. I don't use it myself, but I support the legalization of it. In Denver, you just need a card from a doctor and you can purchase and use it legally.

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[Andy9o8 0]

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They need to add a message about not driving while high.

Traffic has slowed down 5-10 MPH since they legalized marijuana in Denver. But people can't seem to stay in their lane or turn well.

If you think about it, low-speed crashes are good for the economy.

[nanook 1]

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Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

And here I always thought your screen name had something to do with beer. So much for assumptions....

I thought it was the Belgian draft horse his name was referencing. Smaller than a clydesdale, but not by much.

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Not everyone. Ignoring the criminal elements, which we don't care about, the current medical marijuana growers are generally opposed to this, for the obvious self interest.

There are large warehouses that have been bought by investors just in case the bill passes. Some of these areas are the size of two football fields. Most of the small growers will disappear overnight. The pot counter-culture will change as business suits take control of the pot economy.

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[FreeflyChile 0]

Does your statement also cover people who are on anti-depressants?

[SkyDekker 1,150]

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Does your statement also cover people who are on anti-depressants?

They just need to look in the mirror and smile.

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[ManagingPrime 0]

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I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

Many people feel the same way about skydivers...."adrenaline junkies"

[SpeedRacer 1]

I will never understand why little rectangle people have to sniff flowers.

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[popsjumper 2]

Things not addressed:
1. Buy stock in all snack food companies.
2. Put armed guards around all snack food businesses.
3. Put large, rubber bumpers around all cars.
4. Open up a Pot Bar....preferably next door to the snack food shops.
5. Sell stock in all companies that actually require production activities. (wait...that includes snack food companies, right?). In that case...
6. Ban all pot heads from working in snack food companies.

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[ManagingPrime 0]

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I will never understand why little rectangle people have to sniff flowers.

I don't understand.... Are you high???

[SpeedRacer 1]

The basis of Prohibition is the belief that the adult citizen cannot be trusted to run his or her own life.

It goes against the basic philosophy under which the USA was founded.

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[Belgian_Draft 0]

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Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

With respect to those who self-medicate their problems, you may be right. But the flaw in your logic is the erroneous premise that those who "chemically alter their brain function to feel better" necessarily are self-medicating problems.

What other reason would you give other than medical use?

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

[Belgian_Draft 0]

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Eh, cute. Though i agree it should be legalized, I will never understand why people have to chemically alter their brain function to feel better whether it be with alcohol, weed, or other drugs. To me it just shows an inability to cope with day-to-day problems.

And here I always thought your screen name had something to do with beer. So much for assumptions....

Yep, so much for assumptions. Maybe the pic I pulled off the web will help.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.