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Question

Weed is only aginst the law becuz they can't find a way to tax it?

Answer 1

Looked this up for you on google hope this answers ur question.
Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug.

The actual story shows a much different picture. Those who voted on the legal fate of this plant never had the facts, but were dependent on information supplied by those who had a specific agenda to deceive lawmakers. You'll see below that the very first federal vote to prohibit marijuana was based entirely on a documented lie on the floor of the Senate.

You'll also see that the history of marijuana's criminalization is filled with:

Racism
Fear
Protection of Corporate Profits
Yellow Journalism
Ignorant, Incompetent, and/or Corrupt Legislators
Personal Career Advancement and Greed
These are the actual reasons marijuana is illegal.
Background

For most of human history, marijuana has been completely legal. It's not a recently discovered plant, nor is it a long-standing law. Marijuana has been illegal for less than 1% of the time that it's been in use. Its known uses go back further than 7,000 B.C. and it was legal as recently as when Ronald Reagan was a boy.

The marijuana (hemp) plant, of course, has an incredible number of uses. The earliest known woven fabric was apparently of hemp, and over the centuries the plant was used for food, incense, cloth, rope, and much more. This adds to some of the confusion over its introduction in the United States, as the plant was well known from the early 1600's, but did not reach public awareness as a recreational drug until the early 1900's.

America's first marijuana law was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Virginia in 1619. It was a law "ordering" all farmers to grow Indian hempseed. There were several other "must grow" laws over the next 200 years (you could be jailed for not growing hemp during times of shortage in Virginia between 1763 and 1767), and during most of that time, hemp was legal tender (you could even pay your taxes with hemp -- try that today!) Hemp was such a critical crop for a number of purposes (including essential war requirements - rope, etc.) that the government went out of its way to encourage growth.

The United States Census of 1850 counted 8,327 hemp "plantations" (minimum 2,000-acre farm) growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and even the cordage used for baling cotton.

The Mexican Connection

In the early 1900s, the western states developed significant tensions regarding the influx of Mexican-Americans. The revolution in Mexico in 1910 spilled over the border, with General Pershing's army clashing with bandit Pancho Villa. Later in that decade, bad feelings developed between the small farmer and the large farms that used cheaper Mexican labor. Then, the depression came and increased tensions, as jobs and welfare resources became scarce.

One of the "differences" seized upon during this time was the fact that many Mexicans smoked marijuana and had brought the plant with them.

However, the first state law outlawing marijuana did so not because of Mexicans using the drug. Oddly enough, it was because of Mormons using it. Mormons who traveled to Mexico in 1910 came back to Salt Lake City with marijuana. The church was not pleased and ruled against use of the drug. Since the state of Utah automatically enshrined church doctrine into law, the first state marijuana prohibition was established in 1915. (Today, Senator Orrin Hatch serves as the prohibition arm of this heavily church-influenced state.)

Other states quickly followed suit with marijuana prohibition laws, including Wyoming (1915), Texas (1919), Iowa (1923), Nevada (1923), Oregon (1923), Washington (1923), Arkansas (1923), and Nebraska (1927). These laws tended to be specifically targeted against the Mexican-American population.

When Montana outlawed marijuana in 1927, the Butte Montana Standard reported a legislator's comment: "When some beet field peon takes a few traces of this stuff... he thinks he has just been elected president of Mexico, so he starts out to execute all his political enemies." In Texas, a senator said on the floor of the Senate: "All Mexicans are crazy, and this stuff [marijuana] is what makes them crazy."

Answer 2

They would tax sex if they could figure out how to get a meter into our bedrooms. Weed is against the law because it has a calmative effect on most people, versus alcohol which makes you combative. If you are placid, you have no desire to work, and in our country not working as hard as you can is anti-American. Executive getting drunk at lunch is business.
Now you know.

Answer 3

No. We could easily tax it...and it would be cheaper even after you paid the tax...because right now you're paying a small army of drug pushers to grow, transport, and market the stuff...which they have to do against an army of DEA and other agents, which you're also paying for.

Weed is illegal, because no one has figured out how to spin (politically) a decision that will be charaterized as pro-stoner, and soft on crime. (No matter how unfair that characterization is.)

Answer 4

Half of -genuine !!! It is convenient to fall in love but to remain in love could be very exact. There's one second in existence when you find yourself with anyone. And believe like the arena has stopped and your existence seems perfect, make certain you under no circumstances lose that man or woman ...... Is this real love ?????

Answer 5

Naw, I think it's mostly King Cotton and Big Tobacco that lobby to ensure that the stuff isnt made legal.

Answer 6

That, and it threatens the profits of chemical companies, paper companies, Big Pharma, Big Oil, and a few other choice political donors..

Answer 7

0.5 -authentic !!! it somewhat is trouble-free to fall in love yet to stay in love is very specific. there is one 2d in existence once you're with somebody. And experience like the worldwide has stopped and your existence seems suited, be sure you never lose that individual ...... is this authentic love ?????

Answer 8

No, I think it's because it was in competition with tobacco and tobacco has a very powerful lobby in Congress.

Answer 9

Actually they were taxing it for awhile with the drug stamp.
until the drug stamp process was contested in court that is.

Answer 10

No, they can find a way to tax anything if they want to.