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Unknown Beatle

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10. You're welcome, AJ90

Reply to AverageJoe90 (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 09:21 PM

Apr 2013

Big Tobacco has a vested interested in the legalization of marijuana. It would be very easy for them to package it and sell it just like they do cigarettes, so it's no surprise to me that they wouldn't be included in the top five.

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The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal [View all] Unknown Beatle Apr 2013 OP

K&R...n/t ms liberty Apr 2013 #1

They are losing. SomethingFishy Apr 2013 #2

4 of us are looking forward to heading to CO next year and doing pot for the first time. Should... Logical Apr 2013 #5

Prices are already dropping... SomethingFishy Apr 2013 #6

Well, I will be spending money in your state! Glad to do it. n-t Logical Apr 2013 #8

Heck, I'm moving there DiverDave Apr 2013 #18

Marijuana, the EXIT drug duhneece Apr 2013 #20

The pain I have is hardly affected DiverDave Apr 2013 #21

There are people in Colorado who can help you find the best for your condition duhneece Apr 2013 #22

Zonker moves to Boulder . . . CrispyQ Apr 2013 #26

LOL! Logical Apr 2013 #27

The edibles . . . oh my! CrispyQ Apr 2013 #30

It will be interesting to get high for the first time..... Logical Apr 2013 #31

and the cancer industry....nt wildbilln864 Apr 2013 #3

any democrat supporting privatized prisons needs to be drummed out of the party IMO nt msongs Apr 2013 #4

Surprised that Big Tobacco isn't on here. AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #7

You're welcome, AJ90 Unknown Beatle Apr 2013 #10

Well, I learned something. thanks Unknown Beatle Cha Apr 2013 #11

They do, now?(Links, if you may?) AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #12

Here are a couple Unknown Beatle Apr 2013 #14

Times sure have changed, huh? AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #16

RJR and Brown have both prepared joints for when it's legalized Recursion Apr 2013 #17

sad that so many would forfeit our liberties for profit spanone Apr 2013 #9

Thats why civizations crumble olddots Apr 2013 #13

K&R! TeamPooka Apr 2013 #15

Wasn't the lumber and paper industry instrumental in illegalizing it in the first place? jmondine Apr 2013 #19

Along with Hearst, the chemical manufacturers were backing it as well. n/t Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #24

K&R What a shock! n/t Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #23

The prison industry should be nationalized. Initech Apr 2013 #25

Launder the monies offered you by the violent drug cartels, and truedelphi Apr 2013 #28

lobbyists against it maybe, but legal pot would be good for big pharma Spike89 Apr 2013 #29