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AverageJoe90

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12. They do, now?(Links, if you may?)

Reply to Unknown Beatle (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:43 PM

Apr 2013

Very interesting if true, because back in the 1930s they were a primary force for it's becoming illegal, along with Big Booze, Big Pharma, and others.

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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