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In reply to the discussion: It really is time to legalize drugs, yes, all of them [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)28. DURec
Legalizing Hemp is an Easy Sell i this very RED area.
I avoid the Moral Arguments, focus on the Pocketbook end,
and even the most hardened Fundamentalist eventually agrees that there are MUCH better ways to spend the Public Money, and many MORE important things for our Police, Courts, and Prisons than busting MJ smokers.
That Hemp would be a nice CASH CROP, capable of revitalizing the farms in this area is lagniappe.
I agree with you in principle,
but also believe it would be more productive to start with Hemp.
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