@ Erica….. Sorry but you’ve totally lost me???!!!

Where do you think cocaine and heroin come from?

Poppies and cocoa

Well? Do I make your pointless team?

Ok, Erica’s cryptic comment is gone And I look like I am talking to myself :) doh!

Cigarettes are legal and organized crime still make massive money smuggling them. People don’t like paying tax and with the large tax rate that gets thrown around when people talk about legalizing weed there will still be a big incentive to not buy it from legal sources.

@xadovan

There will be no incentive to buy from illegal sources. Cigarettes are a different story. you pay nearly 10 euro for 25 grms of tobacco in ireland . In spain you get 50 grms for 5. 45 euro ( 6.70 in touristy places). at least a third of the price here. Thats why there is illegal trade in cigarettes.

Cannabis is a completely different story. You go to a licensed coffeshop/pub and buy your cannabis knowing it is not adulterated with silicon or glass or iron filings. you will know the strain, strength , wether its indica or sativa. % thc and % cbd .

With criminal gangs cannabis you haven’t a bulls notion what it is, whats in it or where it came from you just have to take what they offer.

People can brew their own wine and beer at home and yet everyone goes to pubs and off licenses. There might be the odd poitin still down the country but definitely no big time black market. because the government hasn’t created one.

But there is a big black market in cigarettes and cannabis worth over 500 million a year profit to criminal gangs . why? Because the government has created one by its laws and actions.

Apologies to the censors on this occasion,

I found my comment !

I don’t know that it’s legal to grow your own anywhere ,I think this might be because allowing people to grow their own would take control away from governments and there would be no avenues for revenue from its legality ,also there would be no regulation on quality control and people would be killing themselves from over fertilizing and poor flushing of said chemicals.can I use the comparison of letting people make their own booze,governments would be permitting people to do what they like and there would be numerous alcohol poisoning with the expense to rehabilitate folks after drinking their own 150 proof hooch falling back on society.im pro legalization and regulation ,this would be the only way a permanent reversal of prohibition would work.basically what I’m saying is exemptions on growing your own would have too many opportunities for black marketeers and also would heighten the chance of people hurting them selves,hope I’ve answered your questions.

You can legally grow 6 plants a yr in holland , they have to be grown in natural light . I lived there from 2001 to 2005 I don’t think it’s changed since

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