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Originally Posted by aico
How would growing your own pot create an influx of cash? If pot was legal, most people wouldn't buy it, and if they did it would be like cigarettes. Most people would grow their own, smoke their own. The reason why you Pay for pot is because you are paying for the risk taken in getting you the pot. Take away the risk and you take away the payment...
Marijuana is a weed and is probably one of the easiest plants to grow. The problem isn't growing it, the problem is keeping people from finding out that you are growing it.
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You're missing the point. Not everyone would grow their own pot...hell, tobacco is pretty fucking easy to grow in the Eastern states (North Caroline, Virginia, etc) but you don't see people growing their own tobacco and rolling their own cigs. In order to grow pot it would require a license that would cost thousands and you would have to pay taxes on. If they outright made it legal then Phillip-Morris and every other cig company would grow the fuck out of it and sell it like they do packs of Malboros. That would be taxed.
I could grow tobacco on my property right now but it's a lot more convenient just to run to the store and buy a pack of smokes.
The main reason people grow pot now is because it is illegal and they get prime money for selling it. Once pot is legalize the regular grower couldn't keep up with industrial America and would go out of business like any other mom-and-pop store.