I feel the same way about legalization. However, the environment it has created over here isn’t pleasant. As long as people can’t smoke in public or drive, I’m fine with it. Second hand tobacco is one thing. Second hand pot is far, far worse.

Google “grow your own tobacco” and you will get plenty of hits. They are all pretty much the same. The curing process is the tough part. There are plans for kilns on the internet – but you have to really be good at it.

Nothing good is easy.. as they say.

But when the FDR administration and the Democrat congress needed a new source of revenue (since the Depression had cut deeply into tax remittances), they started a campaign to repeal the 18th Amendment, so they could tax the booze.

I’m not saying that there should or shouldn’t be a continuation of Federal drug policies – I actually believe this should be left to the states – but never believe a Democrat has any interest at heart other than growing government and accruing power.

That’s all they know.

On October 20th, 2009 at 1:14 am, conservative in europe said:

Thanks for the tobacco info, I heard that it was very difficult too to make your own for smokes.

No, I do not want my kids smoking it but they can get all they want from drug dealers right now.

The reason it should be legalized and regulated is to get the criminal element out of the equation and to stop wasting our valuable resources on a war that will never be won.

We have spent billions and billions on the War on Drugs. Drugs are still freely available and cheaper than ever.

To agree with this idea is absurd. They will pick and choose which fights to fight.

I grew tobacco. A couple of things:

1. It ALL depends on soil and..
2. Curing it isn’t fun.

You can’t really just hang it to dry – it has to be held under heat in the correct humidity over time.

The reason Russian and Chinese cigarettes are so horrible is because they don’t cure them properly.

That being said, it takes 60 days for Tobacco to be ready for harvest and one plant will make you a carton or so of smokes – if you are willing to cure them properly.

I’m for legalization but.. those of you who don’t see it as a problem should ask yourselves if you ant your kids smoking it. Or, do you want stupid people made that much stupider?

The one thing I can tell about pot – it drops intelligence levels over time. ever wonder why stoners wear such stupid looking clothing? The pot makes them think it actually looks good!

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On October 19th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, Common Sense said:

Could not agree more.

BTW-Have you been successful in growing tobacco?

I hear it is really hard to grow and dry tobacco for smoking use.

This is one area where libertarians are right. If I want to smoke pot or cigarettes or have a drink with dinner, that should be my business. If someone commits a crime under the influence of any of the above, THEN prosecute them.

If I need ClaritinD for my allergies, I shouldn’t be treated as a potential criminal and asked to register every time I buy it. If you make meth out of it, throw away the book.

14 states have decided to decriminalize pot for medical use, the Feds should stay out of it. The Feds should limit themselves to their defined duties in the Constitution. We may have won the Civil War, but we lost the meaning of state’s rights along with it.

For all of you tobacco addicts out there, why not make your own? Nicotania is an annual garden flower. Just like I have mint growing in my yard for tea, you can have tobacco growing in your yard for your cigs and flavor it any way you want, including with the mint (menthol).

The fact that most people don’t see the relation between the war on drugs and prohibition is perhaps one of the greatest marketing feats of the 20th century. They are the exact same thing… A small group of people believes that an activity is dangerous. — They try to convince people to stop partaking in that activity. — The people ignore them. — They convince the government to pass a law to abolish the activity. — The people ignore the law. — The people become criminals. — The people go to jail — People begin profiting by providing the illegal service to other people — People kill each other to protect their profits. — More people go to jail. — People begin asking government to rethink its policy.

We should legalize Marijuana and over night the criminals, politicians, judges, cops, and many others that profit from it being illegal will be out of business overnight. They will have to find a real job and more than likely it will be taxed to death just like the rest of the sins we tax.

To think we learned our lesson from prohibition, apparently not from some of the posts here.

BTW- I am retired Law Enforcement and do not smoke pot but am a proud member of LEAP

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