02-12-2012, 11:52 AM
Beach Boy, where did I try to sell the idea that prices are high today? Nowhere. I said a dispencary would charge more than the guy on the street would. So where did your paragraph about prices come from? You state a few things and I would love to see you back them up.
First, the statement All retired cops support the legalization? All? Second, where have you come up with the information that the medical cannabis industry is about the only industry making money anywhere?
I also in no way tried to equate the entire industry with a few guys in Pahoa. What are you reading? Where did I say I feared anyone? Disgust and fear are completely different emotions. You seem to misconstrue just about everything I posted and very clearly so. I think you may be misinformed about some community issues involved with the complete legalization of marijuana on this island.
You make it sound like this would be the answer to several problems with our county and I could not disagree more. As rbrgs mentioned, Fed are still in control. How much help would the county really get with the Feds standing over them? In these hard times, I can hardly believe this industry would flourish when food on the table and gas in the car is more important than a 20 sack. Do you think residents here in these hard times are going to go to a store that is taxed and buy something they can more than likely get from a neighbor for cheaper or grow their own? Im sure residents here would love being video taped on entry and purchases tracked at counter on what they use and how much.
C'mon man, prices peaked a few years back because they were flying every weekend. Just about everyone knows that. Now that things have settled back, well prices dropped to where they were and have been and will be for years. This all the same bull different day stuff. There is a far bigger picture than the one you are painting. If you have lived here for as long as you have and done what you say you have done, it's hard for me to understand why you do not understand the current situation the island is in. We need funding and attention going into our hospitals and schools umongst several other things, not jumping through hoops in hopes that a dispencary would last more than 6 months here.
Oh, but wait. You might come back with the arguement that the dispencary will create ample STABLE jobs that pay decent wages and have benefits. Money will go back into our schools and medical centers with all the money our rich residents will be spending on dope at the store in these tough times. Our roads will get fixed also? I will believe it when it works somewhere else first!
First, the statement All retired cops support the legalization? All? Second, where have you come up with the information that the medical cannabis industry is about the only industry making money anywhere?
I also in no way tried to equate the entire industry with a few guys in Pahoa. What are you reading? Where did I say I feared anyone? Disgust and fear are completely different emotions. You seem to misconstrue just about everything I posted and very clearly so. I think you may be misinformed about some community issues involved with the complete legalization of marijuana on this island.
You make it sound like this would be the answer to several problems with our county and I could not disagree more. As rbrgs mentioned, Fed are still in control. How much help would the county really get with the Feds standing over them? In these hard times, I can hardly believe this industry would flourish when food on the table and gas in the car is more important than a 20 sack. Do you think residents here in these hard times are going to go to a store that is taxed and buy something they can more than likely get from a neighbor for cheaper or grow their own? Im sure residents here would love being video taped on entry and purchases tracked at counter on what they use and how much.
C'mon man, prices peaked a few years back because they were flying every weekend. Just about everyone knows that. Now that things have settled back, well prices dropped to where they were and have been and will be for years. This all the same bull different day stuff. There is a far bigger picture than the one you are painting. If you have lived here for as long as you have and done what you say you have done, it's hard for me to understand why you do not understand the current situation the island is in. We need funding and attention going into our hospitals and schools umongst several other things, not jumping through hoops in hopes that a dispencary would last more than 6 months here.
Oh, but wait. You might come back with the arguement that the dispencary will create ample STABLE jobs that pay decent wages and have benefits. Money will go back into our schools and medical centers with all the money our rich residents will be spending on dope at the store in these tough times. Our roads will get fixed also? I will believe it when it works somewhere else first!