JOB CREATIVITY

When a 43 year old ex-Marine with custody of his two sons didn't feel he could make enough money as a building inspector while construction was so bust, he came up with a very new business plan. Of course it will only play to the medical marijuana folk, but there is always hope that the market will grow if Americans wake up to the fact that we can cut into the business of some of the drug cartels by making marijuana legal.

Christina Davidson wrote about the burgeoning market for what is being called Colorado's Marijuana Economy: An Explosion of Ganjapreneurship.

There are many discussions today about why marijuana is not legal in the USA. The religious and moralists think it is sinful but it is the economists who are really in the know. Current subsidized crops would not do well as the hemp plant, which is alleged to have 10,000 uses. The haves of the present are terrified of losing that power to the 'have-nots' of today. As long as the poor farmers continue to be brainwashed about the sin of marijuana (no, I am not a user) they will continue to let the power of the wealthy dictate their poverty.

LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

Oregon is also known for people who grow lots of potent pot plants. There is a push to legalize marijuana and tax it like liquor. Obviously there is resistance to the idea from many for their own personal and selfish reasons. Naturally the cartels would put up most resistance. Like the Mafia, they will have to find a new business to threaten the population with their fearsome tactics. As fast as our government agents catch those who are bringing and selling it, the prisons get filled and more fill in just as the level of water fills when you take your hand out.

You can read the article here.

I am wholly in favor. People who want to smoke are doing it right how. There are enough who resist alcohol though it is legal and there will be those who will resist weed if it becomes legal. If Oregon does this and is able to show that revenue from taxes raises the quality of life with medical care, education and rebuilding infrastructure...you can bet that other states will greedily follow.