Also don't forget industrial hemp use as well. Currently I assume that industrial hemp and smokeable cannabis, are broken into two strains. However if legalized, I could see a lot of farmers growing crops that produce a buzz as well as produce rope, cloth, food all from the same strain.
And trust me if there isn't a strain like that on the market, there would be within a year of legalization.
FreakNature - I am in the middle of my first couple of grows, and it is very, very exciting... However I only do this because I feel the risks of growing my own are less than me purchasing. I love all you growers that have shared so much in these forums, but to be honest, if we legalize I would craigslist most of my gear, and I promise I will buy my first big bag from you at twice current prices (of course I want a nice fancy package, and I should have the option to gift wrap it). I am willing to pay a higher freedom tax that profits growers and the gov, than the current black-market tax. But I may be in the minority.
But I want to point out what an exciting point in history we are seeing, that there is a good chance in the next few years we may get to find out how this conversation plays out, as opposed to any other point in the last 80 or so, where this discussion would have been so far from reality that we wouldn't have bothered with it.
Freak, you have some good points, but I hope you are wrong, I want to pay you some serious cash. I want you to go on kick ass vacations, have your dream car, and send your kids to school on my dime (and ½ and oz and pound). I want to bitch about the high price of weed, and how you damn growers keep charging me too much (but just a little less than what it would take to push me over the edge to buy my own equipment again) :>
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Your first legal customer,
Loch
And trust me if there isn't a strain like that on the market, there would be within a year of legalization.
FreakNature - I am in the middle of my first couple of grows, and it is very, very exciting... However I only do this because I feel the risks of growing my own are less than me purchasing. I love all you growers that have shared so much in these forums, but to be honest, if we legalize I would craigslist most of my gear, and I promise I will buy my first big bag from you at twice current prices (of course I want a nice fancy package, and I should have the option to gift wrap it). I am willing to pay a higher freedom tax that profits growers and the gov, than the current black-market tax. But I may be in the minority.
But I want to point out what an exciting point in history we are seeing, that there is a good chance in the next few years we may get to find out how this conversation plays out, as opposed to any other point in the last 80 or so, where this discussion would have been so far from reality that we wouldn't have bothered with it.
Freak, you have some good points, but I hope you are wrong, I want to pay you some serious cash. I want you to go on kick ass vacations, have your dream car, and send your kids to school on my dime (and ½ and oz and pound). I want to bitch about the high price of weed, and how you damn growers keep charging me too much (but just a little less than what it would take to push me over the edge to buy my own equipment again) :>
,Your first legal customer,
Loch
