The fact that pot is illegal is the only thing that keeps the small family pot farm alive. If we legalized marijuana, it would become another giant corporate agri-business. The neighborhood grower/dealer would be a thing of the past. Many people wouldn't be able to make a living doing the thing they love anymore.

I have fond memories of my childhood spent working on my dad's pot crop. I'd hate to see that way of life destroyed by legalization.

Hey there, Mr. My-temporary-paycheck-is-worth-everyone-else's-freedom.

Every year hundreds of thousands of people are busted for pot, locked up and forgotten. But you don't seem to care much about them.

You just want to protect your assets. But in prisons, plenty of guys are just trying to protect their ass. You're a selfish schmuck.

washington state is famous for cherries?

Why not restrict sales and marketing, while still legalizing the growth, use, and possession? No tax benefits for this approach of course.

Inspired largely by Mark Kleiman, who thinks about drug policy for a living.

http://www.samefacts.com/archives/drug_policy_/2003/02/_cannabis_policy_and_the_grow_your_own_option.php

I'll be impressed when it surpasses apples.

I take it back. After reading the article, it turns out that most seizures came from huge outdoor grow operations in rural eastern Washington. Pot has turned into big business. The mom and pop basement plant rooms are already dead.

If only the government had subsidized marijuana farming like it does with wheat, corn, and a ton of other crops, this traditional way of life that is the bedrock of our nation would not have been lost.