All sniping aside (note that I speak to no one in particular)

On the way to Yosemite (which was very smokey, by the by;all those hikers need to cut back on the tokes)this topic of legalizing cannibus came up, and there were more questions than answers. Answers are welcome:

1. Will legalizing cannibus put an end to the increasingly violent and profitable black market? (much like it ended bootlegging)

2. Has anyone addressed how "intoxication" will be determined as comparable to a DUI?

3. Will taxation etc cause domestically grown "product" to be more expensive than foreign produced, thus, increase the black market (somewhat related to question #1)

4. Will the same advertising/marketing restrictions be placed and will cannibus come onto the market with all the negatives attached -- openly -- like cigarettes?

5. Finally, as mentioned earlier in the discussion: Will there be a marked increase in the use of cannibus if it is legalized, thus, further deteriorating the already failing health of the US citizen? (lung disease is serious)(and just add to the already strained medicare/caid quagmire?)


The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.