so any guess on how long til the feds raid the pot shops?

[TAB]

hmm, something funny, had more on that last post, but it got cut off.   there was little question it was tweakers, their pipes were found in the basement, all the cuts on the pipe were made with a hack saw. Not a pipe cutter (faster) or a sawzall.   we are unsure of the numbers, but it would have taken atleast 2 to get the units up the stairs( it took 3 to get them down for the install) and one extremely full truck most likly several truck loads or several trucks. Maybe a uhual, but it would have been very hard to get one to the back of the building.   on second thought, lets legalize meth.  I need a few more of those jobs       the building department actually waved all fees( fines too for me pumping the water down the drain. Could not send it to the storm drain.)   that would have added atleast 10k.

[billt]

You bring up a very good point about drug related theft. It's rampant everywhere, and it's mostly middle income home owners that are effected by it. I've heard similar statistics to your 70%. How is constantly having to worry about some dead head, drug addict breaking into my home making me, "free"?

The metal theft is getting so bad around here, scrap yards want photo I.D.'s that give your address. Just in case your selling stolen material. Sure, you can get phonies, but it does tend to stop the druggies from grabbing a quick buck for their next fix. That's what most of these clowns are after. They're too stupid and nervous to plan any kind of big "heist".

Most of these vermin stick to breaking into homes, or else "Quick Mart" type robberies that net a few bucks. If you look where this type of crime is the highest, it's ALWAYS where drug use is rampant. Women can become hookers to support their habit. Men have to steal.

So you basically have idiots who are hooked on whatever type of chemical, and are too stupid and lazy to work, stealing whatever from whoever to be able to buy drugs. This can be looked at in many ways, however being "free" isn't one of them.

[TAB]

i know of one scrap yard that actually started mailing the checks.   what happen?  They went to the one down the road.  It was clear who was stealing and who wasn't.  There was basicly 4 kinds of people there: 1 the scrap guy, you know the people that go  around and collect the junk.  2 the service professional. 3 tradesmen (machinest/ construction worker)  4 thiefs.  I use to here them spin their lies.  One was a guy selling about 300 lbs of 1" M type copper pipe in ~4' sections.  Said they were left overs from a job.  Um bull shit.    it sells for about $30/ft, no contrator would throw that away.  Its litterly throwing away cash, even to recycle it.  Small cutt offs yes, but not a entire trash can of ~4' sections all nice bright and shiny.     i am sure they were from a job site some where, but not left overs. Its not something one tends to buy more then they need.   its not something that the average vendor even stocks in large quantiys.      I know of citys that have their name print on wire. Its bad.

[Solus]

Be interesting to see if the drug related thefts go down along with the other drug crimes of possession and selling.

I imagine it will as the price should be well below the black-market price which is inflated by the high risk, lack of competition and the apparent demand due to government "stings".

[TAB]

Costs actually go up.  In co, every thing has to be documented, like ffl documented.  Just read the requirements needed to grow and sell in the state.     also don't expect thefts to go down,  it does not take long for crooks to figure out, hey we can break into a pot shop, steal every thing and make a killing.   happens all the time on Ca.  Out side of the packaging, its untracable and as good as cash on the street.  Also the black market never goes away and the more its taxed the worse it gets.  Its a no brainer if it costs are the same to produce( illegally is cheaper) both want to make the same ammount.  Then the black market can sell it for less.   even if every thing is equal.  Its like ordering something online and not paying sales tax/ overhead of a store.  Its generally cheaper and people generally choose that opition.( not always)   

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[tombogan03884]

Do some of you need to be hit with a freaking brick ?
It doesn't matter if we're talking about booze, guns, or any other behavior, item or substance,
Prohibition does not, never has, and never will work.
The only meaningful approach to anything that is unpopular is through lowering demand.
Anything else is just BS to con the dumbass voters while usurping more power.
Any one who says otherwise is no better than Sarah Brady.

[billt]

Costs actually go up.

Average Weed Prices

Quality Average ($/Oz.)* Sample Size

High Quality $236.45 

Medium Quality $197.52

Low Quality $213.49

http://www.priceofweed.com/prices/United-States/Colorado.html

It's all total nonsense how legalization of pot, or any other drug, will lower cost by taking the criminal element out of the supply chain. What they fail to see is the drug cartels are being replaced by FEDERAL REGULATION. There is no easier or better way to raise prices of anything, than to get the Federal government involved. Just look at health care costs in the last 6 months.

[TAB]

TOm we all know where there is a will there is a way.  Btw i just found out or you can't by sudafed  with out a Rx  that sucks, but i do understand the reasoning for it..   

[billt]

Here you can buy it, but 1 box at a time.

[Timothy]

My last comment on this subject..

I smoked dope for nearly twenty years or more.  I was a productive member of society then as I am now!  I'm not a dependent addict waiting for a handout.  I'll make 80K this year without working too hard for it and will for the foreseeable future now that I'm working again!

My contention in all of this hullabaloo is that people addicted to anything have addictive personalities and therefor will be addicted to anything they abuse.  Doesn't matter what the substance is...

We have a country of stupid, dependent and addictive personalities.  We've bred it into them...those who smoked dope in the sixties, dropped acid, took a bit of speed to stay awake or drank copious amounts of single malt are CORPORATE AMERICA TODAY, FOLKS!

The hippies from Woodstock became some of the most materialistic of the bunch over the last four or five decades so to suggest that everyone who's ever partaken in refer madness is a unproductive slug is just ludicrous and narrow minded ignorance...

Marijuana isn't nearly as harmful as alcohol.  Should you try and drive, work, or otherwise perform complex tasks while under the influence? 

Nope...that would be stupid!