What will they think of next? What are those law makers going to do - bring in a law that says something cannot taste a certain way? I am sure they will use the argument that it entices feelings for something illegal and that the pop is actually an accomplice.
Pot-flavored pops a hit with candy lovers, but not lawmakers
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:47 pm PDT
CourtTV - (Court TV) - At Spencer's Gifts store in New York and Chicago, lollipops are flying off the shelves. The stores keep restocking, and people keep buying.
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Well, I have mixed feelings, but since it isn't illegal to sell candy cigarettes to kids, then I don't think this should be illegal either. Now, as a parent, I wouldn't allow my children to buy them. In my opinion, stop demand and supply will go away.
Since marijuana is smoked, not eaten, I wonder how they can really taste like marijuana. Does it taste like what it would taste like to eat marijuana or does it taste like the smoke?
State wants to weed out marijuana-flavor candy
Reuters - Connecticut on Tuesday joined a growing effort to weed out marijuana-flavored candy from store shelves when its attorney general said he would sponsor a statewide ban on "Pot Suckers" lollipops.
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I can't understand why drugs aren't legalised. At the end of the day, illegal drugs only makes criminals richer. If the government controlled supply they could make as much money out of it as they do cigarettes and alcohol.
Cigarettes and alcohol are responsible for more deaths than all the illicit dugs combined many times over.
People don't take drugs because they are legal or illegal. They do for a wide variety of reasons. Making illicit drugs legal will not lead to a flood of more people doing them. It will just allow governments to control purity and supply, which means society at least gets some benefit from people taking them, and they are safer to consume.
I'm not cold hearted in saying this. My point point of view is that the "war on drugs" is more a political war than an effort to eradicate drugs or prevent their use. It's certainly not a realistic approach to solving drug-related issues.
The jury is still out on the damage ecstacy causes. Scientists really need to research the long term effects. But I don't believe it is as anti-social as binge drinking or pot. As pointed out earlier, its effects do not encourage violent or dangerous behaviour.
So it is strange that it has such a bad name. Especially given the large quantity of people who regularly take it and how few deaths result.
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MARIJUANA PARTY MEMBERS FACE CHARGES IN B.C. SUPREME COURT
Three members of the B.C. Marijuana Party will be in British Columbia's Supreme Court on Tuesday, charged with selling marijuana seeds by mail order to the United States.
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55-YEAR SENTENCE FOR FIRST-TIMER APPEALED
Angelos' case sparks debate about minimum-mandatory laws. By the time Weldon Angelos is released from prison on a first-time federal drug conviction, he will be 80 years old.
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