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05-03-2017, 10:59 AM
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Think of all the money saved from snitches not getting stitches.
Joe, Phillip Morris is already prepared to grow marajuana in volume. And they've been involved in research for years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...uana/70746772/
Philip Morris investment in Syqe was 2nd-largest 2016 cannabis deal - report | The Times of Israel
Joe, Phillip Morris is already prepared to grow marajuana in volume. And they've been involved in research for years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...uana/70746772/
Philip Morris investment in Syqe was 2nd-largest 2016 cannabis deal - report | The Times of Israel
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05-03-2017, 08:27 PM
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Joe, Phillip Morris is already prepared to grow marajuana in volume. And they've been involved in research for years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...uana/70746772/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...uana/70746772/
But, that wasn't the idea I was postulating.
A: Given, the present-day social costs associated with legal tobacco usage (healthcare costs, decreased productivity, etc) likely outweigh the comparable costs related to meth / cocanine / heroin / etc., combined. But there is a very strong stigma attached to those substances, and I find it unlikely that a US-based commercial tobacco manufacturer would be likely to start planting fields of opium poppies or coca leaf. The shareholders would figuratively riot.
B: People who are high on meth / PCP / etc., do crazy and often violent **** at a rate disproportionate to the general population. By comparison, stoners tend to pretty much mind their own business, and perhaps contribute disproportionately to the snack-food / fast-food economy. Given this, it's hard to make an argument that pot directly causes social harm, whereas it's easy (and statistically supportable) to make the same argument against stimulant / psychedelic / dissociative substances.
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05-04-2017, 10:56 AM
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BREAKING NEWS:
USA meddles in French Election!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-intervention
USA meddles in French Election!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-intervention
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05-04-2017, 03:46 PM
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BREAKING NEWS:
USA meddles in French Election!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-intervention
USA meddles in French Election!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-intervention
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05-04-2017, 04:50 PM
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BREAKING NEWS:
USA meddles in French Election!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-intervention
USA meddles in French Election!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-intervention
Because if globalists don't win, the system is rigged.
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05-07-2017, 11:36 AM
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“College-educated white women under 30 broke for Trump, not Hillary Clinton,” stated host Ari Melber. “What do you make of that?”
Greer responded, “first of all, you don’t need men to have patriarchy. So, white women are upholding patriarchy in very clear ways. They have for generations.”
Greer responded, “first of all, you don’t need men to have patriarchy. So, white women are upholding patriarchy in very clear ways. They have for generations.”
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05-09-2017, 07:42 AM
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this is racist:
MORONIC Seattle Mayor Taxes Diet Soda, Because 'More White People Drink It' ? Silence is Consent
MORONIC Seattle Mayor Taxes Diet Soda, Because 'More White People Drink It' ? Silence is Consent
“The changes were recommendations that emerged when staff from the mayor’s office and the office of Council member Tim Burgess studied disparate impacts the tax could have on people with low incomes and on people of color, according to Murray.”
“That work involved conversations with community advocates, public-health professionals and business owners, according to the mayor. After Murray’s initial announcement, some suggested the exclusion of beverages with artificial sweeteners would be unfair because affluent white people tend to consume more diet drinks.”
“That work involved conversations with community advocates, public-health professionals and business owners, according to the mayor. After Murray’s initial announcement, some suggested the exclusion of beverages with artificial sweeteners would be unfair because affluent white people tend to consume more diet drinks.”
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05-09-2017, 09:34 AM
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I guess the Congressman doesn't like to answer questions.... Personally, I thought the question was relevant.
Blum walks out of interview with TV9
Blum walks out of interview with TV9
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