Banks Can Now Accept Drug Money If Bank of America should start accepting drug money, then I will find another bank to do business with. I will not support a bank that supports drug dealers. If you ever had family killed by drugs, then you would completely understand the reasoning, and I do not care if it is legal, not legal, what-ever, if you sit behind a counter selling pot, then you are a drug dealer.
I don't smoke pot, but the same could be said for any business selling tobacco or alcohol. Personally, I wish the government would outlaw tobacco, but that's just me being selfish, because it seriously makes people and things smell like crap and I don't like smelling it. haha I suspect it's not going to be too long before pot is just legalized across the board... and in the end it will probably save lives and save money when the government isn't paying a ton of money to fight drug cartels smuggling pot. At the end of the day the war on drugs really hasn't made less people do drugs... Like if you are going to cocaine or smoke pot, you are going to do it regardless if you can get it "legally" at a store or not. I don't do drugs (well, except alcohol), but from a logical standpoint, it probably makes sense to legalize weed. Legalizing it isn't going to make me want to do it... just like I don't want to smoke cigarettes either even though it's legal.
Well I have went to the e-cig myself...where I live smokes are like $8/pack...so I am saving a ton now.... If they outlawed smokes/booz then that would be bad for tax payers; taxes would skyrocket across the board.... but you are right, it is all bad for you; you can die at a normal rate each day, or much faster by drinking and smoking.
YEP - 17 senators are calling for it to be removed: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...k-majority-senate-diane-savino_n_3097816.html http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...obama-to-reclassify-marijuana/?iref=allsearch So I would agree
First off, Its Marijuana , not POT - LOL Its a plant with many many medical benefits - and its all natural from the Earth, not man made like Alcohol or Cigs, Meds from CVS CVS - Is a drug dealer bro Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Societ...-now-more-deadly-than-heroin-cocaine-combined love you always Joseph
omg that just changes everything (someone wants to be politically correct) script drugs are another matter....
If you mean in all states, very doubt-full. some states are against stuff like lottery, and if you cant get a state to legalize lottery, then I doubt weed is going to pass by any means in that state.... and I would hope a state would choose to implement lottery over weed....
In that pot is legal in Colorado and its going to be sold legally in Washington state, this change in law enables the legal licensed sellers to do business. Now I haven't smoked marijuana, pot, weed, a doobie, etc in about 20 years. I haven't smelled pot in I don't know how long. That means not only am I not smoking it, I'm not around places where it is smoked. Geez, even when I wasn't smoking I used to smell it in a lot of places. So I'm very disconnected from these new state laws. Meanwhile in one context it seems to me to be a great idea. I'd guess for 30 years there has been a debate about whether pot should be legalized. It would formalize what is sold, rather than the unknowns that are sold illegally. It could cut out the illegal, dangerous drug trade. On the other hand, pot is not for everyone. It can be harmful for some. But as referenced above, liquor and cigarettes harm people. The change in law in a few limited states provides a terrific opportunity to test all the arguments about legalizing pot, that have been raging and going back and forth for decades. Meanwhile providing federal memo's of approval of a bank doing business with a legal pot distributor just accommodates the legal status in a couple of states. It prevents illegality in a different manner, were legal dealers unable to do business with banks. Not a big deal.
I was smoking cigarettes and I gave up. People should live healthy. But people should leave freely as well. I am living in an islam country, Turkey, where alcohol is perceived as dangerous, sin, prohibited. I think countries should not touch the lives of individuals. Yes, we know drugs, addictions are bad. But.. where is the freedom? As far as I heard, drug consumption is free in Netherlands. So, you should check what's wrong there. If everything is allright, then you should do the same what Netherlands do. Money and bank are different part of this discussion. Because it sounds like money laundering and terrorism. It's a different part. I just wanted to emphasize personal freedoms especially in islam countries like Turkey. Drugs are not good for health. What about freedom?
LOL. Is this suppose to be news? All the big banks are involved in drug money and trade. In fact the drug money is highly responsible for the merry go around of the financial system that banks operate. http://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims
Okay, so I read the title and thought some bank got caught meddling with cocaine trafficking or something of the sort, but marijuana? I hope this is a joke ?