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tymorial

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12. THe way it works currently

Reply to MiniMe (Reply #11)

Mon Aug 29, 2016, 11:39 AM

Aug 2016

The agency keeps the assets that they seize and it is absorbed into their operations budget. Taxing means legislation which individual agencies want to avoid hence my original sarcastic remark. This all comes down to the DEA and other agencies not wanting to give up a huge portion of their operating costs which are not set by congress.

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Patent No. 6,630,507: Why the U.S. government holds a patent on cannabis plant compounds [View all] nationalize the fed Aug 2016 OP

You all just don't understand tymorial Aug 2016 #1

Don't forget the money lost by big pharma/alcohol/prison Calculating Aug 2016 #5

By taxing it, just like they tax liquor MiniMe Aug 2016 #11

THe way it works currently tymorial Aug 2016 #12

Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. TeamPooka Aug 2016 #2

there should be no patents on natural products nt msongs Aug 2016 #3

Then what would be the motivation for developing new natural products? Major Nikon Aug 2016 #4

It will become increasingly apparent in the coming decades, ronnie624 Aug 2016 #6

I wouldn't hold my breath on that one Major Nikon Aug 2016 #8

I think greed is an exaggeration of the need for security. ronnie624 Aug 2016 #13

Perhaps Major Nikon Aug 2016 #14

Plants can't be patented (yet) nationalize the fed Aug 2016 #7

Plant Patent Act of 1930 Major Nikon Aug 2016 #9

kick KewlKat Aug 2016 #10