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1971 is right, but when the sentencing began really influencing D's chart is 1984, when there was sentencing reform act as part of a major federal anticrime measure.

 Ouze wrote:

 dogma wrote:
Granted, in the case of pot, this would take a few years as domestic production would need time to develop.

With the additional complication that many of the states that legalized Marijuana also included a allowance for growing x number of plants legally for personal use, and any moron with $2 of soil and a $5 clamp lamp can grow it in their house (it's far easier to grow than any other vegetable I've ever grown including tomatoes).

I suspect that the black market in such states will not meaningfully exist within a year or two.

So... are you saying that you've grown the chronic?*

*Please tell me more.... I'm getting older soon and will definitely need some sort of crutch.

 whembly wrote:
Yeah... I wonder how accurate this is... but, you'll get the drift:

OMG! I just saw Whembly post an Occupy graph!

*Drops dead from shock*

 Easy E wrote:

OMG! I just saw Whembly post an Occupy graph!

*Drops dead from shock*

That's why I prefaced with a qualifier...

It *looks* close enough.

Breotan wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
How about we just decriminalize marijuana and then tax the feth out of it....

The problem is, you leave the black market (which isn't taxed) intact and they (drug pushers) undercut the legitimate business and still provide all the other illegal drugs. Whole thing winds up being a wash.

I think Colorado raking in millions of dollars in tax revenue in a single month shows that's not entirely true.

dogma wrote:Granted, in the case of pot, this would take a few years as domestic production would need time to develop.

I remember an article awhile back about Kentucky growing something like 80% of the pot sold in the U.S.. Now, I'm sure that number isn't entirely accurate anymore but I think it also shows that production in the U.S. would not be an issue, it would mostly be a case of legalizing their currently illegal businesses.

 streamdragon wrote:

Breotan wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
How about we just decriminalize marijuana and then tax the feth out of it....

The problem is, you leave the black market (which isn't taxed) intact and they (drug pushers) undercut the legitimate business and still provide all the other illegal drugs. Whole thing winds up being a wash.

I think Colorado raking in millions of dollars in tax revenue in a single month shows that's not entirely true.

dogma wrote:Granted, in the case of pot, this would take a few years as domestic production would need time to develop.

I remember an article awhile back about Kentucky growing something like 80% of the pot sold in the U.S.. Now, I'm sure that number isn't entirely accurate anymore but I think it also shows that production in the U.S. would not be an issue, it would mostly be a case of legalizing their currently illegal businesses.

No, it's that 5 states (including Kentucky) are responsible for 80% of the pot grown in the US.

I bet you could break that 80% down even further to just a few specific counties in the US. I mean, Humboldt alone (though not in Kentucky) is probably a huge percentage of that.

 Ouze wrote:
I bet you could break that 80% down even further to just a few specific counties in the US. I mean, Humboldt alone (though not in Kentucky) is probably a huge percentage of that.

And in the Boonies of Missouri.

 whembly wrote:

And in the Boonies of Missouri.

Humboldt County, California.

 dogma wrote:

 whembly wrote:

And in the Boonies of Missouri.

Humboldt County, California.

That's the green triangle....right?

 whembly wrote:

That's the green triangle....right?

Part of it, yes.