Now we talking, make money and lower cost. Use a plant to bring in prosperity.

I was talking to a young man about money matters several days ago. During our discussion I found out that he smoked on average about $10 worth of marijuana daily. I explained that equated to a little over $3000 per year. He had been smoking for about 10 years so I asked if he had $30,000 in the bank to which he naturally answered no. Naturally , he had never given these things much thought. He seemed to be enlightened when I further explained that if he only saved his 'grass' money over the next 10 years he could have $30,000 saved. This goes for all other vices as well.

The only thing these vices do is transfer wealth from the poor to further consolidate wealth in the hands of a few. The ignorant get high and low paying jobs, the wealthy get their money! After all the ones with these habits are usually the ones who can least afford them!

Thank god for the ignorant for without them money wouldn't circulate as quickly as it does. Just like man needs to eat, business needs people who spend all of their money instead of saving it.

Amen. I'm always amazed that people are so excited about these things that are potentially destructive.. alcohol will be available for sale on Sunday's!!! yay!!!...gambling...drugs...yay!!!.I'm also positive prostitution is next. And I wouldn't put it past some enterprising baron to be sitting down plotting the easiest way to get money out of the people in the inner city.

making it illegal does absolutely nothing to prevent it. get off your high horse man. History Does Not Lie go read a book.

Wow, so sad! Many of our young lack vision. Many are just existing.

vice knows no gender, class or race dont convolute the issue. the only truth in your statement is that the less money you have the less you can afford a vise. But to say that making something legal or illegal will change people is naive and silly at best. for the past 60 years marajuana has been illegal and the only thing it has acheived is putting young men with little means behind bars, while the wealthier who get caught can avoid the jail time. it is a gross inequality that you sir are happy to perpetuate.

This proposition to legalize marijuana is **STUPID** and represent a shortcut and cop out rather than address the greater problem. It is action born out of ignorance. It should not be entertained. This is what you get when persons are in positions of power and are cowardice and driven by greed. They are lazy and refuse to thoroughly research the matter, confront and address the root cause for the discomfort in our Country.

Is this opposite day?

And where are the research results that support this theory...?

if your are so enlightened, please share the Root cause. I'm sitting here waiting. Perhaps we need more for profit churches and more pastors to leach the cash?

DUH!....These clowns took MONTHS to conclude what most of the world concluded AND implemented years ago?

They need to stop the brainstorming charade and get on with it already.

Legalize the dam stuff, clear people's police records caught with personnel use amounts, make room in Fox Hill for serious offenders, free those in prison for stupid small amounts and join the U.S. Jamaica, Canada and everywhere else in producing pot as a cash crop.

What the hell are they pondering?

Dream on, blow on

Yeah, no. Each and all advocating that **only the legalization of medical marijuana become the law of the colony** needs be shouted out by name. You Comrade Zacchaeus's, need be called out individually to climb down from whatever sycamore tree you've been climbing up to indulge whatever kinds **Unidentified High Stimulate (UHS)** you've been sniffing. You just can't make up, you just, can't that even the **Queen's opposition leader is unsure why he sees need be speaking out for a no minimum age restriction medical marijuana?**

If you check back you will see that this was never about "medical" marijuana. Medical marijuana was just a marketing tool, they pulled it out the hat after they got push back on legalization. Exactly like the gaming people talked about all the taxes they would pay, people they would employ, anti addiction programs they would have....it's all marketing

I don't smoke this crap, never did, never will, but if it the plant can be used for USEFUL commercial benefit then I am for its weakened strain of crazy ass smoking but creative medicine, rope making which is biodegradeable and dump the nylon,ropes, fishing nets the shopping bags, and so much more.

“Marijuana Will Boost Economy': Commission Report Says Drug Has Huge Business Potential”

The title says it all. The economy they speak of, as always is the money passing through the elite guys hands.

Studies in every country with legal pot show no increase in usage once legalized.

So since we know people buy and smoke it now, how is it that the economy grows when legalized.

What they mean is they can put sales in a rich guys store, and put the small time street sales guy out of business.

The only major change noted with legalization is price increase and quality decrease.

I don’t use the stuff, but I fail to see why we need to change anything beyond legalization, let’s let the small man continue to sell instead of like the Canadian model where all production and sales are turned over to the corporate sector.

So how much did this commission of inquiry cost the tax payers? just to say what is essentially commonsense? I'm still waiting for my invitation to be on the gov't payroll to spout commonsense.

This is a mistake. It will lead to the destruction of our Bahamaland. Stop this nonsense before it is too late.