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Having a database and quotas will encourage illegality only a little bit less than it being illegal. Some people will sell their quote to others with larger int
by ojbyrne 18y ago
Having a database and quotas will encourage illegality only a little bit less than it being illegal. Some people will sell their quote to others with larger intake, some will be encouraged to buy dope illegally just to avoid being in the database (how long would it be before the government used that db for employment screening, followed by the obvious next step - selling the db to private companies for the same reason?).
As a total aside, this came up in an episode of Weeds - our hero Nancy Botwin managed to discourage her clients from purchasing medicinal marijuana just by suggesting that there was such a central db.
- Rod 18y agoIt would be cool if Synthetic Biology advanced to the point where one could start hacking bacteria to synthesize THC ;-) One would order a few bacteria over the internet and have a THC factory in one's room. No need for marijuana plantations that can be spotted with evil remote sensing satellites. No need for a database that could be used against the consumers. This is wild speculation, of course. I just wonder how the government will be able to enforce certain laws when citizens are able to synthesize chemicals on their own homes, for their own consumption.