very true acid0X, i was astound to read this (basically the same u said, but with one extra detail) :
Grass prices in the United States are a direct reflection of the laws of supply and demand (and you thought that high school economics would never be useful). A series of large border busts, a short growing season, a bad crop, any number of things can drive the price of marijuana up. Demand still seems to be on the increase in the U.S., so prices seldom fall below last year's level. Each year a small seasonal drought occurs, as last year's supply runs low, and next year's crop is not up yet. Prices usually rase about 20 - 75 per cent during this time and then fall back to "normal." Unquestionably, a large shortage of grass causes a percentage of smokers to turn to harder drugs instead
(from
http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/Plants/...potgrow-1.html)
im sure that drought or not, if it were legally sold in coffeeshop-like shops, crime wouldnt increase when shortage of weed occurs. if it were made legal, they'd make sure there wouldnt be any shortages and could get supplied from somewhere else that didnt suffer from droughts. its funny, cause i read that article right before reading your post Acid0X. i wasnt aware of such a horrible reality. the fuck is old schwarzy waiting for ? (he is said to have smoked cannabis on tape, during the mr universe movie filming, but they cut it out for some unknown reason
other cuts show him doing the all too well known "heil hitler" arm raising thing -> read this in the weekly magasine Newsweek at the time the elections for Ca gov. were going on)