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Originally posted by tecoyah
Dy156.......the effects listed could just as easily describe alcohol, or diet pills....why is one illegal and the other giving people longer prison terms than rape?
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This doesn't need to turn into a physical-side-effects-of-LSD thread, but diet pills and alcohol don't sometimes cause "Suicidal or homicidal ideation" See also my post about David on the thread about drugs messing up peoples' lives.
Back on topic, and in response to Bookman, even if there were some that evaded taxes, this is always a possibility. One could grow tomatoes, or put some yeast in grape juice and let it sit there awhile under your bed, and not pay taxes on your "wine" or vegetables. People sell home brewing kits, but Anheiser Busch isn't threatened. There are NO taxes being paid on marijuana or prostitution currently, so it would not really matter if some people were growing their own weed and not reporting times they got paid for sex. Even if some evade taxes, I bet the reduction in costs to our government of not enforcing these crimes, plus the taxes collected would more than offset the cost of government regulation of these new industries, and the tax evaders participating in them.