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Originally Posted by matthew330
if the government generates revenue on it's legalizatin, then does it not have an obligation to spend that revenue on the implications of it's use?
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I'm sure it could be divvied up. I'm no economic expert or anything, so I really couldn't vouch for how well it'd work. All I know is it'd be something valid to tax the hell out of. They could basically say, "OK, you want this legalized? Most of what you pay on it will be tax then."
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i don't know one recreational pot user (and i know a boatload, in fact i'm hard pressed to think of one i don't), who have problems (or any sort of worry) keeping their habit with the current laws in place.
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Very good point, but I think the whole decriminalization rebuttal can come into play here: Is it right for someone to be jailed for their use (however small) of this substance if there are others equally, if not more, powerful and harmful available to consume? Is it right to deny someone their liberty and freedom because of a substance they chose to put in their own body?
It's one thing if the government was adamant about making tobacco and alcohol illegal, but they aren't. Hell, there are tons of others to fall in the same category, for example, caffeine. Why not make that illegal?
And Art, the majority has spoken for the consumption of relatively harmful (if used in minute amounts) substances, but I know from your other posts and how you speak about mind manipulation: hasn't the same been done here? Our whole lives we've been told how marijuana is evil, it's the bane of all productivity, etc, yet the other substances they allow you to consume are JUST as harmful *if* abused.
I'm sure many others would like to see tobacco and alcohol banned, but that won't happen anytime soon. So why all the public misinformation about marijuana? It's not like we're talking about legalizing heroin or cocaine.
It truly is baffling.