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Originally Posted by Plan9
Taxing drugs would do the same. This is all about Morality and Standards, not the reality of Reefer Madness.
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LE will loose big time on the tax income if MJ is legalized. The money that goes to police MJ growth, sales and use will no longer be available. Taxes collected from legal MJ sales would more likely go to social programs. LE agency admin. and industries supplying them with equipment have been fighting legalization just as much as Alcohol, Pharma and Drug Cartels.
As for stating medical MJ is just a way around the law for people to get high that's a pretty broad brush stroke. Sure that happens, but many people with cancer and other medical conditions use MJ for pain, muscle relaxation and help eating and or hold down food.