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OK, it's really simple. Jogging causes leg injuries, bicycles cause lots of injuries, etc. If you tax sugar because it affects health, you should also tax everything else that adversely affects health. And that's just about everything. You are confusing abuse with use. Using marijuana causes no health problems. Abusing marijuana does. Just like sugar.
So quantify injuries based on jogging, bicycling, fishing etc..... How much does that affect our healthcare costs compared to obesity and tobacco? Stop playing "gotcha" and think please.....
Marijuana most certainly can cause health problems.
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Depends on the tax rate. Put a very high tax on anything and you create a black market.
You said "thrive". Black markets will always exist.
In fact 'legalization' could well turn out to be a boon for drug warrior police. Now black market pot is not just illegal, it represents a threat to tax revenue, There is more incentive than ever for government to press the war on drugs.
In fact 'legalization' could well turn out to be a boon for drug warrior police. Now black market pot is not just illegal, it represents a threat to tax revenue, There is more incentive than ever for government to press the war on drugs.
Simple solution is to lower taxes and rethink the regulations. The issue isn't legalization, but the implementation.
In fact 'legalization' could well turn out to be a boon for drug warrior police. Now black market pot is not just illegal, it represents a threat to tax revenue, There is more incentive than ever for government to press the war on drugs.
Greedy idiots in public office. But that's almost always the source of our problems. The same thing is happening with cigarettes in NYC. A huge portion of their cigs are black market. The idiots in charge don't understand human nature. Maybe somebody should make these idiots read about the Boston Tea Party.
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