[familyop]

"If you legalize pot, you will find more people will be arrested for it than before."

That's been happening on and around the Rockies in CO, mostly with car stops. Most of them are probably DUIs. Many of them are domestic disturbances, and there have been quite a few busts involving those growing it without licenses, deviating from laws related to growing, etc. (a tax issue but maybe not officially documented as such).

"They will be arrested for untaxed pot, because once the government legalizes it, they will tax the hell out of it. Folks will still obtain it illegally to avoid the tax. I’m willing to bet you will find more folks arrested on tax charges in the future than on possession charges today where it is technically illegal in most places."

Eventually, yes, or for possessing illegal, non-regulated pot (same thing.). The judicial folks are just getting started and slow about making plans, but it will happen with or without mentions of taxes in records.

[dfwgator]

You think there’s a “War on Drugs” now, just wait until the government starts getting a cut of the action.