[nickcarraway]

If drugs are legalized, it’s critical they not be taxed at all. If you want them taxed, you are foolish or evil. You want the government to be a drug dealer? Once that happens, it will be a nightmare. They will make the Zetas look like a joke.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

make all drugs legal, tax them nonexcessively, let government regulate them, and criminals will no longer reap hyperinflated profits but will be competed out of that market.

If drugs are legalized, it’s critical they not be taxed at all. If you want them taxed, you are foolish or evil. You want the government to be a drug dealer?

The drugs alcohol and tobacco are taxed - does that make government a dealer in those drugs? (For the record, I don't think any drugs should be taxed differently than any other consumer item.)