[robertpaulsen]

"If MJ were legal, then people could grow it in their backyards, without the government getting it's share (tax)."

How much of a share is the government getting today? Zero, zip, nada.

"Alcohol sales would plummet, along with the tax revenue it generates."

So you're saying people will switch from alcohol to marijuana? Now why would they do that? People are going to take up smoking? They'll throw away the Glenlivet and grab some Acapulco Gold?

[CrawDaddyCA]

How much of a share is the government getting today? Zero, zip, nada.

Have you been keeping tabs on the War on Drugs? The (local) government gets their cut in the form of Fed. tax dollars.

So you're saying people will switch from alcohol to marijuana? Now why would they do that? People are going to take up smoking? They'll throw away the Glenlivet and grab some Acapulco Gold?

A lot of rednecks I know would switch from alcohol to marijuana in a heartbeat if it were legalized.