Marijuana can grow wild in every state in the union...it's a weed, and an extremely hearty one at that. Why would you pay for what can be grown in every back-yard and roof-top garden in the country..and at no cost to boot? As a consequence, a reduction in alcohol consumption is sure to follow as substitution for alcohol based products expands, significantly reducing overall tax monies collected.
Personally, as conservative as I am, I am also practical. Marijuana is more harmless than alcohol and a continuation of this is a non-winnable situation. In our collective names, we are jailing thousands every year and we have got to correct this.
Prohibition does not work. We painfully came to that conclusion over 70 years ago. It's time to re-examine policies that we know historically are untenable.
Hoo boy. And I suppose legaling alcohol and gambling also had no opportunity to raise tax monies???
Marijuana can grow wild in every state in the union...So can tobacco. But nobody grows their own tobacco for personal use. And if Marijuana is legal... the State will support the sale and distribution of it. Why? To increase tax monies and so grow the government.
Marijuana is a plant that grows anywhere and all that, however, getting something smokeable isn’t as easy as you make it sound. Like everything else all pot is not created equal. You can get marijuana easy enough, doesn’t mean it will be smokeable. Is it really worth putting that time into getting something of quality when you can go to the store and pick up something of guaranteed quality?