Thread: Legalize Pot... ?

Tobacco is legal, yet there is still a large amount of 'chop chop' or tax free tobacco to be had if you know where to get it. That's not so legal, and is simply a case of the legal stuff being taxed like it is.
I see the same issues would arise with legal weed. The illegal stuff would be out there, and cheaper than the legal stuff.

Mick

Addictions are addictions,be it booze,drugs, cigs or candy.
Are millions of perfectally functioning,intelligent,contributing to society, heroin addicts in this world,The drug in pure form at a known dose has no deleterous effects even long term on the human body.
I choose not to do drugs, tho in my youth I tried most of what was available in the 60s.I chose to stop drinking to excess many yrs ago because I cannot function at my best peak levels with chemicals on board.
I choose not to eat candy and dring softdrinks to excess because I want to maintain a normal wgt.
To me the whole drug issue is all about freedom of choice,is no diff than the abortion issues in this country that women face,it's my body,let me control how it functions.
I think the best thing america could do for those that choose to be addicted is to provide them with pure, clean,known doses of the drug of choice and de-criminalize the entire issue,all the crime would go away overnight.
We all have the choice to use or not use drugs and alcohol,the govt should stop telling us what we can and cannot do.Rant over.

It's been fun to watch this thread play out and I wondered how long it would take for the rather glaring reality that we are perhaps missing out on a source of income lol. Of course Lynn nailed that on the first response. But there is more to it than just tax revenue.

How much do we spend on the war on drugs? Even if we reduced it by 10% and forget about pot - that's HUGE bucks! So not only are we making money... we are saving money. Never mind how much we would save on imprisoning those who smoke and distribute. Heck - even the savings to the legal system would be HUGE!

Taking all those savings alone would be reason enough if you were to look at it in a purely fiscal way.

Originally Posted by Lynn

Wouldn't it be nice to have a resource for tax revenue that would allow the unrealistic taxes being imposed on Cigar tobacco to be left alone..........just sayin...........

Then if we really went all out and followed the constitution back before prohibition bastardized it and took away Americans rights to ingest what they wished like pixel says we would not only save on policing and bl, bla, bla... we would remove a segment of our society all together. The criminal element around drugs. Plus, we would be saving nations like Mexico and Colombia the headache of drug cartels! Win-win...

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Make legal every currant illicit drug known to man,than the criminal eliments of selling it will be gone along with the profits for the bad guys.
Tax the crap out of it like booze and cigs which are far more dangerous than USP heroin.But first and formost,allow people to make ther own decisions on how to navigate there own lives.

But then tiddle brings in the 800 pound gorilla lol. The do-good people. And those who have their hands in the cookie jar. The do-good people have a point but one I think is born out of ignorance but then... I don't believe that smoking a joint will turn you into a raging lunatic either.

Originally Posted by tiddle

It should, but will never happen nationally. Bible thumpers opposing, and too many hands in the cookie jar making profit i.e.: law enforcement, defense attorneys, and the states. Regardless of what they say, the seizures of moneys and goods go to the states, just like the so called non profit traffic tickets...really...REALLY?! It works like the pharmaceutical industry, "There's more profit in treating something than curing it; by treating you ensure repeat customers."

I don't know what the answer is, but it drives me bonkers that we are as a nation of drug takers, are funding some pretty shady cartels! I would rather those who take drugs fund our own government thank you. Moreover, that my government also pays other governments to combat it on their lands, is an even bigger ARG! It's loose, loose!

I say support our own - stop funding cartels and aid those of ours in need instead of looking outside all the time... YMMY

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

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You don't even need to read something as glaringly depressing as that bro! It's all so freaking... sad! And the worst part of it all is, the average American is getting the shaft while some pig is farting cash!!