Alcohol and tobacco are both taxed heavly, Goverment regulated, and very bad for us. So why not pot? What is the hangup on this issue with our leadership and society, and what can be done to change them.
2007-05-15 12:37:17 · 6 answers · asked by tallcoolone 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The localities that make drug busts get to keep the money in their district such as confiscating , homes , cars property , money and then let the drugs go to repeat the process so it's local governments that stand in the way of this happening . But I agree with you that it is a darn great idea .
2007-05-15 12:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Listen here "tall n......cool", the government will not legalize marijuana so you and your little stoner friends can continue to smoke your heads off and not be so paranoid about getting "busted". Even if they did legalize it with the strict intention of taxing the sale eventually people would decide that the money was between the retailers and the consumers, look at the tobacco or the petroleum industry. Either that or people would continue to import and distribute illicit marijuana by either producing more potent strains or making it cheaper. People always find some hook with things like that.
2007-05-15 12:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes- both tobbacco and Alcohol are bad- but there are sophicated ways to drink alcohol and sophicated ways to smoke a cigerette- but there is now was to make "pot" sophicated. Personally- I think they should get make cigerette smoking illegal along with essesive drinking- and fine people who do not comply. Who knows- but how would the U.S. tax a smuggled drug they do not even know about? Anyway- think about who tipically smokes pot- then about who recives government assistance. In turn- they would be paying for themselves to keep up a bad habit. Oh well.
2007-05-15 12:46:11 · answer #3 · answered by Brittany I 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Agreed. And why not legalise the hemp plant. This plant produces many useful things and could be another farm subsidy.
2007-05-15 12:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My biggest fear is who will be the pot regulator?
Will they be high all the time?
2007-05-15 12:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
And save billions on this ridiculous 'War on Drugs', too.
2007-05-15 12:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by Tokoloshimani 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋