The war on drugs is failing.
Plus we could profit from the taxing of Marijuana the same way we profit from taxing Tobacco.
2007-07-10 17:32:22 · 6 answers · asked by crimson_pandabear 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Ok there are obviously some of you that dont know what your talking about.
Try reading something about marijuana first or better yet watch The History Channels show on Marijuana and Im sure you wouldnt still be so ignorant but then again I think I just answered my own question.
IGNORANT PEOPLE
http://economics.about.com/od/incometaxestaxcuts/a/marijuana.htm
2007-07-11 09:53:49 · update #1
maybe because too many people would get high and would do their jobs good
but i still smoke even though its illegal :-)
2007-07-10 17:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by MUERTE 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There are so many reasons.........
It is said that tobacco gives more problems than marijuana. It could be true. But it happens because tobacco is legal and marijuana is not. It took decades to learn tobacco is dangerous. It would probably happen again with marijuana, should it become legal. Smoking is not a natural act. You do not see animals smoking.
Your question seem to imply that we pay a price to keep marijuana illegal, and we can avoid paying by changing the laws. Wrong. Keeping marijuana illegal or not, is a choice between two evils, where you chose the lesser one. We pay a price in law enforcement and such, but to make them legal would be to pay the same price we pay for tobacco, which I see as much higher. Tobacco taxes do not cover the price we pay as a society.
Finally, tobacco is addictive, but not mind altering. You do not get drunk or equivalent, you remain alert. With marijuana, there is a state equivalent to drunkenness, where people cannot be trusted behind the wheel, or in other common situations.
I will not talk here about medical uses of marijuana. Your question seems to be about illegal drugs in general than about marijuana in particular.
2007-07-11 01:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by epistemology 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simply because it makes people ask the same question that's been asked and answered countless times.
The profit from tax argument is lame - it's the same argument that was used to legalize alcohol - it was even touted at the time that if alcohol was legalized and taxed by the government, we wouldn't need any other taxes (yeah, that was a good one) and the truth: the costs to society far outweigh the tax benefits.
2007-07-11 00:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
personal opinion here i think its because the people who are selling it would move on too much worse in order to make the money they couldnt make if it was legalised
2007-07-11 00:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by jo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We don't need anymore taxes for one. For two, I like my brain to be unscrambled.
2007-07-11 00:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by meathead 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's ILLEGAL?
Are you kidding me!!!
I better flush all this before the govt catches on!
2007-07-11 00:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by Gabe J, the Pro Se 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋