Should the United States Government legalize marijuana?  What do you think?

Yes!!!

Y ESSSSSS THEY CAN TAX IT AND MAKE MONEY AND ITS SAFER THAN BOOZE!

lady luck wrote:

Y ESSSSSS THEY CAN TAX IT AND MAKE MONEY AND ITS SAFER THAN BOOZE!

That's the problem right there. They can't tax it. How do you tax a plant that you can grow anywhere?

I say yes. 

It will make smoking weed less attractive to the masses.  Keeping mind and body altering "drugs" illegal only makes them cooler to people who want to find ways to rebel.

Should we all sign a petition? And prepare for a jail time?

Mark Knowles wrote:

lady luck wrote:

Y ESSSSSS THEY CAN TAX IT AND MAKE MONEY AND ITS SAFER THAN BOOZE!

That's the problem right there. They can't tax it. How do you tax a plant that you can grow anywhere?

Im sure they can find a way to tax some of it.


Some is better than none, right? Right.

It should be LEGAL ANYWAY because its a damn plant.

I wrote an essay on this years ago, but I can't find it for the life of me, haha.

Basically if we wanted to tax and regulate it, the pharmaceutical companies that would be responsible for making the product would have to produce a safer, higher quality, and more direct-approach than what people on the street would, and/or offer it for cheaper.

If we're talking about legalization like alcohol is legal, then that's a whole other ballgame, though I think, just as with booze, it could be sold and taxed. I mean, plenty of people make their own hooch, and if they know what they're doing, it's better than what's mass produced and available on the market, but most people don't care enough about that to bother. Why go through all the trouble of raising the plant and doing... whatever it is that needs to be done to get it to produce a high-quality product when you could just go down to the store and get what you need pre-packaged and prepared for a fraction of the cost. People are lazy, and therein lies the opening for taxation.

I mean seriously, tomatoes are plants. If they put a tax on tomatoes tomorrow, do you think everyone would just grow their own?

Whyn't.It must be considered by the up coming govt of the US and mustbe one of the top priorities.I hope so.It willbe profitable though not healthwise.