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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
I have never smoked a joint and never would, however I would support legalization.
Instead of making smugglers, street hustlers, and Central and South American cartels rich, why not have it grown and controlled by Americans as it is in Colorado?
Instead of paying for the incarceration of tens of thousands of users and sellers, and spending millions on eradication and police work why not save that tax money and add the tax money on maijuana?
I think most people who want to smoke it already do, it seems to be easily accessable.
Seems to me the quality would likely improve and the controls over it would insure better and safer product.
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I agree with this assessment. I wrote a lengthy paper while at the University of Minnesota Law School on the laws of the Prohibition in Minnesota and it seemed like the lawyers and criminals were the ones getting rich off of banning liquor and the law did not seemed to be doing a whole lot of good on controlling liquor and its consumption. It seemed to make drinking more attractive especially to rebellious teens and twenty somethings.