ACLU and Rick Steves, Part 3 (non-MPP video)
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July 7, 2008
July 7, 2008
The final installment of Marijuana: It’s Time for a Conversation.
The final installment of Marijuana: It’s Time for a Conversation.
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jerome sweeney
I believe that the government is missing a good bet. There are taxes on alcolhol and cigarettes and who knows howmany other items sold to consumers yet the Fedeal and many state governments continue to criminalize marijuana and let the revenue go to the illegal dealers. I’m sure that the national and state governments could design tax laws to control the growing distribution and sale of marijuana and thereby increase the revenue to the federl and state coffers. That seems like a good idea and I am surprised that no tax hungry political leader has sseen the gold mine right before his eyes.
Jul 15th, 2008
Denice maddox
The government does not realize the ease of mind they would have by making marijuana legal. People who actually need it consider it a healing herb. It is not a manufactured drug. It is grown from a seed planted and nutured from Gods green earth.
Alcohol and cigarettes make you sick. Weed Is Healing..
Jul 31st, 2008
Robert Owens
Thanks for the excellent information!
Sep 11th, 2008
LadySidhe
I agree with Jerome Sweeney’s above post. If substances were made illegal on the basis of how dangerous they were, on how many people the substance actually KILLS in a year, then many drugs that are now legal, including alcohol, would be illegal now.
Marijuana is emotionally, but not physically addictive. One will not have physical withdrawal symptoms if they do not get the drug, unlike many legal drugs, including alcohol.
It would be simple and more lucrative for the government to treat marijuana in the same ways it treats alcohol and cigarettes: sell it in packs for the same price one would pay for a quarter, and if you’re caught driving under the influence, you get fined in the same way you would for a DWI.
Dec 5th, 2008
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