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Originally Posted by HookUPcom
Why can't we just kill everyone who ever thought about trying non-pharmaceutical drugs?
Stop this movement now or we won't have as many people in jail!!!!
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eh? sounds like you want to kill those who use recreational drugs, is that correct?
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Originally Posted by ToplistBlog_Com
If they taxed marijuana here like they do tobacco, our deficit would be gone.
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that is a pipe dream. the revenue would not even come close to paying the deficit. would barely put a dent in it and if you take both sides of the issue the taxes collected would be hard pressed to cover the money in circulation via employment, programs, and such thanks to it being illegal.
it being illegal it is a special interest cash cow. cities right now receive millions per year from the fed to combat drugs, primarily marijuana but others fall under its umbrella even though they represent a tiny fraction of the drugs. you also have school program, sheriff funding, after school programs, televised programs, parole officers, people within the court system, and the list goes on and on all thanks to pot.
the tax revenue itself it would naturally be a percentage on sales more than likely. i would guess they could have a cost associated with growing it as well, sort of like how those that make alcohol can get permits from the atf. im sure a good junk of people would just purchase the pot since growing it is time consuming and not foolproof. you would have to ask though or figure out if they could come up with price fixing or something which i am not sure would be legal. right now only real reason it costs as much as it does is because it is illegal for the most part (medical aside but they get price raped too) and that the dea actually prices the pot for the growers and dealers by setting values after raids and large busts. since if the dea say it has a street value of 4000 a pound, dealers may as well get that much since that is what they would be charged with if popped. if it became legal though, what is the motivation for keeping good marijuana at 40-60 for 4 grams?