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Originally Posted by slapass
I think we can all agree on that but we also have to agree that very few people are motivated to do much after using marijuana. And a fair amount of people seem to get addicted to it pretty easily. I think you have to pour that tax in education and treatment.
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we can dump a ton of money into education and treatment and still have it cost less than arresting people and putting them in jail. Portugal decriminalized possession of all drugs. Instead of seeing a spike in users they have actually seen drug use cut in half over the last 10 years because (among other reasons) those who have a problem are not afraid of going to jail if they ask for help.
Just because it is legal also doesn't mean that companies will stop drug testing their employees. The potential risk of losing or not getting a job will deter some people.
There will always be stoners, but I don't think we are going to see a spike in people who now do nothing but sit around and smoke weed. Booze has been legal for decades and we don't see half the country sitting around getting drunk all day and doing nothing else.