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I do not agree with taxing any medicine.
When sold as prescription medicine it should not be taxed, however if decriminalized and used for recreational purposes there is no real reason for it not to be taxed, it becomes a luxury item of sorts.
Revenue can also generated by regulatory fees and licensing of Growers, Processors/Packagers, and Distributors as is done with most other businesses. Inspections of facilities also would help support any office of government set up to over see the industry.
A tax stamp on recreation use products should not be an issue for any one, it has been an acceptable arrangement on both tobacco and alcohol for decades.
I am not going to get into the debate over the effect certain strains of marijuana has on people. Read some unbiased information and studies, don't base your opinion on events of the past in an uncontrolled environment.
Added: Not to mention the money saved from not policing, prosecuting, and incarcerating people that use marijuana. The only people that should fear this are those profiting from the silly laws currently in place from fear mongering in the early 1900s.
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