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Old 02-13-2007, 05:57 PM   #159 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho View Post
I'm not a pot user, but I DO think that it should be legal. There is good reason (public safety) not to legalize certain drugs, but marijuana doesn't fall onto that category.

Of course if it IS ever legalizrd, the government will tax the bejeebers out of it...
...and if the government taxes the bejeebers out of it, the sale of it will just go "underground" - which is precisely where it is today.

The whole "look at all the taxes we could get off it" argument doesn't really hold water, in my opinion.