Should marijuana be legalized? Taxed and Controlled by the government like cigarettes?

Question

Should marijuana be legalized? Taxed and Controlled by the government like cigarettes?

Answer 1

Absolutely! It's all about freedom of choice. If someone wants to smoke pot, they should be able to buy it just like alcohol and cigarettes. Also think about all the tax money it will generate.

Answer 2

best to ban guns first as together that would be insane!!!!

Answer 3

YES !!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

works for me.  

Answer 5

There is no way it will ever happen. Its to easy to grow, it will never be controlled by the government. They would lose money and they know it. Would you rather buy your bud at a store where it is probably going to be way over priced...Or head on over to your neighborhood dealer....Yeah me tooo.....I'm happy with it being illegal, that's half the fun.

Answer 6

What makes you think that if it were legalized and taxed, the illegal sale of marijuana would magically go away?  

Do you think the people who now sell marijuana illegally are going to just happily pay taxes and sell the product legally, even though they are going to make less money by doing so?  They have already decided to be criminals--why would they take money out of their pockets to sell legally?

Answer 7

yes, it is the only way to stop this war on drugs c**p.  Our govt is spending billions on a lost cause, instead of making billions on the rights of the people. We could eliminate the real drug problems in a matter of a few years by legalizing pot and using a small portion of the tax windfall to open free clinics, support true drug education.  Of course then the banking industry would lose all it's money laundering profits from the black market. Also the police would be free to go after real criminals.

Answer 8

I think so. Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol. There's no comparison between the two; yet alcohol is legal. Doesn't make sense.

I think all drugs should be decriminalized-the focus would be better placed on helping people who have problems with substance abuse rather than putting them in jail or prison.  

Answer 9

lol, sure, put the gov't in control. hehehehehe

super low quality,

shortages,

super high prices,

confusing labeling,

and a bureaucracy that will spend more than they take in through taxes on the product they are supposed to regulate.

i think decriminalized is the right step towards legalization, not necessarily regulated/controlled.

Answer 10

Want to see a pissed off pot head? Tax his weed so high he'll have to get a job to buy it...

Answer 11

Fo Sho.  

Answer 12

They can't control the grow of marijuana and make sure they get their CUT.  That's why I doubt it will ever be legalized.

Answer 13

h**l YEAH!!!! would you like to know why pot is illegal? all because of a propaganda flick that came out in the late 1930's

Reefer Madness

Answer 14

h**l, yeah!  It's a cash crop!  Legalize it and tax the **** out of it!