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So there's no chance that pot can cause lung cancer?
There's no chance that I said that, is there any chance you could follow the conv. a little better?So there's no chance that pot can cause lung cancer?
The three links you provided do not support this statement. The black market cigarette industry is NOT larger than the illegal drug trade, you were talking out your behind when you said that.I don't think it is. The black market cigarette industry is larger than the illegal drug industry.
If you read the links you provided, you'll see that smugglers are buying cigarettes in VA where taxes are low, and selling then in NYC where taxes are high. So yes, disparate taxes are an incentive to smuggle, and standardized taxes would eliminate this incentive. You're not very well read on this subject are you?So, a standardized cigarette tax is going to discourage people from evading cigarette taxes? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
Either way, we're going to be spending billions going after illegal drugs.
I know... I did like one of your posts. I feel dirty.
Basically it's an organized crime thing where they take cigarettes from a state with low taxes on cigarettes and bring them to a state with high cigarette taxes to sell them. I suggest you read up more on google.
I'd be willing to spend it IF we were getting something out of it that was remotely worth the price. I am unconvinced that the nation is better off because we spend however much we spend putting Cheech & Chong in jail.getting rid of the federal war on drugs-especially weed would save us tons
Some major differences between pot and tobacco are the quantity needed to supply a user and the processing "needed" to generate the end product that the user wants.
I may well be wrong about this...if someone feel like getting the numbers, I would appreciate it.
I think it takes more tobacco plants to support one users use for a year than it takes pot plants to support one users use.
Anyway, the point being, that I suspect that people would be more likely grow their own pot and buy pot from the local farmer's market rather than resort to buying tax smuggled joints.
My guess is based on the theory that it's much simpler to supply oneself or one's local community with pot than it is to do the same with cigarettes.
If that's wrong, then the theory may not hold.
And, when the government figures out that they are losing billions in revenue, because people are growing their own pot, they will make private pot growing, illegal.
Pot will always be a controlled substance and therefore have laws that control it's use and distribution. My whole point, is that the, "it will create tax revenue", and, "we'll save money because we won't have to enforce the law", arguments are crap, because neither are true.
I am all for legalization. My biggest concern about legalizing marijuana is that it might lead to a financial bubble. It would be a bonanza of cash that might lead to a little malinvestment and irrational exuberance.
that is the most bizarre concern I have ever read.
I don't think it is. The black market cigarette industry is larger than the illegal drug industry.
Cigarette Smuggling Linked to Terrorism (washingtonpost.com)
North Country Gazette » Illegal Cigarette Traffickers Snuffed Out
All the other concerns are bogus. There would be a rush of investment and a LOTTA glorious money to be made. You would be legalizing a huge market.
they can always tax the seeds, or require a license to grow, or apply heavy tax on grow equipment, etc, etc.
elimination of enforcement costs alone will produce a net savings - even without a tax scheme applied.
Then, we'll have to have to turn the ATF, DEA, whomever, into the license and tax cops for pot seeds and growing equipment.
I don't think it is. The black market cigarette industry is larger than the illegal drug industry.
Cigarette Smuggling Linked to Terrorism (washingtonpost.com)
North Country Gazette » Illegal Cigarette Traffickers Snuffed Out
by that reasoning, we should eliminate fishing license laws too. what with the heavy costs of enforcement, better just to ban this recreational activity outright.
Part of fishing/hunting license fees go to conservation.
part of drug tax fees would go to rehabilitation.
It will?...........
sure, if we work to implement it in such a way.
Much like they did with growing our own mint and basil and tobacco. Yes, I see your point. It's entirely inevitable. No possibility of anything else happening.And, when the government figures out that they are losing billions in revenue, because people are growing their own pot, they will make private pot growing, illegal.
It would be cool if you could provide some substantial evidence that if pot were legalized that it would still require the same amount of money to enforce the laws related to it. Before that, though, you should show that there would be laws that were in need of enforcing if pot were legalized. After that, you can show how the enforcement of these laws would cost as much as the cost of the current laws.My whole point, is that the, "it will create tax revenue", and, "we'll save money because we won't have to enforce the law", arguments are crap, because neither are true.
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