.cb new_rayz said:
Agreed. Except for the part on taxing. The majority of marijuana circulating in the united states is made here at home, by domestic growers. There is something like 300,000 to 400,000 commercial marijuana growers according to a statistic floating around. The majority of them aren’t from California, but are in the “Marijuana belt” which basically encompasses much of the Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia area all the way towards th edge of Kansas and Arkansas. Alot of farmers and people who claim to be farmers hide much of their product in corn fields or some where secret on their large patches of land. The economics of marijuana are also pretty fascinated. We already know that it is the number one cash crop in America. Even when it’s not taxed it’s still affecting the economy, and not necessarily in a bad way. If it was legalized, you could tax it in any store that decided to sell it. And it’s not like marijuana users are evil people, that want to skip out on taxes. They encompass a broader range of society than that. I know doctors, businessmen, and teachers who all happen to enjoy a toke every once and a while. And they would gladly pay a tax if it was legal.
Also agreed, I wasn’t suggesting that “marijuana users are evil people”, quite the opposite. I think my idea stems from the fact that it is already so well hidden, if it were to be legalized would people that have been hiding it, quit hiding? Why would they if they could continue to sell marijuana untaxed, people are not evil, but people certainly are greedy, and though I would like to believe all the people would cooperate I doubt that would be the case, and that we would still have people hiding and dealing illegally (untaxed).