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Originally Posted by Daradon
Agree on the first point for sure.
As for the second point, I'm not really sure. Definitely not a super important issue, but I think it could be more important than some think. If we can save money on crime and punishment and perhaps even make some through taxes and whatever, it could be a fairly interesting issue.
Shoot even California played around with legalizing pot to help with their deficit. There could be real tangible benefits to legalizing it that could affect more than just those who want to smoke it.
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I just don't see it being a real monetary issue within a 275 BILLION dollar budget... Cigarette taxes raised about 6 Billion last year and I don't think MJ would be anywhere near that.
Saving on crime and punishment would be difficult to measure, but I don't imagine you would see any cuts to spending with a change in the legal status.