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Originally Posted by peter12
You can only push utility so far. If something pushes against the dignity of human life, then is just a revenue issue.
I don't even know what this means. We are losing a source of revenue by not taxing stoners? So yes, I do dismiss it.
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Ignore the revenue. Billions are spent, and the results are pretty much null. Pot usage has not declined in any significant manner since the War on Drugs started, yet hundreds of billions have been spent. As far as value for money goes, it's utter ####. You would have been better off giving that money away to the poor than doing what was actually done. Huge cost goes into prohibition, with almost no meaningful benefit coming from it. It's a waste of money without even factoring in revenue. Or factoring in how much it enriches criminal gangs, and the violence that goes with the illegal drug trade.