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Originally Posted by flamesfever

Some questions to consider:

1. Will we be charging the same price for pot as the present underworld? We tax at an appropriate rate to curtail black market sales while covering regulatory and health costs.

2. If pot substitutes for alcohol, which many proponents of change are suggesting, will the money made on pot be offset by reduced alcohol sales? Maybe, the associated health costs of alcohol would also go down if consumption went down

3. Wouldn't the vast majority of pot users grow their own, and if so how would this affect the economics? Does home brewing affect the beer market.

4. Where did the $6. billion dollar figure come from? I don't know

5. If the underworld loses the sale of pot to adults, would they focus more on kids, or much harder drugs, to maintain their income? Is that pots problem. If pot use amount kids goes down maybe legalizing all substances would make sense.

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