Thanks!

The more its taxed, the more incentive to grow your own crop and sell it to your friends. The risks of doing so would subside by comparison to our current environment.

You have a point the degree of intoxication though. That being said, I still wouldn’t be comfortable with people who have lit-up hard get behind the wheel. I was a college freshman once too…

…All I’m saying is that the relative danger to an individual or those around him is at most equal to that of booze which is already legalized but controlled. So let’s do exactly that, and take advantage of the immense cash-cow that taxed pot is. We need it (the $)

I misunderstood your take on it. I agree. I like the licensing idea. Of course licenses to grow will be necessary as well or there will not be much of a market for store bought stuff.

Just as intoxicating? I’ve never known a stoner to fall down puking or lose all balance for smoking too much weed. I’ve never heard of a case where someone OD’d on weed though there are many cases of it with Alcohol.

The danger is no where near equal as far as intoxication is concerned. Now it might be more dangerous to buy than booze, but that would change with legalization.

It seems you are talking about prescribed use. Once widely accepted as common place, enforcement of abuse would be very difficult. Besides, why should it be afforded any different treatment that alcohol?

Again, I think you’ve bought into the myth about ease of taxation and ease to eliminate the black market. The weed black market is already pretty much impossible to control, loosening laws will not make that much easier.

I say let’s do that. Set up a legalized distribution network like Utah’s current system with the state run stores. First of all, an annual license should be required, like a fishing or gun-permit. Any convicted drug dealers are banned from obtaining a license, along with a few other flavors of society’s unsavory. Then tax the hell out of it. The stoners will whine and cry…then buy-in, and buy-in BIG. Anyone with a doctor’s Rx has that tax severely reduced if not removed entirely. And obviously, lets do random undercover patient checks (as the Republican suggested in the recent healthcare summit) to make sure any ol’ Dr. Tokerdude isn’t getting too loosey-goosey with the ganja (right on brah).