YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

[monk222]

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And now another encouraging word from the War on Drugs:

For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America's biggest cash crop. Now they're citing government statistics to prove it.

A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops.

I do not regard this as a particularly celebratory event. I prefer books myself. However, I think this does suggest the insensibility of expending a lot of law enforcement resources on criminalizing marijuana use. Regulate and tax, my friends, regulate and tax! I know government can do that.

(Source: Eric Bailey for The Los Angeles Times)

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Comments

[tookhernowhere.livejournal.com]

Heck yeah. Taxing a $35 billion market would probably be a hell of a lot more economically sound than trying to suppress it. :P

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

And it would be nice to lose one less war. :D