Republicans holding us hostage yet again.

[the2real4mafol]

richardhutnik said:

the2real4mafol said:

dudeitsminion said:
Not a heavy smoker anymore, but legalize marijuana and see lots of profit from taxes.

If US government wants to cut spending, this is the start i think. Not only would tax revenue be collected from marijuana but you would save money in police and prison costs too, as the number of prisoners falls dramatically. Around 750000 prisoners would be freed if it was legalised, a huge reduction in prison population. That's bound to save some money US government don't have

An argument floated on the political forum here, and also by various folks on the conservative side is, if you legalize drugs, you have to get rid of the welfare system.  There has to be very harsh negative consequences, or if you offer welfare, you end up not deterring people from actually doing drugs.  Legalize drugs, and let word that drugs killed people get out, so that people get too scared to do it, and the market would work.  Well, that is along the lines of reasoning.  

Ain't that the same for all conservatives? just to scare people into doing what they want?

My only problem which i just released, is if pot was legalised how would all these prisoners find a livelihood, there are few jobs and adding so many more people to it, would be a huge problem.

But i'm not sure what Holland did, but it's not popular at all to smoke pot there. It's mostly foreigners who smoke it there. They actively sell the stuff in shops as well, although it's much more expensive than tabacco.