Ok, maybe it's not the best ever, but this observation from the comment section of a recent article caught my eye:
I see two different important points here:
1. Legalization doesn't mean that people who don't do drugs will have to start doing them.
2. If other people are paying taxes on a product you don't buy, that just means more government services for you.
It sounds like a really great deal, as long as you can keep yourself from becoming confused by the apocalyptic predictions of people whose job it is to hate and vilify drugs.
I never did (and pretty surely never will do) pot, alcohol or cigarettes in my life so legalizing pot (or even cocaine, heroine, crack etc) won't change my life at all. as a matter of fact any taxation that doesn't affect my pocket is welcomed.
I see two different important points here:
1. Legalization doesn't mean that people who don't do drugs will have to start doing them.
2. If other people are paying taxes on a product you don't buy, that just means more government services for you.
It sounds like a really great deal, as long as you can keep yourself from becoming confused by the apocalyptic predictions of people whose job it is to hate and vilify drugs.
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