The Govenator suggests that a debate should be waged regarding the legalization and taxation of marijuana.
"Well, I think it’s not time for (legalization), but I think it’s time for a debate," Schwarzenegger said. "I think all of those ideas of creating extra revenues, I’m always for an open debate on it. And I think we ought to study very carefully what other countries are doing that have legalized marijuana and other drugs, what effect did it have on those countries?"
Let’s face facts. The whole debate about it is dumb. Sorry for my simplistic ways, but words with more effective descriptions are saved for more relevant issues. The arguments against legalizing marijuana are outdated with twisted analysis and often canceled out with the adjacent point about the legalization of alcohol. It’s for the kids. Lame. Cheap. Disillusionment of total government control, weakening you by using your kids as their petty argument. You should be ashamed that you’ve been suckered by such a thoughtless tactic. Even so, the kids with ADD might benefit from it. But that’s another topical cream debate.
The issue is about the economy. Taxation specifically.
Marijuana legalization would raise an estimated $1.34 billion annually in tax revenue, according to a February estimate by the Board of Equalization. That amount could be offset by a reduction in cigarette or alcohol sales if consumers use marijuana as a substitute.
It’s not about accessibility. Trust me. If you want it. You’ll find it. If high school kids want it, they just need to look down the hallway for the school’s trusty dealer. Sorry for the reality, or simplifying fiction. It’s just true.
Sam McManis puts it best, in terms of the debate’s climate, saying, "Yet when the arguments for legalization of marijuana, both for medicinal and recreational use, are put forth, solid medical science often gets clouded in an ideological haze."
You mean there’s emotional, pointless, and unsound ideological issues when debating this?
Consider something else. Marijuana isn’t just about smoking, getting high, playing video games and drinking Mountain Dew. Hemp is considered to be the durable and longest lasting natural fiber that exists on Earth. From before Christ until the 1930s, most ship’s sails was made from hemp. So was canvas for paintings. Most textiles, such as clothing, linen, drapes, rugs, bed sheets, were made from hemp. Rope. Even the American flag was made from hemp at one point.
Think of the taxing possibilities. And I hate government taxation. But it’s a source of income with a weak argument, at best, for making it illegal. If you want, we can examine the money saved with the "War on Drugs".
But no. Apparently our moral compass is too strong for something like this.
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