Over 300 Economists Agree: It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana

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4. I watched one of the virtual people on tv the other night trying to rationalize the administration's

position thusly...

"so the narco terrorists are supplying drugs into this country for big money - If we legalize it we open up even more traffic to them, (because narco terrorists are the only ones who can grow, uh, grass?) - And thus it would make the problem worse.

Paraphrased, but something along that line.

I wanted to ask, if that were the case, might there be a societal benefit to simply no longer jailing tens of thousands of our neighbors, not giving them records or putting them in prison which prevents employment or school or food stamps or being a father or mother. For illegal agriculture of all things.

I also wanted to point out that when the prohibition on alchohol ended the price went down and the mob lost their leverage as everyone and their distributor began to produce, and ask why this time would be different? Maybe he thinks the banks would get in and they already have enough money?

But the guy put me in mind of the kid of creep who would show his government ID trying to impress high-school-age girls, so I tuned out...