prop 19 - the legalization of cannabis - is quite the thing around here ("here" is a college town in nor cal). although i'm not a fan myself, some of my best friends smoke recreationally, and i could go one way or the other on the legalization issue - i don't care what people do in the privacy of their own homes as long as it doesn't endanger others, especially kids.
(there's a bit of editorializing hidden in there if you care to dig for it.)
i just have one point to make.
the pro-legalizers say that a tax on marijuana will bring revenue to the state and end trafficking.
ok.
i've worked in the shipping industry for 2.5 years.
if i put myself in the growers'/distributors' shoes, do i really want to pay an almost-10% tax on 20 G's of grass that my buddy in florida wants?
not when i can take it to a retail shipping store, call it a dictionary, and for less than 1% of its value, get it to florida before noon the next day.
legalization with taxation probably won't slow down trafficking.
that's all i have to say.
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