How can weed be considered steeling from the government because of taxes?
152448
I agree, they cant tax me on the veggies I grow in my garden!  BUT, if you are making an income from selling it, they want their cut.  Too bad Democrats made income tax mandatory eh? (Woodrow Wilson and his democratic congress)
1172319
I have never, never seen a marijuana overdose come into an ER I have worked. Alcohol and tobacco are a major reason I have a job........................But they are taxed aren't they? Either stop all alcohol and tobacco or legalize marijuana. Tax marijuana sales and put the money towards medicare and ethanol production. That may take a chunk out of oil profits and we can have that?
79743
YeS! Our world would be a much better place if we could just smoke a hooter every now and then...it is not harmful. It makes you so mellow and happy! Did you ever know a mean pot head? They are always so sharing. I heard that in Canada somewhere it is legal and their crime rate is so much lower than the US's.  The govt. it just pissed they cant tax the stuff.
699961
Hey Mr."Free market" Kevin K:  what happened to the government practicing a "hands off economic policy"?  I guess it's important to let the responsibility of the people be paramount when it comes to our own protection from terrorists, but when it comes to our protection from smoking pot we need regulation from the government.  Sorry dude...You are a hypocrite.
906262
The reason it was made illegal in the first place was because the oil from the seeds can be used to fuel an engine, and so the oil lobby, along with the media who were making profits from cutting down trees, found a way to make it illegal. The law was passed as a part of the tax law, which introduced the name marijuana, so that nobody would realise that they were restricting the use of hemp.
485654
Um... no, that's not true at all.  Legally, they can seize your property and even put you in jail if you don't pay your income tax.
177572
i think you nailed it when you said there is no money to be made, the government makes a lot of money of tobacco and beer because they know that we have to purchase those items from a store which they can readily tax, weed on the other hand weed can be grown anywhere, anytime, by anyone so the market for it is very slim
1060501
Originally weed was made illegal because it was a threat to the oil companies.  Hemp was such a useful commodity, that Shell oil actually helped in creating propaganda films(such as Reefer Madness) to lump it as part of a hardcore drug culture.  It helped to stop research and use of a natural material that was an actual threat to the oil barons.  Why government doesn't decriminalize it now is years of negative campaigning that is still hard to shake.  Hell, look at Clinton's first appointed surgeon general.  She came out publicly about pot's positive effect medically.  She already was female and black, so you know conservative America wasn't ready to hear that from her, of all people.  She was gone within a year.
841363
The government could care less. It's the corporations. And it's not the pot, it's the hemp that they have to keep illegal. It would replace too many poisonous things that they sell. Companies like Monsanto. Those are the kinds of companies that lobbied to make it illegal, many decades ago. Example. The first American battle ship was made of 85% hemp. Do a search and see how it use to be the main stay for the entire planet.
767662
Fair? This government taxes you for everything: being born, living and dying. It will always find a way of squeezing more blood out of a stone, duty free or not.
657895
I'm kind of mixed on this one. The people that I have seen that smoke pot are really stupid, even when they aren't stoned.  I would hate to see a lot more kids turn out like that because it is easier to get.  On the other hand, adults who choose to get drunk or stoned are going to do it anyway, so it probably should be taxed.  Can't really make a call on this issue.
1148721
to tax on it of course. The government should just make drugs legal (not all but some). Cuz we all know that when something is made illegal it's wanted more!!! If the government makes it legal that would put drug dealers out of business and they can tax on it. Also if it is available maybe it wont be wanted as much!!
790962
Medical marijuana can be allowed if it is regulated by the government.
266036
We have to have taxes, there is no easy way around that.  But, we would be better off if our government uses our taxes more effectiveley.
456489
cause the gov't takes it and hordes it for itself...i saw GW ripping the bong in college.
27133
When you own a piece of property it becomes private property.  You still have to pay taxes and follow the laws of the federal, state and local governments.  [for example, murder is still against the law.]
812342
Marijuana IS government regulated!!!  As with other drugs that are "illegal"  Once confiscated, it is resold on the streets and that is the vicious cycle of why these drugs are ILLEGAL...therefore making the government money "ILLEGALLY" by arresting, charging and sentencing a person to jail and fines as restitution for their possession of illegal drugs.