Legalize marijuana

1. You think the tax revenue that is earned by legalizing marijuana would be put forth in the education of marijuana? Absolutely not. Even if that were the case, marijuana would not yield that much of a return to even warrant education around the nation for marijuana. If you're going to get the most out of your tax revenue, tax the harder drugs/prostitution - bigger yield, bigger profit. 2. Actually, the government spends more money trying to end the trafficking of harder drugs. There's not much war against marijuana itself, as it's more aimed towards the stupider drugs (i.e. heroin, meth, et cetera). Most of the things you hear about people being arrested for selling marijuana is on the dealer's fault - people need to stop being stupid with how they dish out marijuana. 3. I'm not sure what you mean here; regardless, tax the harder drugs/prostitution. 4. Access would be more controlled, but far more dangerous. Take our food, for example: the government pumps so much of inedible material into our food so that it can yield the biggest profit for the least amount of supplies. You really think the government would stop there? The government would halfass the production of marijuana and would make it incredibly dangerous. Plus, you have to realize who's buying the drugs and where they're buying them from. In this specific situation, the people that smoke weed are teenagers (15-21). They're probably scoring it from their local High School pot dealer who doesn't have access to harder drugs or is too high out of his mind to even consider going to other drugs. There's little danger and high profit for people who sell marijuana, especially if they're doing it well. No need for other, even harder, drugs. 5. You're right, it's an alternative to alcohol, but will this chop down the consumption of alcohol? By very little and, even then, you're still driving under-the-influence. I'm all for smoking marijuana and doing with it what you want, but you shouldn't be behind the wheel under /any/ substance. Alcohol's main destructive cause is car accidents, therefore I don't find marijuana to be a safer alternative in that specific situation. 6. Medical marijuana is accessed easily if you have the proper credentials. 7. I agree - however, breaking that rule is a capital idea in this scenario. There are far too many benefits from keeping it illegal - decriminalization, however, would compromise between our two differing opinions. It would allow people to get off with smoking and having a good experience, but would also keep the money to the people. 8. Decriminalize it and there wouldn't be any criminal records. 9. I agree, but you can buy all those materials at the store without them being illegal. You can also grow them in your house without any cops snooping around. It's honestly not that hard, at all, to grow and sell marijuana without being caught - just don't be an idiot about it. 10. I don't think you're understanding the point I'm trying to make - this would make it unhealthy and completely irresponsible. Allowing the government to come in, traipse around an already healthier marijuana community, would just turn the quality marijuana you get from a passionate grower into something that is laced with tar and other addictive substances to keep you buying more. I'm an anarchist, as well, I'm glad to see that we share similar views on something. However, I think you should realize, as an anarchist, that there are certain things that belong to the people - this money being one of them. There are many, many positives to keeping it illegal and this can stem from safety to money circulation. Legalizing it would just cause it to be corrupt and plagued - surely you know how the corrupt our government is. Do you really trust the government to have an upstanding reputation with the sales on marijuana?