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Originally Posted by Danielishere2
Why not collect tax on that to help the economy?
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Taxing something people are going to grow at home is gonna cause quite some headache.
In essence, legalizing it without taxing it doesn't make sense because then you only get the negatives related with marijuana such as marijuana related car accidents, mental health problems, social problems and so on. Legalizing
and taxing will potentially make up for those negatives by bringing in cash to the government, but then the government is in a conflict of interest with users and homegrowers who want cheaper pot and that might well lead to criminalization for example in scenarios where they outlaw homegrowing or black market sales.
Actually, I'm loathe to get into this discussion again, but for those with an interest in the subject, there's quite a lot of interesting back-and-forth on the earlier pages with a lot of good points both for and against legalization.