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Originally Posted by PhiGam
It makes sense, personally I would prefer to make everything legal so that the government could tax it. To collect any kind of government assistance, however, you would be subject to random drug screening when you went to pick up your check. If somebody is able to use drugs and still be a productive member of society then there really isn't a problem with it.
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The government can control the drug trade a lot more than it has.
However, the government arguably makes more money from the illegal drug trade than it would if drugs were legal and taxable. Drug profit is something the government would never admit to but I wish the IRS could REALLY audit the US government (and other countries' governments could be audited). The government has its hand in everything.
If drugs are legal and taxable, and you claim that if someone can be productive they should be able to use drugs, why should people on government assistance not be able to ride the white horse, too? This is where the -isms get stronger if you make those kinds of disclaimers. I'd rather drugs just be illegal PERIOD and for myself and other concerned citizens to spend our time highlighting the hypocrisy of people who pretend that certain illegal drugs and drug users are OKAY.
