Quote Originally Posted by Jiggity96 View Post
the reason that marijuana isn't legal is because if they did regulate it and they did tax it they still would not make as much as they do off people getting caught with and paying fines not to mention the seizure of their assets
Profits from fines are no where close to what they would be if it was taxed. If one out of every 1000 people who use weed get caught paid $1000 fine would be significantly less than those same 1000 people that have to pay $1 tax on whatever they by, EVERY time they buy it. On top of that, they dont have to pay DEAs to come sniff it out and they wouldnt have to pay state or anyone to house people serving time for possesion