Quote Originally Posted by Total_Blender View Post
Using the logic most apply when they say MJ can't be taxed, food can't be taxed either... because anyone with 1/2 acre arable land can produce their own and sell it under the table tax free. But 99.9999999% of people who eat food just go to the grocery store and get a buggy full of processed crap.

When was the last time you heard of anyone making their own beer or liquor? Sure, people still do it (and making one's own booze is perfectly legal as long as its not sold) but bootlegging doesn't happen in sufficient numbers or quantities that the missing tax revenue is much for the authorities to worry about. For the work involved in making a batch of hooch its just cheaper and less work to go to the corner store and buy some.

You think some random stoner is gonna be able to grow decent smoke? It takes a lot of skill like telling male and female plants apart at an early stage, harvesting the product at the right time, and drying and curing it properly. Most people who smoke don't even own the land to grow it on even if they knew how to do it.
It's obviously a big enough threat to keep it illegal...