First of all, I never said they shouldn't tax it, but they shouldn't tax it at a rate higher than alcohol or tobacco. I did specifically say "think of the tax dollars it would being it".

Secondly I was talking about regulated possession. In med states they regulate how much ready to smoke weed you are allowed to have. Some states only allow a person to have 1 ounce of weed and still be legal. If the governement was to place limits on possession then those limits should to extend to the alcohol industry as well.

Thirdly I was only saying that if the government tries to puss out on legalization by citing that people could just grow their own and not be paying taxes, then gardening licenses could be sold. It's not that I think people would bother to buy them, but it's a great come back to their excuses. People have to have a license to hunt, to fish, to drive, yet there are thousands of people who still do those things without the license, they just have to not get caught. You don't think the cops go from car to car to look for licensed drivers do you? Do they go from house to house looking for fishing poles? No they don't.