lets all meet at the capital and over throw the goverment

Because the government can tax alcohol. It is not easily produced so the government can keep tabs on it. Also they know if they made it illegal like they did back in the day it would give another rise to organized crime.

Pot is not legal because it cannot be controlled and taxed. How can the government profit from your recreational habits that can be grown in your back yard? Not to mention all the money they lose from making it legal. I'm talking about all the assets they seize from you when they bust you with your pot, that includes your money, house, your car, anything they label as an accessory.

I have a better written post on this in the Oregon Thread
Oregon! First to legalize?

Pot can absolutely controlled and taxed. It's an agricultural product which can be regulated as any other agriculture product - like tobacco.

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Not true,

Try to grow tobacco in your back yard, which is the easy part compared to its curing and aging process. No, tobacco is grown from companies, and they can be controlled and taxed. You can grow pot on your window ledge. The government cannot regulate that kind of freedom yo.

Its like saying the government can control you growing dandilions. Its just not possible, grab a few seeds and your good to go.

Listen alcoholics have it all figured out have you ever tried to reason with one? Many of the law makers are alcoholics 'nough said?

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You can make shine in your back yard...beer, or wine. Some of the stuff you say doesnt make sense lol...it can be taxed.

yea they make money from arrests but they end up spending more money on court dates, police ect... and all those arrests clog up the court system.

you wanna know the origins of why marijuanas illegal... mexicans and mormons. when they started immigrating to the United States in the early 1900s mexicans were affiliated with smoking marijuana so one state after another outlawed it because back then we were racist. That may not be the reason its outlawed now, but thats how it all started.

I made perfect sense, go back and read what I said.

And why moonshine is illegal is my point. The government does not like people being self-sufficient with their recreational habits, they cannot profit off of it. And to make your own beer and wine, you have to buy the ingredients to produce it and they are all taxed, no?

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And to Taylor, yes, one of the reasons why pot is illegal is from the Mexicans, again, go read my post in the Oregon thread listed above.

Pot causes much worser problems for people though.. Thats why i quit.

dont trust this guy