The states that have legalized recreational use seem to be bringing in quite a lot of tax money from it. One would think a comparison to what the prison-industrial complex brings in would be in order. Of course, pot-smoking taxpayers don't make fat campaign contributions, so doing what's best for all loses out to what's best for the politicians and the people who buy them.
"Of course, pot-smoking taxpayers don't make fat campaign contributions, so doing what's best for all loses out to what's best for the politicians and the people who buy them."
Bingo!
It doesn't matter that even the US is starting to wave the white flag on the failed (and very expensive) war on drugs. Or that a country like Portugal mostly fixed their rampant drug addiction problem by decriminalizing and treating it as a health care issue.
The states that have legalized recreational use seem to be bringing in quite a lot of tax money from it. One would think a comparison to what the prison-industrial complex brings in would be in order. Of course, pot-smoking taxpayers don't make fat campaign contributions, so doing what's best for all loses out to what's best for the politicians and the people who buy them.
"Of course, pot-smoking taxpayers don't make fat campaign contributions, so doing what's best for all loses out to what's best for the politicians and the people who buy them." Bingo!
It doesn't matter that even the US is starting to wave the white flag on the failed (and very expensive) war on drugs. Or that a country like Portugal mostly fixed their rampant drug addiction problem by decriminalizing and treating it as a health care issue.