Miles Away

Right now, I’m watching a CNBC special entitled ‘Marijuana Inc’.  The special examines the importing and selling of marijuana in America, and with California possibly passing a bill to completely legalize marijuana I feel the need to express my opinion.

Note: I DO NOT smoke pot, or do any other sorts of drugs.

I do hope that California passes that bill, and then other state do as well and eventually pot is legalized, and I’m going to explain why.  First of all legalizing pot would be a big hit to the ‘war on drugs’.  People will have no need to go to shady drug dealers to buy their pot, they could just go to the corner store. The drug dealers and their networks would essentially come to a stand still and shut down.

Secondly the possession of pot could be restricted and managed.  It could be treated like alcohol, where you have to be 21 to buy and consume, and harsh laws for driving/working under the influence.

Third, the government would make a lot of money.  Legalizing pot means that the government would be able to tax it, and therefor make money off of it (the government loves to make money).

Fourth, it would create jobs.  Legalizing pot would mean the need for strict growing and manufacturing, meaning it would need a trained workforce. There would be a need for alot of jobs, people to tend to the plants, pick them, package, transport.  It could be such a large market that I believe it could move us out of a rescission.

Finally legalizing pot would save taxpayers a lot of money.  The amount of money the government spends on fighting the smuggling and growing of pot would be significantly reduced (if not eliminated).  there would be no need for special task forces, or troops.

So there it is, my view on the subject.