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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I supported legalization because I lived in two places with legalized marijuana (Colorado and Vermont) and I viewed it as a net benefit both places. [b]Treating marijuana like alcohol actually made it easier to regulate, reduced crime related to marijuana growing and distribution, and actually created more tax revenue as marijuana sales could be taxed. [/b]In neither place did legalization result in people smoking marijuana everywhere or the smell of it everywhere. In fact, legalization made the availability of smokeless marijuana products (edibles) broader, so I think many people actually smoked less.[/quote]

But we didn't treat marijuana like alcohol. In places like Maryland, it is taxed less than alcohol, the government has promoted sales through advertising and grants to dispensaries, legislators made it all but impossible for police to enforce impaired driving laws, and the government doesn't seem to have any plan for detecting underage sales or punishing stores that sell to people underage.

So, yes, please, treat it like alcohol.[/quote]

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