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Re: Medical Marijuana
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:41:12 GMT
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gn994v.CIp@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > I'm all for effective cannabis-based prescription drugs. But then
> > > many illegal drugs have a place in medicine. What is the big deal?
> >
> > The US government does not agree and feels that it has the right to decide
> > on a national level, even against the wishes of individual states. That's a
> > violation of the US constitution.
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> Why doesn't the Gov't legalize marijuana (et al) and simply tax it
> exorbitantly, like 80,000%, or something? I mean, the government *does*
> have the power to levy taxes, and that would seem to accomplish nominally
> the same thing.
Because taxing it at 80,000% would simply continue the demand for illegal, untaxed product
lawrence
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| (...) Why doesn't the Gov't legalize marijuana (et al) and simply tax it exorbitantly, like 80,000%, or something? I mean, the government *does* have the power to levy taxes, and that would seem to accomplish nominally the same thing. Dave! (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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