My pick last year was 2018 for a nationwide reform of marijuana laws. I don't smoke it, I just don't want to pay the taxes to fund a war on it. I would rather see it sold like liquor, regulated, and taxed for revenues. We can help end the deficit by taxing cannabis sales.
Colorado, Washington are ahead of the slow and stupid curve.
Who is the biggest loser if we do that? Drug cartels. Just like Capone was the biggest loser at the end of prohibition.
{Postscript: CNN published the editorial by Roger A. Roffman the same hours that I published this. Great minds think alike. My role in the topic is based on my affiliation with our plant in Mexico. As the Economist notes, America's Prohibition 2.0 on Marijuana costs lives there.}
Colorado, Washington are ahead of the slow and stupid curve.
Who is the biggest loser if we do that? Drug cartels. Just like Capone was the biggest loser at the end of prohibition.
{Postscript: CNN published the editorial by Roger A. Roffman the same hours that I published this. Great minds think alike. My role in the topic is based on my affiliation with our plant in Mexico. As the Economist notes, America's Prohibition 2.0 on Marijuana costs lives there.}
