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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 93786" data-attributes="member: 373">Medical pot controlled like other prescription drugs should be legal. Davy, I can't say it any plainer. The "reward" for legalizing recreational pot is still up for discovery. Ya, supposedly taxes paid by users will pay for treatment instead of others taxes paid for incarceration (not many users actually do jail time). Supposedly drug use drops as these tax dollars are used to better educate people against usage. the "risk"..........long term none of this works like proponents claim,The longer term reality not yet seen may likely be pot dealers that are not "in" on the new legal system will turn to dealing other drugs. (they are not going to just go get a job at Footlocker) Higher and higher taxes on the product to pay for costs not foreseen will lead to black market "legal" pot with a different set of law enforcement issues. Over crowding in jails will not change much because the reality is not that many pot users were being incarcerated long term, and the dealers will now be being arrested for dealing other drugs that are not legal. People will begin to suggest well in order for this to work, ALL drugs should be legalized, taxed and regulated. kids are negatively impacted by society making another drug usage socially acceptable decreasing the societal stigma against drug usage. tax revenues are never enough as new issues come to light. This is a rather large social experiment that if not handled correctly could have long term negatives not foreseen. And when kids are eating candied gummi bear pot and ending up in ER's it is not being handled correctly. And when some proponents are not willing to own that responsibility, it gives one pause to think it will be handled correctly. That is my point.- - - Updated - - -And that is my point. There IS another side that people that deal with the consequences like kurts wife and my friends in law enforcement see. Things that affect tragically more than just the user. alcohol and tobacco are legal and as people have shared there is many issues with them. pot is going to be no different. and when people want to gloss over that or ignore it just to make it legal................</blockquote>

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