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Originally Posted by August
The increased cost argument is only valid if there is some consistency between relative cost and legality. The health care cost of Alcohol is far more expensive to society than pot would ever be.
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Perhaps not if it is widely available as alcohol is. Also, there is no driving under the influence. We are now introducing clouded minds behind the wheel. Reaction time compromised just as alcohol does. A designated non-smoker for the road
I also pointed out a post back that smoking pot will not happen in bars. Maryland is smoke free in restaurants and bars. You can not smoke in most places. Some states are passing laws concerning smoking in your car if a child is present. Most don't but a lot do smoke in the car with their kids sucking it up. I can just see Joe citizen toking his fatty while doing 85 down Route 95 and his kid in the back seat.
It is just a bad idea all the way around. When does the cost outweigh the justification of tax revenue? When the potential for disaster physically by using the substance, being around a user or being in the way of clouded individual looking to find nirvana behind the wheel of his 68 camaro at 105 mph..... this is when cost is justified to control a dangerous substance. It is just a bad idea on so many levels.