otforme (Charlie Self) wrote in message ...
Mark responds:

David Hall wrote:

Aren't we at least trying to do that already? Another one of the reasons
alcohol and tobacco will never be banned is the amount of money the 2
substances bring in to various governments. If marijuana brought in a
similar
amount, it would be on sale at all convenience stores.

Charlie Self


Comon, Charlie. If pot and other "recreational drugs" were legalized,
regulated
and taxed like booze the amount of tax dollars would be staggering.


Yes, it would.

At least till the private crop came in.

Yeah, and I'll bet that is one of the considerations, too. Tobacco needs
prcoessing for use, as does alcohol. Pot needs drying, period. Hard to stop
private growth if it's legal.

Charlie Self
"Brevity is the soul of lingerie." Dorothy Parker
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

Tobacco only needs more processing than pot if you want a good cigar,
good pipe tobacco or a standardized cigarette. Lots of folks in the
more rural past grew tobacco and used it, but we want something better
than that big leaf we grew out back. Same with alcohol. It's not that
hard to make (see Luigi's post abot 50 gallon of homemade wine) and
yet we do not have a nation of brewers and distillers. (I believe it
is just as legal to make moonshine for your own consumption as it is
beer and wine). I see no reason to believe that after the novelty wore
off that people would be out growing their own and they certainly
wouldn't be planting a lot of backyard coca trees.

Dave Hall