News (Media Awareness Project) - US: PUB LTE: Legalization Would Stem Marijuana Boom |
| Title: | US: PUB LTE: Legalization Would Stem Marijuana Boom |
| Published On: | 2005-03-18 |
| Source: | Christian Science Monitor (US) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-16 20:32:09 |
LEGALIZATION WOULD STEM MARIJUANA BOOM
Regarding the March 11 article "Marijuana industry booming in Canada": The
marijuana industry is booming in Canada largely because US drug policies
make the easy-to-grow weed more valuable than pure gold. If marijuana were
sold in licensed business establishments where it could be regulated,
controlled, and taxed, the bootleg "grow operations" would disappear in a
heartbeat - just as our bathtub gin operations disappeared in a heartbeat
when alcohol was relegalized.
Kirk Muse
Mesa, Ariz.
Regarding the March 11 article "Marijuana industry booming in Canada": The
marijuana industry is booming in Canada largely because US drug policies
make the easy-to-grow weed more valuable than pure gold. If marijuana were
sold in licensed business establishments where it could be regulated,
controlled, and taxed, the bootleg "grow operations" would disappear in a
heartbeat - just as our bathtub gin operations disappeared in a heartbeat
when alcohol was relegalized.
Kirk Muse
Mesa, Ariz.
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