re: #103 Aceofwhat?

didn’t work for alcohol…doesn’t work for pot…is this a magic prohibition?

taxing the bejesus out of it actually does work. states make the mistake of counting on the extra revenue, of course, because most state pols are nimrods. IIRC what actually happens is that smoking declines as taxes increase and revenue stays neutral (until it becomes too profitable to bootleg, in which case revenue actually decreases).

If even 50% complied it would be worth it. Trillions in health care costs would be saved and human misery reduced.
I am not in favour of big brother, but would make an exception on this one.